Chocolate Chunk Caramel Pie Recipes

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.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Place softened pie crust in ungreased 9-inch pie plate. Fold and roll pastry under, even with plate; flute as desired.
• In large bowl, beat eggs, 3/4 cup brown sugar, the corn syrup, melted butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla with whisk until well blended. Sprinkle 3/4 cup of the chips in bottom of crust-lined pie plate. Pour egg mixture over chips in pie plate.
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until set; cover edges with foil if crust is getting too dark. Immediately sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup chips over top of pie. Cool 30 minutes on cooling rack. Refrigerate about 2 hours or until cooled.
• When ready to serve, in chilled medium bowl, beat whipping cream with electric mixer on medium-high speed until slightly thickened. Reduce speed; beat in 2 tablespoons brown sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Increase speed; beat mixture until stiff peaks from. Cut pie into slices, and serve topped with whipped cream. Store covered in refrigerator.

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.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix flour and salt; cut in cream cheese and butter until crumbly. Gradually add ice water, tossing with a fork until dough holds together when pressed. Shape into a disk; wrap in plastic. Refrigerate 30 minutes or overnight., Preheat oven to 350°. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim pastry to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate; flute edge. Refrigerate while making filling., In a small saucepan, combine sugar, butter and 1 cup chopped chocolate; stir over low heat until smooth. Cool slightly., In a large bowl, whisk eggs, corn syrup, vanilla and salt until blended. Stir in chocolate mixture. Layer pecans and remaining chopped chocolate in pastry shell; pour chocolate mixture over top., Bake 55-60 minutes or until set. Cool 1 hour on a wire rack. Refrigerate 2 hours or until cold.

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.