Description
Homemade texas delight pie delivers rich chocolate layers with creamy pudding and whipped cream. Pecans scattered across the top provide delightful crunch and southern charm for passionate dessert enthusiasts.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 deep dish pie crust (9 or 10-inch), frozen
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup caramel bits
- ¾ cup pecans, pieces
- 1 cup pretzels, coarsely crushed
- 1 cup graham crackers, coarsely crushed
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- ½ cup (8 tbsps) butter, melted
- 1 can (14 oz / 414 ml) sweetened condensed milk
Instructions
- Preparation Setup: Position oven rack in lower third and preheat to 350°F (176°C), creating optimal baking conditions for the pie.
- Base Foundation: Melt butter thoroughly in a microwave-safe bowl, creating a smooth binding agent for the ingredients.
- Texture Creation: Crush pretzels and graham crackers into coarse fragments using a rolling pin or food processor, maintaining structural integrity without over-pulverizing.
- Mixture Fusion: Combine chocolate chips, crushed pretzels, graham cracker pieces, shredded coconut, pecan fragments, caramel morsels, and sweetened condensed milk with melted butter, stirring until ingredients form a unified, cohesive mixture.
- Pie Assembly: Carefully spread the prepared filling into the pre-chilled pie crust, ensuring an even, uniform distribution across the entire surface.
- Baking Process: Bake in the preheated oven for 40-45 minutes, watching for excessive browning around 25 minutes and protecting with aluminum foil if needed to prevent burning.
- Cooling and Serving: Remove pie from oven and let rest on a wire rack for 15 minutes, allowing the filling to set and stabilize, then slice and serve either warm or at room temperature to appreciate the complex flavor profile.
Notes
- Texture Tip: Crush pretzels and graham crackers coarsely to maintain a satisfying crunch and prevent powdery consistency.
- Browning Watch: Monitor pie surface after 25 minutes, covering with aluminum foil if top browns too quickly to prevent burning.
- Cooling Crucial: Let pie rest for at least 15 minutes after baking to allow filling to set properly and stabilize structural integrity.
- Serving Suggestion: Enjoy pie warm or at room temperature to experience optimal flavor blending and textural harmony.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 9
- Calories: 500
- Sugar: 32 g
- Sodium: 250 mg
- Fat: 30 g
- Saturated Fat: 18 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 54 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 45 mg