Chocolate Heaven
(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)
Source: Southern Living- Andrea Schackor Lerbs, Leagur City, Texas
Categories: Pie- cheesecake- tarts
Ingredients
- 1 cup walnuts
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 6 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted
- 1 (8oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
- 2/3 cup butter or margarine
- 1 2/3 cups powdered sugar
- 8 (1oz.) semisweet chocolate squares, melted
- 1/4 cup Irish cream liqueur
- 1/2 pint whipping cream
- 1 Tbsp. powdered sugar
Directions
- Process first 3 ingredients in a food processor until walnuts are ground, stopping to scrape down sides. Add melted butter, and process until blended. press mixture firmly into bottoms and up sides of a 9-inch pie plate.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool.
- Beat cream cheese and butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth; add
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1 2/3 cups powdered sugar, beating until blended. Add chocolate and liqueur, beating until blended. Spoon into crust, and chill 8 hours. Store in refrigerator up to 4 days, if desired.
- Beat whipping cream at medium speed with electric mixer until foamy; add 1 Tbsp. powdered sugar, beating until stiff peaks form. Spread on top of pie just before serving.