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Decadent Sea Salt Caramel Chocolate Pie

Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time7 minutes
Total Time22 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: caramel, chocolate, dessert, graham crackers, pie, sea salt caramel
Servings: 8 Slices
Author: Country Girl
Cost: $8

Ingredients

  • For the crust:
  • 1 package 9 crackers graham crackers
  • 1/2 cup butter melted
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • For the pie filling:
  • 1 8 oz package cream cheese softened
  • 1 5.9 oz package Jell-o chocolate pudding mix
  • 2/3 cup Eagle Brand Milk
  • 1 cup cold milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 TBSP butter melted
  • For the topping:
  • 1 10 oz bag Hershey’s sea salt caramel chips
  • Cool Whip almost frozen
  • Nestle’s milk chocolate morsels

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 375 °.
  • The graham crackers need to be finely crushed. I used my food processor, but you can also place the crackers in a large ziplock bag and crush them with a rolling
  • Place the crushed graham crackers in a medium sized bowl. Add in the rest of the crust ingredients and stir to combine.
  • Once combined, pour the ingredients into a 9 inch (mine is 9 1/2 inches) pie pan. Using your hands, or the back of a spoon, press the graham cracker mixture evenly into the pie pan.
  • Place your pie crust in the oven. Let it bake for 7 minutes.
  • Place the softened cream cheese in a large mixing bowl.
  • Using an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese and add the Eagle Brand Milk gradually.
  • Add the cup of cold milk, vanilla, butter and Jell-o pudding mix. Whip the mixture until thick.
  • When the pie filling is combined, spoon it into your graham cracker crust and spread it evenly.
  • Place 10 ounces of salted caramel chips in a small microwavable bowl. Microwave on high for 1 minute. Remove from microwave and stir. If the chips are melting as you stir, you are done. If not, microwave in increments of 20 seconds until they melt.
  • Pour the melted sea salt caramel on top of the chocolate filling and spread evenly across the pie. Just like frosting a cake.
  • The Cool Whip needs to be thick to pipe it. I placed mine in the freezer until it was not quite frozen. You want it thickened up but you don’t want it frozen solid.
  • Snip the corner off of a plastic bag and insert a piping tip of your choosing. Fill the bag with whipped cream and pipe drops of whipped cream around the edge of the pie. This could also be done with Redi-Whip whipped cream. It comes in a can, so you would not need the plastic bag and piping tip.
  • Finally, use chocolate chips to decorate the middle of the pie.
  • Place the pie in the refrigerator until ready to serve. The sea salt caramel will firm up and make a nice shell.