Chocolate Chip Cookie Chocolate Lasagna

Chocolate Chip Cookie Chocolate Lasagna — A chocolate chip cookie base topped with cream cheese, chocolate pudding, whipped topping, and mini chocolate chips!! An EASY layered dessert that tastes so AMAZING!!

Easy Chocolate Lasagna Recipe

Chocolate lasagna is an easy, almost no-bake dessert that has so many fabulous layers and textures. You won’t be able to stop eating it! My daughter proclaimed it to be one of the best desserts I’ve made in ages, and friends who I served it to at a little dinner party raved about it.

I’ve seen chocolate lasagna made different ways over the years and many people use an Oreo crust, but I decided to use refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough as my base. The crust layer is the only baking involved in this luscious dessert, which is a nice bonus.

The cookie base is topped with a cream cheese and a layer of whipped topping. It’s creamy, smooth, and adds the perfect amount of tanginess to balance the overall sweetness. Then there’s a layer of rich chocolate pudding, more whipped topping, and mini chocolate chips. Yes, please!

This dessert lasagna is served chilled and is so refreshing on a warm day. It reminds me of icebox cakes or lush-style desserts that despite their caloric heftiness they manage to seem light and creamy enough that you can’t help but straighten the rows right out of the pan with a fork.

What’s in Chocolate Lasagna? 

For this chocolatey dessert lasagna, you’ll need: 

• Refrigerated cookie dough
• Cream cheese
• Confectioner’s sugar
• Frozen whipped topping
• Milk
• Instant chocolate pudding mix
• Mini chocolate chips

What if I Can’t Find an Ingredient in my Area? 

If you don’t have refrigerated cookie dough, whipped topping, or pudding mix in your area, I can’t suggest what to substitute in their places since this dessert is big on both shortcuts and deliciousness.

How to Make Chocolate Lasagna

To make this addicting dessert lasagna, you’ll first need to press the cookie dough into the bottom of a 9×9-inch baking pan. Bake until the cookie layer is a lovely golden brown, then set it aside to cool completely before starting on the next layer. 

Once the cookie layer has cooled, whip together the cream cheese and powdered sugar. Beat in a little of the whipped topping, then spread the mixture over the cookie layer. 

Next, make the instant chocolate pudding according to package instructions (this is where the cold milk comes into play), then spread it over the cream cheese layer. Follow that up with another layer of the whipped topping, and sprinkle the chocolate lasagna with mini chocolate chips. 

This chocolate lasagna will need to chill for at least 4 hours before you can slice and serve it. 

Here’s a video on how to make chocolate lasagna at home:

Can I Double This Recipe? 

That would probably be okay, but note that your chocolate lasagna could be pretty tall/high since a 9×9-inch is more than half the volume of a 9×13-inch pan. I would make it in two separate 9×9-inch pans, if possible.

Can I Use Another Pudding Flavor? 

Of course! This recipe can easily be adapted to suit your tastes. You could use instant vanilla pudding and a sugar cookie crust, for example. Or use another pudding flavor altogether to complement the chocolate chip cookie base. There are so many ways you can make dessert lasagna, and all are good ideas! 

Tips for Making Chocolate Lasagna

To make your life easier, I recommend buying refrigerated cookie dough that’s in a rectangle and not the kind in a tube. This just makes it easier to flatten out the cookie dough and shaves a few minutes off the prep time. 

Also note that you must use cow’s milk for this recipe. If you use a non-dairy milk to make the instant chocolate pudding, it won’t set up properly. 

Also, I’ve only ever made this chocolate lasagna with whipped topping and have never tried it with homemade whipped cream. I can’t speak to whether or not whipped cream will work in this recipe instead of whipped topping, so use your best judgement if you make any alterations to this recipe. 

More Easy Dessert Recipes: 

Chocolate Peanut Butter Dream Bars — Nutter Butter crust, chocolate pudding, and peanut butter cream cheese filling!! Easy, almost no-bake, and beyond amazing! Lives up to their dreamy name!

Chocolate Candy Bar Icebox Cake — Easy frozen dessert with graham crackers, chocolate pudding, whipped topping, chocolate chips, peanut butter cups and Snickers! Perfect for when you don’t want to turn on your oven!

Boston Cream Icebox Cake — Boston cream PIE meets an ECLAIR in an easy no-mixer, no-bake dessert! Vanilla pudding, whipped topping, graham crackers, and lots of chocolate! Perfect for parties or anytime you don’t want to turn on your oven!

Oreo Brownie Lush – A rich and decadent dessert with fudgy brownies, cream cheese, chocolate pudding, whipped topping, and Oreo cookies!

Old-Fashioned Banana Pudding — The pudding reminds me of the banana pudding my grandma used to make. It’s sweet, creamy, and thick with notes of vanilla.

Pumpkin Lush — This a layered dessert with a graham cracker crust, a layer of cream cheese, a layer of vanilla pudding that’s spiked with pumpkin, then it’s topped with whipped topping. 

No-Bake Peanut Butter Oreo Silk Pie — The smooth filling in contrast with the crunchy Oreo cookie crust is a total win!