Thanksgiving Pies

Chocolate candy crunch pie (courtesy of Kraft recipes)
2 C cold milk
2 boxes (4oz) chocolate pudding mix
1 Tub cool whip, thawed and divided
2 milk chocolate English toffee candy bars (I just got a bag of heath chips in the baking aisle)
1 Oreo pie crust
1 square semi-sweet baking chocolate, melted (I just used chocolate syrup)

Pour milk into large bowl. Add pudding mixes. Beat until well blended. Gently stir in 1 1/2 C whipped topping. Reserve some candy pieces for topping. Stir remaining candy into pudding mixture. Spoon into crust and top with remaining whipped topping. Sprinkle reserved candy pieces and drizzle with melted chocolate. Serve or refrigerate.

I made this the night before and refrigerated it all night and it still wasn't a very solid consistency but more like firm pudding. I'm guessing it had to do with the whip topping being too soft. I also ended up only using 3/4 of a bag of the heath chips and I was very liberal with the topping. But it was seriously delicious!


Double Layer cheesecake
2 (8oz) packs cream cheese, softened
3/4 C sugar
1 t vanilla
2 eggs
1 graham cracker crust (9 inch)
1/2 C pumpkin puree
1 t ground cinnamon
1/2 t nutmeg
whipped topping

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2. In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Blend in eggs one at a time. Remove 1 cup of batter and spread into bottom of crust; set aside.
3. Add pumpkin, cinnamon and nutmeg to the remaining batter and stir gently until well blended. Carefully spread over the batter in the crust.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until center is almost set. Allow to cool, then refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight. Cover with whipped topping before serving.

You could also add some ground cloves or instead of using pumpkin puree just use pumpkin pie filling since it's already got the spices. I added a whole can of pumpkin because I didn't think the flavor was strong enough but then it wasn't as solid as cheesecake usually is so maybe just more spices, less pumpkin. I drizzled caramel on top and then whip cream. I was thinking next time I would also throw on some pecans or those heath chips. Enjoy!