Chocolate Turtle Cheesecake

Wendy W88's Note:

This is "Oh, sooooooo yummy!" One of my family's favorites!

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 25 mins
• Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 pie

• 1 (7 ounce) package caramels
• ¼ cup evaporated milk
• 1 cup chopped pecans , divided
• 1 9-inch chocolate pie crust
• 2 (3 ounce) packages cream cheese , softened at room temperature
• ½ cup sour cream
• 1 ¼ cups milk
• 1 package instant chocolate pudding mix
• ½ cup fudge sauce

Directions:

1. Using a heavy saucepan, heat caramels and evaporated milk over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until smooth.
2. Add 1/2 C chopped pecans.
3. Pour into pie crust.
4. Add cream cheese, sour cream, and milk in a blender and process until smooth.
5. Add pudding and blend about 30 seconds more.
6. Pour pudding mixture over caramel mixture in pie pan evenly.
7. Chill loosely covered, about 15-20 minutes.
8. Drizzle fudge topping over pie and sprinkle with remaining pecans.
9. Chill loosely covered until ready to serve.

Reviews

[HeatherMcK]

This was very easy to make & fairly quick. I loved the crust, however I thought the filling was lacking something. My husband thought it tasted to "cheesy" & I thought there the chocholate taste wasn't rich enough. It wasn't firm enough for my taste as well (perhaps I did not measure the milk carefully enough?) When I went to serve leftovers the next day it was a bit runny. With some tweaking it could be very good.

[CandyTX]

Tom makes this about once a year... it's AMAZING... yum! Well worth the time that goes into it!