Peanut Butter Praline Pie

Total Time: 26 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 11 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs (about 40 wafers)
• 6 tablespoons baking cocoa
• 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1/3 cup butter, cubed
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1 (3 ounce) package cook-and serve vanilla pudding mix
• 2 cups milk
• 1 (11 ounce) package peanut butter chips
• 1 cup whipped topping
• pecan halves, and additional topping

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl, combine crumbs, cocoa and confectioners' sugar.
• 2 stir in butter.
• 3 press into a 9 inch pie plate.
• 4 bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
• 5 cool on a wire rack.
• 6 in a saucepan, combine the sugars and cornstarch.
• 7 add butter and water.
• 8 bring to a boil over medium heat.
• 9 cook and stir for 1 minute.
• 10 stir in pecans.
• 11 pour into crust.
• 12 refrigerate.
• 13 meanwhile, in a saucepan, combine pudding mix and milk until smooth.
• 14 cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil.
• 15 remove from the heat.
• 16 stir in peanut butter chips until smooth.
• 17 cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• 18 fold in whipped topping.
• 19 spoon over praline layer.
• 20 refrigerate until set.
• 21 garnish with pecans and aditional whipped topping.