Chocolate Icebox Pie

Total Time: 38 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2/3 cup milk
• 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate morsel
• 1/4 cup cold water
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 3 large eggs, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 (6 ounce) ready-made chocolate crumb crusts
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans, toasted
• 1 (1 5/8 ounce) milk chocolate candy bars, chopped

Recipe

• 1 heat milk in a 3 quart saucepan over medium heat until it begins to bubble around the edges (do not boil).
• 2 remove from heat and whisk in the chocolate morsels until melted.
• 3 cool slightly.
• 4 stir together cold water and cornstarch until dissolved.
• 5 whisk cornstarch mixture, sweetened condensed milk, eggs, and vanilla into chocolate mixture. bring to a boil over medium heat, whisking constantly. boil 1 minute or until mixture thickens and is smooth. be careful not to overcook.
• 6 remove from heat and whisk in butter.
• 7 spoon mixture into pie crust.
• 8 cover and chill at least 8 hours.
• 9 beat whipping cream at high speed with a mixer until foamy. gradually add sugar and beat until soft peaks form.
• 10 spread whipped cream evenly over pie filling.
• 11 sprinkle with pecans and candy bar pieces.