Chocolate Caramel Nut Pie Recipes

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.

CARAMEL NUT TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Between 2 sheets of wax paper roll out dough into a 14-inch round (about 1/8 inch thick). Transfer dough to a baking sheet and chill 10 minutes. Lift top sheet of wax paper from dough and gently replace on top (this will facilitate removal of paper later). Flip dough over, discarding wax paper now on top, and carefully invert dough into an 11-inch tart pan with a removable fluted rim. Lightly press dough up side of rim, using pieces from overhang to patch any holes. Chill shell 30 minutes, or until firm.
• Line shell with foil, folding over edge to cover pastry entirely, and fill with pie weights or raw rice. Bake shell on a baking sheet in middle of oven 35 minutes and carefully remove foil and weights or rice. If bottom of crust still has patches of translucent undercooked dough, return shell to oven without foil and weights or rice and bake until pastry is completely cooked and golden, 3 to 5 minutes more. Cool shell in pan on a rack.
• Reduce temperature to 350°F.
• Coarsely chop nuts. In a 3-quart heavy saucepan melt butter with brown sugar and honey, stirring, and simmer 1 minute. Stir in nuts and cream. Simmer mixture 1 minute and pour into shell. Bake tart on baking sheet in middle of oven 30 minutes, or until filling is a few shades darker. Cool tart in pan on rack.
• Chop chocolate and in a double boiler or a metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water melt chocolate, stirring until smooth. Cool chocolate slightly and transfer to a pastry bag fitted with a #3 plain tip (slightly smaller than 1/8 inch). (Alternatively, transfer chocolate to a small heavy-duty sealable plastic bag. Squeeze chocolate into one corner of bag and with scissors cut a tiny slice off corner to form a small hole.) Pipe thin lines of chocolate over tart in a back and forth motion to form stripes. Tart may be made 2 days ahead and chilled, covered.
• Serve caramel tart chilled or at room temperature with ice cream and tuiles.

CHOCOLATE CARAMEL HAZELNUT PIE

Steps:

• Place pretzel pieces and cookies in a food processor; pulse until fine crumbs form. Add sugar and melted butter; pulse just until blended. Press onto bottom and sides of a 9-in. pie plate. Drizzle with 3 tablespoons caramel topping. Freeze while preparing filling., For filling, beat cream cheese and Nutella until smooth. Gradually beat in marshmallow creme. Gently fold in whipped topping and marshmallows. Spoon into crust., Refrigerate until set, 3-4 hours. Top with chopped candy and remaining caramel topping before serving.

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.

CHOCOLATE PECAN CARAMEL PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Put 2 cups of the pecans into a food processor or blender and process until finely ground.
• Mix pecans with granulated sugar and melted butter and press into a 9-inch pie pan.
• Bake 12 minutes or until lightly browned (if this puffs up during cooking, just lightly pressed down with a spoon).
• Microwave caramels and 1/3 of the whipping cream on high 3 minutes or until the caramels are melted, stirring often.
• Pour into crust.
• Lightly chop the remaining pecans and sprinkle over the caramel mixture.
• Put the rest of the whipping cream, chocolates, powdered sugar and vanilla in a sauce pan.
• Cook over low heat stirring often until the chocolate is melted.
• Pour the chocolate mixture over the pie and spread to cover.
• Refrigerate at least 2 hours.
• Enjoy!

CHOCOLATE CHIP CARAMEL PIE

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.