Turtle Pie Food

TURTLES® PIE

Steps:

• Place pecans into bottom of pie shell.
• To Make Filling: In a heavy saucepan over medium heat, cook condensed milk, brown sugar, butter and corn syrup. Stir and bring to a boil; stir continuously for at least 5 minutes. Remove from heat, then slowly beat with a spoon until mixture starts to thicken; will take about 2 minutes. Be sure not to over beat or it will harden too much. Pour mixture into pie shell; cover and refrigerate for about an hour. Filling ingredients may be halved to make for a less rich pie.
• To Make Topping: In a medium saucepan, cook chocolate and butter over low heat until melted together. Stir in condensed milk; mix well. Remove from heat; allow to cool just enough so that yolk won't cook when added, but not so cool that the chocolate hardens; cooling time will be about 3 minutes. Stir in egg yolk to chocolate mixture; spread over cooled filling. Place pie back in refrigerator and cool for another hour.

EASY TURTLE PIE

Steps:

• In mixer, beat cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth. Add the peanut butter, milk and 3 tablespoons peanuts. Beat until smooth.
• Fold in 2 cups of Cool whip.
• Spoon filling into graham cracker crust.
• Refrigerate for 1 hour or until set.
• Top with remaining Cool Whip. (You can either put Cool Whip on as a top layer, or you can individually serve the Cool Whip as a large dollop on each piece of pie.).
• To serve, place piece of pie on plate and drizzle with some chocolate syrup and then some caramel syrup. Sprinkle with chopped roasted peanuts.
• You can also serve with some powdered sugar, chocolate curls and mint sprigs.

TURTLE PIE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine chocolate morsels and 1/4 cup cream. Microwave on High in 30 second intervals, stirring between each, until chocolate is melted and smooth (about 1 minute total). Spread chocolate mixture evenly over bottom of baked pie crust, set aside to cool completely.
• In a small saucepan, combine brown sugar, 1/2 cup cream, and butter over medium heat. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring completely, until sugar dissolves. Stir in vanilla; cool completely.
• In a medium bowl, beat remaining 2 cups cream at high speed with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form. Fold in brown sugar mixture. Spread cream mixture over top of chocolate in crust. Top with pecans, miniature chocolate chips, and melted caramel. Refrigerate for 8 hours.
• Pie Crust.
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour.
• 1/2 teaspoon salt.
• 1/3 cup shortening.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour and salt. Using a pastry blender, cut in shortening until mixture is crumbly. Add 4 tablespoons water, adding additional water as needed, stirring just until moistened. Form into a disk and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Preheat over to 425 degrees. On a lightly floured surface, roll pastry to a 12-inch circle. Fit pastry into a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate. Trip excess pastry 1/2 inch beyond edge of pie plate. Fold edges under, and crimp. Prick bottom and sides of crust with fork. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, or until lightly browned.

CHOCOLATE-GLAZED TURTLE PIE

Steps:

• Spread caramel topping onto bottom of crust. Reserve 10 nuts for garnish. Coarsely chop remaining nuts; sprinkle over caramel topping.
• Beat pudding mixes and milk with whisk 2 min. Stir in 1 cup COOL WHIP; pour into crust. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm.
• Microwave chocolate and remaining COOL WHIP in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1 min.; stir until blended. Spread over pie. Top with reserved nuts. Let stand 10 min. before serving.

MOTHER'S TURTLES® PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Place pie shell in a 9-inch pie dish.
• Heat caramels and 1/3 cup sweetened condensed milk together in a saucepan over low heat until caramels are melted, 3 to 5 minutes. Spread caramel mixture into the bottom of pie shell.
• Heat margarine and chocolate together in a saucepan over low heat until melted and smooth, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Beat eggs, remaining sweetened condensed milk, water, vanilla extract, and salt together in a large bowl until smooth. Stir chocolate mixture into egg mixture; pour over caramel mixture. Top pie with pecans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until center of pie is set, about 35 minutes. Cool pie for 1 hour at room temperature. Chill in refrigerator.

CHOCOLATE TURTLE PIE

Steps:

• Spread 1/4 cup caramel topping onto bottom of crust. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup nuts. Refrigerate until ready to use.
• Beat pudding mix and milk with whisk 2 min.; pour into crust.
• Refrigerate 2 hours. Top with COOL WHIP, remaining nuts and caramel topping just before serving.

TURTLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees. For the crust whip together 4 ounces butter, egg, salt, 1/3 cup sugar and vanilla together. Add the flour and incorporate completely. Form into a ball and turn out onto a floured surface. Roll the dough out to 14 inches and 3/4-inch thick. Blind bake the shell for 10 minutes in a tart pan.
• For the filling. Melt the chocolate and 1 1/3 cup cream together. Pour into the baked shell and chill for 1 hour. Top the ganache with the roasted pecan pieces and chill for another hour. For the caramel: Combine the karo, 3 tablespoons butter, 3/4 cup sugar and 1/2 cup heavy cream. Bring the mixture to a boil and cook until the caramel reaches the thread stage, (210 degrees). Allow the caramel to cool before pouring over the top of the ganache. Place a piece of the pie in the center of the plate. Garnish with chocolate sauce, whipped cream, mint and powdered sugar.

