Caramel Truffle Pie

Name: Caramel Truffle Pie
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 6 h
Total time: 7 h
Yield: 8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup hard margarine; 1 1/4 cups chocolate wafer crumbs; 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans; 1 tablespoon icing sugar (confectioners'); 20 caramels; 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons hard margarine; 2 tablespoons milk; 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips; 1 (1 ounce) envelope whipped dessert topping mix (prepared according to package directions); 2 cups frozen light whipped dessert topping, thawed

Submitted by SLColman

"Rich and sinful to be sure. Scrumptious. If you’re going to cheat on your diet for some dessert, this one is it!"

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Ready In:: 7hrs
Ingredients:: 10
Serves:: 8

ingredients

Chocolate Crust
¹⁄₃ cup butter or 1/3 cup hard margarine
1 ¹⁄₄ cups chocolate wafer crumbs
¹⁄₂ cup finely chopped pecans
1 tablespoon icing sugar (confectioners')
Caramel Layer
20 caramels
2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons hard margarine
2 tablespoons milk
Truffle Layer
1 ¹⁄₂ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 (1 ounce) envelope whipped dessert topping mix (prepared according to package directions)
Topping
2 cups frozen light whipped dessert topping, thawed

directions

Chocolate Crust: Melt butter in medium saucepan. Stir in wafer crumbs, pecans and icing sugar. Press in bottom and up sides of 9-inch pie plate. Bake in 350 F oven for 10 minutes.
Caramel Layer: Heat caramels, butter and milk in large saucepan, stirring often, until smooth. Pour into prepared crust. Cool completely.
Truffle Layer: Heat chocolate chips in medium saucepan over hot water, or on low, stirring constantly, until smooth. Do not overheat. Cool.
Fold dessert topping into chocolate. Spread over cooled caramel layer. Chill for 3 to 4 hours.
Topping: Spread whipped topping over pie. Garnish with grated chocolate if desired.

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SLColman

I am originally from Florida, near Tampa. I attended undergrad at the University of Tampa, and grad school at Auburn University. When I got married I moved to Wyoming. Talk about culture and environment shock!! I love animals, especially dogs. We try to get rescue dogs, particularly huskies. We currently have 2 huskies - one Siberian male and one Alaskan female. Huskies have so much personality! I am a fan of the childrens books about Winnie the Pooh. I especially love TIGGER. Actually I love just about everything Disney. One of the things I miss most from living in Florida was getting to go to Walt Disney World anytime I wanted to. It really is one of the happiest places on earth. I love to cook and am always trying a new recipe. I also like to garden, but find it quite a challenge here in Wyoming with our long winters and dry windy short summers. I like to experiment with herbs and spices. During the summer of 2006 I was diagnosed with PCOS and as such realized that the excess weight I was carrying was quite literally killing me. I found SparkPeople.com and was able to lose over 75 pounds now with not too much more to go. My cooking has changed some since then in that I still cook the same foods I just go about it in a much healthier way. Taste is paramount to me - so if it doesn't taste good then why bother! :) <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/Adopted1smp.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"> <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/smPACp.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket">

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