Chocolate Caramel Layer Pie Food

CARAMEL-CHOCOLATE PIE SUPREME

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450°F. Make and bake crust as directed. Cool completely on cooling rack.
• In 2-quart saucepan, heat caramels, butter and 2 tablespoons water over medium heat, stirring frequently, until caramels are melted. Pour into cooled baked crust. Sprinkle with pecans. Refrigerate about 1 hour or until chilled.
• In small bowl, beat cream cheese and 1/3 cup powdered sugar with spoon until smooth. Spread over caramel layer; refrigerate.
• Meanwhile, in 1-quart saucepan, heat chocolate and 3 tablespoons hot water over low heat, stirring constantly, until chocolate is melted. Cool to room temperature. Stir in vanilla.
• In chilled large bowl, beat whipping cream and 2 tablespoons powdered sugar with electric mixer on low speed until mixture begins to thicken. Gradually increase speed to high and beat until stiff peaks form. Reserve 1 1/2 cups.
• Fold chocolate mixture into remaining whipped cream. Spread over cream cheese layer. Garnish with reserved whipped cream and chocolate curls. Cover; refrigerate at least 1 hour until firm but no longer than 48 hours.

LAYERED CHOCOLATE CARAMEL PIE

Steps:

• Combine cookie crumbs and butter; press onto bottom and up side of 9-inch pie plate sprayed with cooking spray. Refrigerate until ready to use.
• Mix cream cheese and caramel topping in medium bowl until well blended. Gently stir in COOL WHIP; spread onto bottom of crust.
• Beat pudding mix and milk with whisk 2 min.; pour over cream cheese layer. Refrigerate 3 hours.

CHOCOLATE CARAMEL CRUNCH PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Break the graham crackers into small pieces and place in a food processor. Pulse to blend into fine crumbs. Add the butter, cocoa powder and salt and pulse, in 2 second intervals, until combined and the consistency of wet sand. Press the mixture into and up the sides of a 9-inch pie plate. Bake until toasted and fragrant, about 8 minutes. Cool before filling, about 15 minutes.
• Scoop the dulce de leche into a medium bowl. Using a rubber spatula, fold in the walnuts, chocolate chunks and orange zest. Pour the filling into the prepared pie shell and refrigerate until chilled all the way through and set, about 3 hours.
• Just before serving, use a hand-mixer to whip the heavy cream and vanilla in a medium until soft peaks form. Sprinkle the flake salt on the pie, top with the whipped cream and grate the unsweetened chocolate over the top. Serve.

CARAMEL-CHOCOLATE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Mix cookie crumbs and 1/4 cup butter.
• Press firmly into a 9-inch pie plate (sides and bottom).
• Bake for 10 minutes, then cool.
• In a small heavy saucepan over medium heat, melt caramels, 2 tbs.
• butter, and 2 tbs.
• water, stirring frequently.
• Continue until mixture is smooth.
• Pour into baked crust.
• Sprinkle with pecans (if using), and chill for about 1 hour.
• Beat cream cheese and 1/3 cup powdered sugar until smooth.
• Spread over cooled caramel layer, and return to fridge.
• Heat chocolate and 3 tbs.
• hot water over low heat in a heavy saucepan until chocolate is melted (don't ask me why it doesn't seize, I thought that too).
• Cool to room temp.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Using a chilled bowl and beaters, whip cream with 2 tbs.
• powdered sugar until stiff peaks form.
• Reserve 1 1/2 cups.
• Fold chocolate mixture into remaining whipped cream, and spread over cream cheese layer.
• Top with reserved whipped cream (I pipe it over the top with a bag and tip) and garnish with chocolate curls.
• Refrigerate leftovers.
• TO MAKE CHOCOLATE CURLS: use a vegetable peeler on a large chocolate bar over waxed paper.
• Works better on room-temp or slightly warm chocolate.
• Use a toothpick to place chocolate curls on pie.

CHOCOLATE CARAMEL PIE (NO BAKE)

Steps:

• Caramel layer:.
• Cook sweetened condensed milk, butter, and sugar in medium saucepan over medium heat until butter melts.
• Increase heat and bring to a boil, stirring constantly for six minutes or until mixture is as thick as pudding.
• Pour over prepared crust and refrigerate one hour.
• Truffle layer:.
• Stir chocolate chips, heavy cream, and butter in medium saucepan over medium heat until melted and smooth.
• Pour over caramel layer and refrigerate one hour.
• Mousse layer:.
• In a double broiler melt chocolate chips, stirring constantly. Cool slightly.
• Beat heavy cream in a bowl until stiff peaks form. Beat in cooled chocolate.
• Beat ice cold evaporated milk until trails form.
• Beat into chocolate mixture just until blended DO NOT OVERBEAT!
• Spread over truffle layer and refrigerate for one hour.
• NOTE 1: I put the evaporated milk in a metal bowl and place in freezer until ice crystals begin to form around the edges and then beat.

CHOCOLATE CHUNK-CARAMEL PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Mix cookie crumbs and margarine; press onto bottom and up side of 9-inch pie plate. Bake 10 min.; cool.
• Microwave caramels and half-and-half in medium microwaveable bowl on HIGH 3 min. or until caramels are completely melted, stirring after 1-1/2 min. Stir in nuts; spread onto bottom of crust. Refrigerate 10 min. or until set. Chop 2 oz. chocolate; sprinkle over caramel layer in crust.
• Microwave remaining chocolate in separate microwaveable bowl 30 sec.; stir until completely melted. Drizzle over pie. Refrigerate 1 hour or until chocolate is firm.

CHOCOLATE LAYER PIE

Steps:

• Combine cookie crumbs, 3 Tbs sugar and melted butter.
• Press firmly into 9 inch pie plate covering bottom and sides evenly.
• Bake at 350° F for 10 minutes.
• In a medium sized bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, and 1 tbs milk in large bowl until smooth.
• Gently stir in 1/2 of the whipped topping.
• Spread on bottom of baked crust.
• In a medium saucepan, combine the 1/3 cup sugar and the cornstarch.
• Stir in the milk, chocolate, and 1 tablespoon butter.
• Cook on medium stirring constantly until thickened and bubbling.
• Reduce heat; cook and stir 2 additional minutes.
• Remove 1 cup of mixture from pan.
• Gradually stir the 1 cup of mixture into egg yolks.
• Return mixture to saucepan; bring to boil.
• Cook, stirring constantly for 2 additional minutes.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Set pudding aside to cool for a few minutes.
• Turn pie filling into pie pan on top of the cream cheese layer.
• Refrigerate for 4 hours or until set.
• Just before Serving spread remaining whipped toping over pudding layer, and garnish with shaved chocolate.