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Snickers: Bon Appetit's Snicker's Pie

Source of Recipe

Bon Appetit, June 1993


List of Ingredients

CRUST
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 tablespoon sugar
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

FUDGE LAYER:
6 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces
4 ounces chopped semisweet chocolate
1 ounce chopped unsweetened chocolate
1/2 cup sugar
1 large egg + 1 large yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla
8 Snicker's Bars (1/2 oz), cut up

CREAM CHEESE LAYER:
10 ounces softened cream cheese
1/3 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla

GLAZE:
2 ounces milk chocolate chips
2 tablespoons whipping cream


Recipe

Heat oven to 350ºF. Combine ingredients and press into a buttered 9" glass pie pan. Bake about 5 minutes. Cool on rack. Maintain oven temp. FUDGE LAYER: Sift flour, baking powder and salt into medium bowl. Combine butter and chocolates in a double boiler and stir until melted and smooth. Cool slightly.

Using and electric mixer beat sugar, egg and egg yolk in a medium bowl until slightly thickened. Add vanilla and cooled chocolate mixture and mix until well blended. Add dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Pour into crust and bake until almost set ( about 17 minutes.) Cool on rack for 10 minutes. Cut up about 8 1/2 oz Snicker's bars and place on fudge layer.

CREAM CHEESE LAYER: With an electric mixer, combine cheese and sugar, add egg and vanilla and beat until smooth. Spread mixture over Snicker's and bake for about 15 minutes or until set. Cool on rack. Melt 2 oz milk chocolate and 2 TBS whipping cream to drizzle on top. Refrigerate and serve chilled. Optional: drizzle warmed caramel sauce over all.