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Special Pie for a Special Guy

French silk chocolate pie in a graham cracker crust topped with whipped cream and toffee bits.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chocolate, cool whip, easy recipe, French silk pie, graham cracker crust, jello, pie, recipe, toffee, whipped cream
Servings: 8 slices
Author: Country Girl
Cost: $5

Ingredients

  • For the toffee bits:
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 2 TBSP water
  • Pinch of salt
  • For the crust:
  • 1/2 cup toffee bits
  • 9 graham crackers
  • 1 TBSP brown sugar
  • 4 TBSP butter melted
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • For the filling:
  • 1 box Jell-o chocolate pudding mix 5.9 oz
  • 2 cups milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 cup Cool Whip
  • For the topping:
  • 5 cups Cool Whip
  • Toffee bits

Instructions

  • Start by making your toffee.
  • Place all of the toffee ingredients into a medium sized sauce pan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring frequently.
  • Let toffee mixture continue to boil until it reaches 300°. It will be a golden brown color.
  • Remove from heat and immediately pour onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  • Allow to cool and harden. This happens fairly quickly.
  • Break toffee up and place between 2 pieces of parchment paper. Smash toffee into bits using a rolling pin.
  • Now make the crust.
  • Preheat oven to 325°
  • Place graham crackers, toffee bits, brown sugar and salt into food processor.
  • Pulse a few times to break up graham crackers and toffee bits.
  • Add melted butter to ingredients in food processor. Pulse until ingredients are well combined and evenly moistened by the butter.
  • Pour crust mixture into pie pan.
  • Use your hands to press crust into pan evenly.
  • Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and allow crust to completely cool.
  • While the crust is cooling make the filling.
  • Add Jell-o pudding mix, milk and vanilla to a large mixing bowl. Whisk to combine until mixture is thick (about 2 minutes).
  • Allow pudding mixture to sit for 5 minutes.
  • Beat in 1 cup of Cool Whip until combined.
  • Pour into cooled crust and spread evenly.
  • Finally, top pie with Cool Whip and sprinkle with remaining toffee bits.
  • Refrigerate for at least 3 hours until set.