St Patrick Day Minty Chocolate Pie Recipe
Ingredients
- Chocolate Graham Cracker Crust
- 9 – 11 Graham Crackers, crushed to 1 1/2 cups
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup baking cocoa
- 6 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted
- “Lucky You” Mint Pie
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Chilling Time: 2 hours 20 minutes
- Makes 8 servings
- 1 cup (6 ounces) Nestlé Toll House Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mini Morsels
- 1 can (12 fluid ounces) Nestlé Carnation Evaporated Milk, divided
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 prepared 9-inch (6 ounces) chocolate crumb crust
- 1 pkg. (3.4 ounces) vanilla instant pudding and pie filling mix or 2 packages (1.5 ounces)
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 3 to 4 drops green food coloring (optional)
- 1 container (8 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed, divided
- Additional Nestlé Toll House Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mini Morsels, fresh mint sprigs (optional)
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