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Turtle Pie Truffles Recipe

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Easter is on it’s way!  I love holidays with big family gatherings full of love and food.  Typically I try to have two desserts on hand for holidays: one chocolate and one non-chocolate.  This is what I came up with for my chocolate dessert for Easter this year:

Turtle Pie Truffles

I’ll let you in on a little secret: These are so simple to make because I took a big shortcut.  I started with an EDWARDS® Turtle Crème Pie.  I picked up my turtle pie while doing my shopping at Walmart.  You can find it in the Desserts area of the Frozen Section.

the ice cream section of the store the ice cream case

EDWARDS® Turtle Crème Pie has a chocolate cookie crust, a creamy center, chocolate, caramel, and pecans.

the turtle pie

Everyone who knows me well knows I love ice cream cakes and cream pies.  I’ll be honest… sometimes I buy EDWARDS® pies for no occasion at all and eat a slice each day until they are gone.  Ok, my husband will probably tell you sometimes I have more than one slice per day… and he’s not lying.

the pie thawing the turtle pie

So here’s how I used my EDWARDS® Turtle Crème Pie to make Turtle Pie Truffles:

Ingredients:

all of the ingredients

  • EDWARDS® Turtle Crème Pie
  • chocolate candy coating
  • caramel chips
  • pecan halves
  1. Pull the pie out of the pie plate and place in a large bowl.pie in the bowl

2. Crush the pie and try to mix it up, distributing everything evenly.  You want to make sure you don’t have super huge pieces of cookie crust.

mashing everything together

3. Use an ice cream scoop to scoop out the pie mixture onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.

scooped pieces of the pie on the tray

4. Put the cookie sheet into the freezer for an hour.

5. Pull the cookie sheet out from the freezer.  Melt your chocolate candy coating.  Melt your caramel chips.  Use a toothpick to dip each ball of pie mixture into the chocolate candy coating and put the balls back down onto the parchment paper.

6. Push a pecan half onto the top of each ball while the chocolate coating is still soft.

the balls dipped in chocolate and covered with pecans

7. Drizzle a little caramel over the top.

caramel drizzled on top

8. Put the truffles back into the freezer for at least 30 minutes.

When you are ready to serve the turtle truffles get them out of the freezer.  Let them soften for about 5 minutes but don’t wait too long to eat them or they will begin to melt!

the turtles on a tray the turtle truffles on a tray the turtles on a tray

In order to have a second dessert option I’ll pair my turtle pie truffles with a MRS. SMITH’S® Original Flaky Crust Dutch Apple Pie.  My husband loves apple pie but with all the other dishes to prepare for Easter I won’t have time to do all the peeling and slicing needed to make my usual apple pie recipe.  You should try MRS. SMITH’S® pies as a special treat for your loved ones.

As if the convenience of Edwards and Mrs. Smith’s pies weren’t tempting enough, there are currently Ibotta rebates going for both Edwards and Mrs Smith’s so  be sure to check those out for some extra savings when you get your pies for Easter or for any day when you want to treat your family (or yourself!).

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Stacey Werner

Wednesday 9th of March 2016

Such a smart idea to use an already made dessert to create a new one! Plus they are bite-size so you could make different flavors and enjoy a few desserts.

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Cat

Wednesday 9th of March 2016

Thanks Stacey!

Yum Girl

Wednesday 9th of March 2016

Welcome to Yum Goggle! We are following you on all your social media platforms and we hope you will follow us back. We will do our best to tag you each time we promote your posts. How "Half-Way Homemade" category is one of our most popular and this recipe fits perfectly into that category. Please feel free to submit more. Kelli at YG!

Cat

Wednesday 9th of March 2016

Thanks Kelli!

AnneMarie

Tuesday 8th of March 2016

I love those turtle pies! (and now I totally want one!) This is a really creative way to take a pie and make it way more elegant! Very cool.

Cat

Tuesday 8th of March 2016

Thank you!

Austin

Tuesday 8th of March 2016

Those look tasty!

Cat

Tuesday 8th of March 2016

Thanks!

Beth

Tuesday 8th of March 2016

So fun to see someone elses take on this campaign! I love them and those truffles looks SO good!

Cat

Tuesday 8th of March 2016

Thanks! I love your bunny pie!

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