Ingredients

• 3 cups mashed potatoes(very thick ones)
• 3/4 cup pumpkin puree (sweet potato works and either can be scooped out of a pie or out of a can)
• 1/2 plus 1 TBS butter
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp garlic powder (if you use garlic salt omit the tsp of salt)
• half of a brick cream cheese
• 1 can nestle table cream (I find it on the latin American food isle of my local grocery store by the canned dulce de leche)
• 1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
• 1 bag real bacon bits (found in salad dressing isle do not use imitation bits in the jar as they are to crunchy)
• 1 bag french fried onions (same as those used in green bean casserole)
• sour cream to garnish if you wish
• chopped chives to garnish if you wish