Kahlua & Baileys Chocolate Cream Pie

Total Time: 4 hrs Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 baked pie crust, i prefer a traditional pastry crust
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
• 1/2 cup kahlua
• 1/4 cup baileys irish cream or 1/4 cup just more kahlua
• 3 tablespoons vanilla instant pudding mix (to help pie set)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted
• 1/4 cup icing sugar, added to the cream cheese is optional if you prefer a sweeter pie

Recipe

• 1 toast almonds in a 300 degree oven while melting choc. chips in a double boiler. watch the almonds carefully, they burn in a flash.
• 2 with a hand mixer, beat melted chocolate into the cream cheese till it is smooth and glossy and holds it's shape.
• 3 beat in liqueur by the 1/4 cup.
• 4 in another bowl, whip the cream, adding in the pudding mix and the salt; beat untill it is very stiff.
• 5 on low, blend the two mixtures together completely.
• 6 pour into a pie crust and decorate or garnish with the toasted almonds.
• 7 refrigerate until set, about 4 hours; this pie improves with age.
• 8 you can make this far more chocolatey if you double the choc. chips.