I made this for a family party I am going to today! I figured everyone loves salted caramel, pretzels and chocolate.. so I decided to combine it all together in pie form.
RECIPE:
FILLING:
2 cups heavy cream
1 and 1/2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
2 tablespoons coconut oil
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
CRUST:
4 chocolate graham crackers
1 bag chocolate covered pretzels
caramel sauce (recipe below)
CARAMEL SAUCE: (for crust and topping)
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons heavy cream
3/4 cup brown sugar
for the filling, beat heavy cream with an electric mixer until fluffy
stop mixer and add powdered sugar and vanilla
beat cream until stiff peaks form and set aside
in a microwave safe bowl, combine chocolate chips and coconut oil
microwave for 1 minute at a time, mixing after each minute until mixture is smooth
set bowl in fridge to cool
once it’s cooled, fold in whipped cream mixture in 3 increments, making sure to be consistent, but careful and set aside in fridge
for the crust, crush chocolate covered pretzels and graham crackers
for the crackers, i crushed until very fine and for the pretzels i still wanted some pretzel chunks
put both pretzels and cracker crumbs in a medium bowl
for the caramel, combine butter, heavy cream and brown sugar together in a small pot
cook on medium heat until bubbly, stirring constantly
the mixture will bubble a lot; once it start bubbling, cook for about 3 minutes until it becomes a dark amber color and the consistency is just right
turn off the burner, and set aside to cool
once the caramel is not too warm, mix it with the pretzel and graham cracker crumbs, saving some caramel for the topping
it should form a big ball and most of it will stick together
press this mixture down in a pie dish, covering the bottom and sides
place in freezer for about 5-10 minutes until set
once the crust is set, fill it with the chocolate mousse
drizzle the remaining caramel on top of the chocolate mousse, then sprinkle with sea salt
store in the fridge until serving!