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id
374
Name
Chocolate Mint Pie
Main Dish Category
Dessert
Secondary Dish Category
Main Ingredient
chocolate pudding
Other Ingredient
Number of People
8
List of Ingredients
1 frozen, deep dish pie crust
1 1/4 cups milk
1 pkg. (4 serving size) cook and serve chocolate pudding and pie filling mix (not instant)
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
4 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/4 tsp. peppermint extract
3 to 5 drops green food color
2 cups frozen (thawed) whipped topping
2 thin rectangular chocolate green mints, (like Andes)
Description
Heat oven to 400 drgrees. Bake pie crust as directed on package for One-Crust Baked Pie Shell. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, in 2-qt. saucepan, stir together milk and pudding mix; cook as directed on package. Continue cooking over low heat while adding chocolate chips, stirring until melted. Set aside.
In medium bowl, beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, peppermint extract and 1 to 2 drops of green food color until smooth. Gently fold in 1 cup of the whipped topping.
Spread cream cheese mixture in shell. Top with chocolate mixture. Refrigerate at least 2 hours until set. To color remaining 1 cup whipped topping, in small bowl, stir together whipped topping and remaining 2 drops food color. Garnish pie with whipped topping. Chop mints and sprinkle over whipped topping. Cover and store in refrigerator.
Time
30 minutes prep plus 2 hours chilling
Cooking Type
StoveTop and Baking
Difficulty (1-5)
1
Notes
Per serving: 490 calories and 29 g total fat (18 g saturated), 40 mg cholesterol
I used skim milk, lowfat cream cheese and no-fat whipped topping. Would cut calories and fats considerably and worked great.
Origin
Pillsbury
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