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Caramel Truffle Pie

Rich and sinful to be sure. Scrumptious. If you’re going to cheat on your diet for some dessert, this one is it! :P


Chocolate Crust:

1/3 cup butter or hard margarine
1-1/4 cups chocolate wafer crumbs
½ cup finely chopped pecans
1 tbsp icing (confectioners’) sugar

Melt butter in medium saucepan. Stir in wafer crumbs, pecans and icing sugar. Press in bottom and up sides of 9-inch pie plate. Bake in 350 F oven for 10 minutes.


Caramel Layer:

20 caramels
2 tbsp butter or hard margarine
2 tbsp milk

Heat caramels, butter and milk in large saucepan, stirring often, until smooth. Pour into prepared crust. Cool completely.


Truffle Layer:

1-1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 envelope of dessert topping (prepared according to package directions) – like Dream Whip

Heat chocolate chips in medium saucepan over hot water, or on low, stirring constantly, until smooth. Do not overheat. Cool.

Fold dessert topping into chocolate. Spread over cooled caramel layer. Chill for 3 to 4 hours.


Topping:

2 cups frozen light whipped topping, thawed

Spread whipped topping over pie. Garnish with grated chocolate if desired. Cuts into 8 wedges.


1 wedge = 545 calories; 5g protein; 37.3 total fat; 55g carbohydrate; 278mg sodium; 3g dietary fiber