Chocolate Turtle Pie

Total Time: 3 hrs 50 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 baked and cooled 9 inch pie shell
• 1/4 cup caramel ice cream topping
• 3/4 cup pecan halves
• 1 chocolate pudding mix (4 serving size)
• 1 3/4 cups milk
• 1 container cool whip topping

Recipe

• 1 pour ice cream topping into pie shell; you may have to tilt the shell around so the topping spreads evenly .
• 2 arrange pecans on the topping and chill 15-20 minutes .
• 3 while chilling, combine pie filling mix and milk in a saucepan; blend well .
• 4 cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a full boil .
• 5 remove from heat; cool 5 minutes , stirring twice .
• 6 pour over nuts in pie shell.
• 7 cover with plastic wrap and chill at least 3 hours .
• 8 serve with a dollop of cool whip on top .
• 9 this is also good if you stir 1-2 cups of semi sweet chocolate chips into the pudding once cooled and before spreading it over the pecans .
• 10 really rich, though .