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Snickers Pie
Chocolate cookie crust with a creamy cheesecake filling, topped with salty peanuts, chocolate and caramel sauce. All the flavors of a favorite candy bar in pie form. This recipe is sugar free, gluten free, low carb and a Trim Healthy Mama S Fuel.
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Summer is in full swing, and it is the time of year when people do not want to even think about turning on their ovens! Now, where I live in Montana, it is still not very hot. Maybe close to 80 during the day, then in the 40’s at night. It is beautiful weather! Are you jealous?
But even I am starting to think about recipes that do not require heating up my oven/kitchen. This snickers pie is such a recipe. No baking required! Well, I should qualify that statement. No BAKING required, but you do need to make the caramel on the stove-top. But that’s close enough, right?
Snickers used to be my favorite candy bar. I still love nuts and caramel and chocolate together. My Cashew Snickers Bar recipe has been a big hit, and I figured it was time for another Snickers inspired dish!
Now confession time . . . I am NOT a pie maker. I can make all kinds of desserts, but I never perfected the pie! Something about the crust scares me to death. But this crust is no-bake – you only have to mix the ingredients together and press it into the pie pan. That is my kind of crust (oh, and did I mention it is chocolate?)!
I will admit, this pie is not the most beautiful when you slice it to serve. The caramel and chocolate form a kind of “shell” topping over the nuts, which causes it to break a little when sliced. But in my opinion, the taste is what is most important. (Am I right?) I’m fine with it looking a bit messy as long as the flavor rocks my tastebuds. However, it DOES slice better when it is frozen. My husband likes it frozen, like an ice cream pie!
So, what do you need for this Low Carb Snickers Pie?
Crust
1/2 Cup Baking Blend
3 Tablespoons Cocoa Powder
1.5 Tablespoons Gentle Sweet
1/2 Cup Melted Butter
Filling
12 oz Softened Cream Cheese
1 cup Heavy Cream
1/4 Cup Gentle Sweet
1/2 Teaspoon Caramel Extract
Caramel Sauce
4 Tablespoons Butter
4 Tablespoons Xylitol
1 Teaspoon Caramel Extract
Pinch of Mineral Salt
2 Tablespoons Heavy Whipping Cream
Chocolate Drizzle
3/4 Cup Lily’s Chocolate Chips
2 Teaspoons Coconut Oil (I use refined so there is no flavor)
Other Ingredients
1 Cup Chopped Peanuts
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Ingredients
- Crust
- 1/2 Cup Baking Blend
- 3 Tablespoons Cocoa Powder
- 1.5 Tablespoons Gentle Sweet
- 1/2 Cup Melted Butter
- Filling
- 12 oz Softened Cream Cheese
- 1 cup Heavy Cream
- 1/4 Cup Gentle Sweet
- 1/2 Teaspoon Caramel Extract
- Caramel
- 4 Tablespoons Butter
- 4 Tablespoons Xylitol
- 1 Teaspoon Caramel Extract
- Pinch of Mineral Salt
- 2 Tablespoons Heavy Whipping Cream
- Chocolate Drizzle
- 3/4 Cup Lily's Stevia Sweetened Chocolate Chips
- 2 Teaspoons Coconut Oil I use refined so there is no flavor
- 1 Cup Chopped Salted Peanuts
Instructions
- Make Caramel
- In a medium sauce pot, melt butter and xylitol together and stir until smooth and just boiling.
- Turn heat down to low and simmer for 1 minute.
- Add caramel extract, pinch of salt, and heavy whipping cream and stir well.
- Set aside to cool and thicken (it will thicken, but it may take an hour or so).
- Make Crust
- Mix all crust ingredients together, then press into the bottom of a greased 9 inch pie pan.
- Make Filling
- In a large mixing bowl, beat softened cream cheese with caramel extract and Gentle Sweet until smooth and fluffy.
- Add heavy whipping cream and beat until mixture is slightly stiff and fluffy.
- Spread on prepared pie crust.
- Make Chocolate Drizzle
- In a small microwaveable container, melt Lily's Chocolate Chips and coconut oil.
- Stir until smooth.
- Assemble Pie
- Drizzle a small amount of both caramel and chocolate over the pie filling.
- Spread crushed peanuts over the top of the pie.
- Drizzle remaining caramel and chocolate over the top of the peanuts.
- Refrigerate or freeze until serving, and store leftovers in the refrigerator or freezer.
- Slice pie into 10 servings.
Notes
You could always leave the drizzles for after you cut, and then drizzle, but in real life, I agre with you…. after healthy, taste is most important…. although I like a good presentation, taste rules!
That is a good idea as well! It also slices much nicer when frozen.
I cannot wait to try this dessert. Looks so good!! Thanks!
What can you sub for xylitol?
If you have Pyure, you can use half the amount. You could also use erythritol in equal amounts.
I made your pie yesterday, and all I can say is wow!! it absolutely is the best sugar free dessert I have ever had!! I am serious I cant quit eating it, I did have one question, when I went to make the caramel I had just enough Xylitol and I realized i was making it wrong so I had to throw it out. Soooo I had to use Pyure in my second batch and my end result was a little grainy. it still tasted very good but as I said grainy. do you think it was because of the Pyure instead of Xyilitol or is it a sugar free issue or possibly my cooking that is the issue?. thank you so much for such a great recipe!!
I am SO glad you enjoyed the pie! As for the caramel, I have only made it with Xylitol or Erythritol, but I have never used Pyure for this particular recipe. The sugar alcohols can tend to get a bit “crusty” after sitting for a while. Perhaps that is what happened?
Where did you find caramel extract?
I buy Watkins caramel extract at my local Walmart.
Wow this looks amazing! I’m such a sucker for carmel, choclate and nuts! Love your photagraphy too(:!
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Thank you!
After cooking low carb for about 10 years for my diabetic husband, he declared this his favourite dessert of all I have made…..high praise indeed! Because I was taking this pie as a contribution to a meal in a home where there are dogs, I subbed a caramel sauce recipe for one without xylitol, and I used Swerve as the sweetener, but essentially it was the same pie, so I don’t hesitate in giving this recipe a glowing review. Yes, it was difficult to cut and serve bacause the chocolate sauce hardened, so next time I will either cut pieces right after I drizzle the chocolate, or follow the suggestion of another reviewer, and drizzle the sauce and peanuts on already cut, individual slices.
I am SO happy your husband was pleased! Its always wonderful when my husband gives a glowing review! Thank you for letting me know!
I say it’s time for a book to compile all of these great recipes! hint, hint!
I’m flattered! 🙂 It is a long term goal!
Oh my goodness this is so delicious! Made it this afternoon and I can’t stop going back for bites. Would highly recommend!!
This pie was the first THM dessert I made over two years ago. I loved it! After a while, I stopped using sugar alcohols and made it a second time with pure stevia. Of course, it didn’t work quite as well, particularly the caramel, but it still tasted great. Today, I made it for a third time (after seeing your “pi day” email 😉 and I used allulose for the caramel sauce, while using pure stevia for the sweetener in the other parts. Fantastic! It worked great and tasted awesome.
Yay! Allulose makes the BEST caramel!