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Turtle Pie makes all the pie similes come true. Is it as sweet as pie? Yep, there's a creamy chocolate layer stacked on top of a peanut-filled caramel layer that all sits on a buttery, chocolate-covered pie crust. That's pretty delightful and tasty! Is it as easy as pie? Oh, you betcha! All you need is a fridge and a little bit of time, and you've got yourself some Turtle Pie! This will help everyone come out of their shells!
Turtle Pie makes all the pie similes come true. Is it as sweet as pie? Yep, there's a creamy chocolate layer stacked on top of a peanut-filled caramel layer that all sits on a buttery, chocolate-covered pie crust. That's pretty delightful and tasty! Is it as easy as pie? Oh, you betcha! All you need is a fridge and a little bit of time, and you've got yourself some Turtle Pie! This will help everyone come out of their shells!
Ingredients
For the crust:
- 2 tablespoons semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 (9-inch) pie shell store-bought or homemade, baked and cooled
For the caramel layer:
- 20 caramel cubes
- 1/4 cup cream or milk
- 1 1/4 cups salted peanuts
For the chocolate layer:
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 (8-ounce) container imitation whipped topping
Optional, for garnish:
- imitation whipped topping to taste
- caramel sauce to taste
- peanuts to taste, chopped
Directions
- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt 2 tablespoons of the chocolate chips and 1 tablespoon of the butter in the microwave in 20-second increments until melted.
- Spread the chocolate-butter mixture on the bottom of the pie crust.
- Chill the chocolate-covered pie crust until it is set, about 10-15 minutes.
- In a microwave-safe glass bowl, melt the caramels and the cream in the microwave in 20-second increments until melted, stirring often.
- Allow the melted caramel-cream mixture to cool slightly.
- Combine 1 1/4 cups of the peanuts with the cooled caramel-cream mixture and pour it on top of the chocolate-butter layer in the pie shell.
- Chill the pie for at least 1 hour and up to overnight.
- In another microwave-safe bowl, melt the remaining chocolate chips and the remaining butter until smooth, about 1 minute.
- Let the chocolate-butter mixture sit for 15 minutes.
- Fold about 1/3 of the carton of the imitation whipped topping into the cooled chocolate mixture. Then fold in the remaining 2/3 of the carton of the imitation whipped topping.
- Spread the chocolate-butter mixture over the caramel-cream layer in the pie shell.
- Chill the pie until it is set, at least 4 hours and up to overnight.
- Top the pie with the remaining imitation whipped topping, a drizzle of the caramel, and the remaining peanuts just before serving.
- Plate and serve.
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