Recipe Mandarin Cheesecake Squares (Dessert)

Required Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups vanilla wafers, crushed
• 1/4 cup margarine or butter, melted
• 1 (15 ounce) can DOLE® Mandarin Oranges
• 1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 (8 ounce) container orange or peach yogurt
• 3/4 cup sugar
• Fresh mint leaves (optional)

Preparing/Cooking:

• Stir together wafer crumbs and margarine until blended.
• Press mixture evenly into bottom of ungreased 8-inch square baking pan.
• Chill while preparing filling.
• Drain mandarin oranges; reserving 1/4 cup syrup.
• Sprinkle gelatin over reserved syrup, in small bowl; let stand 2 minutes.
• Microwave mixture on HIGH 30 seconds or until gelatin dissolves (or heat mixture in a saucepan, stirring until gelatin is dissolved).
• Beat cream cheese with yogurt and sugar on medium speed of electric mixer until blended.
• Beat in gelatin mixture until smooth.
• Spread one half cream cheese mixture over crust.
• Sprinkle half mandarin oranges over filling.
• Spread remaining filling over oranges.
• Garnish top with remaining oranges.
• Cover; refrigerate 3 to 4 hours or until firm.
• Garnish top of dessert with fresh mint leaves if desired; cut into squares to serve.
• Refrigerate any leftovers.

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