TURTLE PIE

Steps:

• Using an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth. Add the peanut butter, milk, and peanuts. Beat the mixture until smooth. Fold in half of the whipped cream into the peanut butter/cheese mixture. Set aside the remaining whipped cream in the refrigerator. Spoon the filling into the prepared pie shell. Refrigerate the pie for 1 hour or until the pie is set. Place a piece of pie in the center of a plate. Garnish the pie with the remaining whipped cream, chopped peanuts, chocolate shavings, chocolate sauce, powdered sugar, and mint sprigs.

TURTLE BROWNIE PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Prepare brownie batter as directed on package; pour into greased 9-inch pie plate. Bake 30 min. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediately press down center with bottom of another pie plate or measuring cup, leaving a depression in center of brownie and 1-inch-wide rim around edge. Cool completely.
• Beat pudding mixes and milk with whisk 2 min. (Mixture will be thick.) Stir in 1 cup COOL WHIP. Spoon into brownie shell; top with remaining COOL WHIP and nuts.
• Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm. Drizzle with caramel topping just before serving.

FUDGY TURTLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• In small heavy sauce pan over low heat, melt caramels with 1/3 cup sweetened condensed milk.
• Spread evenly on bottom of prepared pie crust.
• In a medium sauce pan over low heat, melt chocolate with the butter.
• In large bowl, beat eggs with remaining sweetened condensed milk, water, vanilla, and salt.
• Add chocolate mixture; Mix well.
• Pour into pie shell.
• Top with pecans.
• Bake 35-40 min, or until center is set.
• Cool. Serve with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
• Refrigerate leftovers.

FROZEN PEANUT BUTTER TURTLE PIE

Steps:

• Beat cream cheese spread, peanut butter and sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add COOL WHIP; mix well.
• Spread caramel topping onto bottom of crust; cover with cream cheese mixture. Freeze 4 hours or until firm.
• Top with nuts just before serving. Melt chocolate as directed on package; drizzle over pie.

FUDGY TURTLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a small bowl, mix wafer crumbs and butter. Press onto bottom and up sides of a greased 9-in. fluted tart pan with removable bottom. Bake 8-10 minutes or until set. Cool on a wire rack., For filling, in a small heavy saucepan, combine caramels and cream. Cook and stir over low heat until caramels are melted. Stir in pecans. Remove from heat; pour into crust. Top with chopped Snickers candy., For topping, place chocolate chips in a small bowl. In a small saucepan, bring cream just to a boil. Pour over chocolate; stir with a whisk until smooth. Pour and spread, if necessary, over top. Refrigerate 1 hour or until set., If desired, drizzle ice cream topping over individual pieces and top with additional chopped candy.

TURTLE CREAM PIE

Steps:

• CRUST.
• Preheat oven to 450.
• Let piecrust stand at room temperature for about 15 minutes; peel off plastic sheets. Place crust in a 9-inch glass pie plate; press firmly against sides and bottom. Fold back excess crust; crimp and flute. Prick bottom and sides with fork.
• Bake untl lightly browned, about 8 minutes. Transfer pie plate to a wire rack; cool completely.
• FILLING.
• In a microwave safe bowl, combine caramels and water. Microwave on HIGH at 1 minute intervals, stirring well after each interval, until mixture is smooth, 2-3 minutes. Let cook for 10 minutes.
• In a large bowl, beat eggs with a fork.
• Add brown sugar, sour cream, pecans, vanilla, and caramel mixture; mix well.
• Pour mixture into crust. Reduce oven heat to 350°F Bake until filling is set, about 30 minutes.
• Transfer pie plate to wire rack; cool completely. Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled.
• TOPPING.
• In a microwave-safe bowl, combine cream and milk chocolate chips. Microwave on HIGH for 1 minute; whisk until chips are melted and mixture is smooth. Cool to room temperature, about 1 hour.
• Using an electric mixer set on high speed, beat chocolate mixture just until it lightens in color; spoon over pie and spread to edges of crust. Refrigerate untl firm, about 2 hours.
• Put which and semisweet chocolates in two small bowls over pans of simmering water; stir each until melted. Dip half of the pecans in white chocolate and half in semisweet. Cool on baking sheet until set; place decoratively on pie.
• Serve with whipped topping.

HOUSE OF PLENTY'S TURTLE PIE

Steps:

• Sprinkle 1/4 cup of chocolate chips and pecans into pastry shell. Pour caramel topping over chip and pecans; set aside., In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine cream and remaining chips; cook and stir over low heat until smooth. , Gradually beat into cream cheese mixture. Carefully spread into pastry shell. Chill until set. Garnish as desired.