Chocolate Chip Cookie Cream Layer Delight

My mom used to make this for me all the time for my birthday. She would make her own crust from scratch though....but we both forget how it was made...so I decided to substitute cookie dough, and it's delicious!!! We also both couldn't remember what it was called. So instead of "that layer thing you always make me for my birthday," I chose to name it "Chocolate Chip Cookie Cream Layer Delight."

Ingredients: 1 tube of choc. chip cookie dough
                    8 oz. of cream cheese, softened
                    1 cup of powdered sugar
                   12 oz. of cool whip, thawed
                    3 cups milk
                    1 pkg. of instant chocolate pudding mix (3.9 oz.)
                   1 pkg. instant vanilla pudding mix (3.4 oz.)
                 *optional* Coconut and almonds

                   

Directions: Set the tube of cookie dough out at room temperature for 10 minutes to soften. Press it into an ungreased 9x13 pan. If the dough starts to get sticky on your fingers, you can wet your fingers a little bit with water and it helps to not stick! :)
     Bake at 350 for about 14 minutes or until golden brown. Take it out of oven and place the whole pan on a wire rack to cool.
   In a big bowl, beat the cream cheese, and powdered sugar until smooth. Fold in 1 3/4 cup cool whip. Spread over cooled crust.
      In another big bowl, whisk the milk and both the pudding mixes for 2 minutes. Let it stand for another 2 minutes or until it's soft set.
   Spread over the cream cheese layer. Top with remaining cool whip.
  Sprinkle coconut and almonds on top if desired!
  Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight until it's firm.