Caramel Truffle Pie

Total Time: 7 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup hard margarine
• 1 1/4 cups chocolate wafer crumbs
• 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
• 1 tablespoon icing sugar (confectioners')
• 20 caramels
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons hard margarine
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 (1 ounce) envelope whipped dessert topping mix (prepared according to package directions)
• 2 cups frozen light whipped dessert topping, thawed

Recipe

• 1 chocolate crust: 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.
• 2 caramel layer: heat caramels, butter and milk in large saucepan, stirring often, until smooth. pour into prepared crust. cool completely.
• 3 truffle layer: heat chocolate chips in medium saucepan over hot water, or on low, stirring constantly, until smooth. do not overheat. cool.
• 4 fold dessert topping into chocolate. spread over cooled caramel layer. chill for 3 to 4 hours.
• 5 topping: spread whipped topping over pie. garnish with grated chocolate if desired.