Triple Layer Pumpkin Chocolate Pie Food

TRIPLE-LAYER PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Beat dry pudding mixes, cinnamon and milk in medium bowl with whisk 2 min.; spread 1-1/2 cups onto bottom of crust.
• Stir 1-1/2 cups COOL WHIP into remaining pudding; spread over pudding layer in crust. Top with remaining COOL WHIP.
• Refrigerate 1 hour. Meanwhile, cook nuts and honey in skillet on medium-low heat 2 to 4 min. or until nuts are caramelized, stirring frequently. Spread onto waxed paper, separating large clusters. Cool.
• Sprinkle nuts over pie just before serving.

TRIPLE-CHOCOLATE PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Make the crust: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine graham cracker crumbs, butter, sugars, salt, and cinnamon in bowl. Firmly press mixture into bottom and up sides of a deep, 9 1/2-inch pie dish. Bake until firm, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Remove from oven, and sprinkle bittersweet chocolate over bottom of crust. Return to oven to melt chocolate, about 1 minute. Spread chocolate in a thin layer on bottom and up sides. Let cool on a wire rack. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees.
• Make the filling: In a large heatproof bowl set over a pot of simmering water, melt semisweet chocolate and butter, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat.
• Mix pumpkin, milk, brown sugar, eggs, cornstarch, vanilla, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and a pinch of cloves in a medium bowl. Whisk 1/3 pumpkin mixture into chocolate mixture. Whisk in remaining pumpkin mixture until completely incorporated.
• Transfer pie dish to a rimmed baking sheet, and pour pumpkin mixture into crust. Bake until center is set but still a bit wobbly, 55 to 60 minutes. Let cool in pie dish on a wire rack. Refrigerate until well chilled, at least 8 hours (preferably overnight). Before serving, drizzle melted milk chocolate on top. Serve immediately.

TRIPLE-LAYER CHOCOLATE PIE

Steps:

• Beat pudding mixes and milk in large bowl with whisk 2 min. (Pudding will be thick.)
• Spread 1-1/2 cups pudding onto bottom of crust. Stir half the COOL WHIP into remaining pudding; spread over layer in crust. Top with remaining COOL WHIP.
• Refrigerate 3 hours or until firm.

TRIPLE LAYER PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• 1. Don't forget the rum!
• 2. Preheat oven to 320'F Make sure pie crusts are rolled out and placed into pie tins. Set aside.
• 3. In a double boiler, melt the semi-sweet chocolate down slowly. Set aside.
• 4. In a large mixing bowl, cream sugar, pumpkin puree, maple syrup, vanilla, rum, butter and cream cheese together, until completely incorporated.
• 5. With mixer (or hand mixer) on medium speed, slowly incorporate eggs and egg yolks, one egg at a time, until completely incorporated into batter.
• 6. Beat in flour and pumpkin spice.
• 7. In another mixing bowl, pour out half of the batter and set aside.
• 8. Slowly beat melted chocolate into ONE of the batter bowls. You will have two bowls of batter, one with just pumpkin cheese batter, one with pumpkin chocolate batter. (Do not mix in chocolate quickly. If the chocolate is hot it'll cook the eggs, and no one wants an omelet instead of pie. To temper the batter beat in a few tablespoons of the chocolate in to temper the heat of the batter, then continue to slowly beat the rest of the chocolate in. Make sure chocolate has cooled slightly regardless, before incorporating into the batter.)
• 9. Pour out chocolate batter into the pie pans, filling the pie pans up only about half way. Bake the pies for about 35 minutes, or until the centers of the pies are just set. Remove and cool pies for about 10-15 minutes.
• 10. Once pies have cooled slightly, pour in the pumpkin cheese batter on top of the cooked chocolate layer. Bake pies again for 35 minutes, or until the centers are just set. Remove from oven and cool completely.
• 11. For topping: In sauce pan, combine all ingredients for the topping. Whisk together and heat up topping until sugar is melted. Cool the topping for at least 30 minutes before pouring over top of pies.
• 12. Pour topping over cooled pies and chill pies for 6 hours before serving. Serve chilled. I chose to garnish pies with excess chocolate chips and caramel. It was quite yummy.

FARMHOUSE TRIPLE-LAYER PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE PIE

Steps:

• Prepare your ingredients.
• Set out the cream cheese well in advance. Cream cheese should be at room temperature before use to avoid lumps in your cheesecake.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
• Prepare the pumpkin pie batter.
• In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together 1 cup pumpkin (minus 1/2 cup reserved for final layer), 1/2 can (approximately 1/2 cup plus 2 Tbsp.) sweetened condensed milk, 1 egg, 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoons ground nutmeg, 1/4 teaspoons ground ginger and 1/4 teaspoons salt until smooth. Pour pumpkin pie batter in pie crust.
• Prepare the plain cheesecake batter.
• In a second mixing bowl, combine both packages of room temperature cream cheese, 1/2 cup white sugar and 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract using a hand mixer. Blend until the mixture is smooth. Add 2 eggs, one at a time, blending thoroughly after each addition. Remove 1 cup of the plain cheesecake batter and spread gently on top of the pumpkin pie batter.
• Prepare the pumpkin cheesecake batter.
• Add reserved 1/2 cup of pumpkin puree, 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, 1/8 teaspoons ground cloves, and 1/8 teaspoons ground nutmeg to the remaining plain cheesecake batter. Stir gently until well blended. Pour pumpkin cheesecake batter gently over cheesecake batter.
• Bake for 10 minutes, then lower the oven to 350 and continue to bake for 20 minutes. Lower the oven to 300 and continue to bake for 15 to 20 minutes, making sure the outer edge doesn't brown too much. The center should still be soft with the edges firmer. The center will firm up as it cools off. Allow the cheesecake to cool completely, and then place it in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours before serving.

