Ingredients
Serves 8, 9-10 Inch Pie Pan
Crust
26 Oreos sandwich cookies
5 T. butter
Cream Cheese Layer
French Silk Chocolate
3 oz bittersweet or unsweetened chocolate
1 t. vanilla
3/4 c butter
1 1/8 c fine sugar
3 pasteurized eggs
Directions
Crust
Place whole cookies in food processor and pulse until cookies resemble wet sand. Melt butter and pour over cookie crumbs and mix until butter is evenly distributed. Press crumbs evenly into pie pan. Bake crust at 375 degrees for 10 minutes. Let cool.
Cream Cheese Layer
Mix 4 oz softened cream cheese with ½ c. powdered sugar. Fold in 4 oz. of Cool Whip and spread on top of crust. If you have a larger pan, you may use 6 oz of cream cheese, 1/3 cup powdered sugar, and 6 oz. Cool whip. Spread onto cooled crust. Chill.
French Silk Chocolate
Melt chocolate and set aside to cool. Place sugar in food processor and make the sugar powdery. In a mixer, cream the butter and sugar. Add the cooled chocolate and vanilla, and beat with a mixer for two minutes. Add and egg and beat for five minutes. Scrape the bowl. Add another egg and beat for five minutes. Scrape the bowl. Add the last egg and beat for five minutes. Scrape the bowl and beet for one more minute.
Spread on the pie, cover, and place in the refrigerator for two hours.
Top with favorite whipped topping. Garnish with caramel topping, Oreo crumbs, chocolate, white chocolate, and/or nuts, as desired. Decorate as desired.