THREE-LAYER PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix the cinnamon with 1/2 teaspoon of the nutmeg and the ginger, allspice and salt and set aside.
• Mix one cup of the pumpkin with 3/4 cup of the brown sugar and 1/4 cup of the granulated sugar. Beat in 3 of the eggs, then stir in 2 teaspoons of the reserved spice mixture, half the heavy cream and the brandy. Pour into the pie shell and bake about 45 minutes, until set. Refrigerate until completely cooled, at least 4 hours.
• When the filling has cooled, whip the remaining cream until softly peaked, add 1 tablespoon of the granulated sugar and whip until stiff. Reserve 1/2 cup of this whipped cream and refrigerate. Spread the rest on the pie and refrigerate the pie again.
• Mix the remaining pumpkin with the remaining brown sugar in a saucepan. Add the remaining spice mixture and the yolks of 2 eggs. Heat the mixture, stirring, just to the boiling point. Remove from the heat.
• Soak the gelatin in 1/4 cup of cold water in a small saucepan to soften it, then place it over low heat for a few seconds until it dissolves. Stir into the warm pumpkin mixture and transfer to a large metal bowl. Place the bowl in another bowl partly filled with ice and cold water and set the mixture aside 10 to 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until it is cold.
• Place the remaining granulated sugar in a small saucepan, add 1/4 cup water and bring to a boil. Cook until a candy thermometer registers 237 to 239 (soft ball stage). While the sugar syrup is boiling, beat 2 egg whites until softly peaked. Then, when the sugar syrup is ready, continue beating the egg whites while slowly drizzling in the hot sugar syrup. Continue beating until the meringue is stiff and has cooled.
• When the pumpkin has cooled enough, fold in the meringue, then fold in the reserved whipped cream. Cover the pie with this chiffon layer and refrigerate another hour or so until set. Sprinkle the remaining nutmeg over the pie before serving.

COOL WHIP TRIPLE LAYER CHOCOLATE PIE

Steps:

• Pour milk into large bowl. Add dry pudding mixes and beat with wire whisk for 2 minutes until blended.
• Spoon 1 1/2 cups pudding onto the bottom of the crust.
• Stir 1/2 of the whipped topping into the remaining pudding.
• Spoon mixture on top of pudding in crust.
• Top with remaining whipped topping.
• Refrigerate 3 hours or until set.

TRIPLE-LAYER PUMPKIN SPICE PIE

Steps:

• Beat dry pudding mixes, cinnamon and milk with whisk 2 min.; spread 1and 1/2 cups onto bottom of the graham crust.
• Stir 1-1/2 cups whipped topping into remaining pudding until well blended. Spread over layer in crust; top with remaining whipped topping.
• Refrigerate at least 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, cook nuts and honey in skillet on medium-low heat 2 to 4 minute or until nuts are caramelized, stirring frequently.
• Spread onto sheet of waxed paper, separating larger clusters. Cool. Sprinkle over pie just before serving.

TRIPLE-LAYER PUMPKIN-CHOCOLATE PIE

Steps:

• Place the butter in the top of a double boiler set over barely simmering water.
• When the butter is partially melted, add the chocolate.
• Heat for 5-7 minutes, or until melted; then whisk until smooth.
• Remove the top of the double boiler and set aside to partially cool.
• Add the cream cheese to a large bowl; cream using an electric mixer on medium speed, gradually adding in 1 1/4 cups sugar.
• Beat in the eggs, one at at time; then blend in the pumpkin, vanilla, spices, and salt until well blended.
• Pour slightly less than half of the filling into a separate bowl and stir in the melted chocolate until well blended.
• Poor the chocolate filling into the pie shell; gently shake the pan to settle the filling.
• Put the pie on the center rack of a 350°F oven; bake for 20 minutes; transfer to a wire rack and let cool 15 minutes.
• Gently ladle the remaining plain pumpkin filling over the cooled chocolate layer; shake the pan gently to settle the filling.
• Return to the oven, placing the pie so that the part that faced the back of the oven now faces the front; bake 35-40 minutes or until the pumpkin layer is set (When done, the perimeter of the filling will have puffed some but not so much that it develops large cracks).
• Transfer pie to a wire rack and let cool until the filling settles down and flattens--about 30-45 minutes.
• Combine the sour cream and remaining 1/4 cup sugar in a small saucepan over very low heat, stirring constantly for 2-4 minutes or until warmed.
• When the sour cream is fairly thin and slightly warmer than body temperature, carefully pour it over the top of the pie.
• Immediately shake and tilt the pie to cover it with the topping.
• Return the pie to the rack and let cool completely.
• Cover loosely with foil and refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
• Note--the chocolate layer is partially prebaked to maintain its integrity when the plain pumpkin layer is added; the prebaking firms up the chocolate and the short cool down allows a slight skin to form, which helps keep the pumpkin layer from sinking into the chocolate.To enhance the breakdown between layers, you might want to sprinkle a fairly dense layer of chopped walnuts or pecans over the chocolate as soon as the pie comes out of the oven, pressing them gently to embed them in the chocolate.