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Monster Snickers Pie has a giant Monster Cookie crust, Snickers, peanuts, caramel, and chocolate ganache. What could possibly by wrong with any of that?
I could never be a strictly-desserts blogger. It would take me way too much time to select and edit photos. Whenever I post a particularly scrumptious, decadent dessert, I take FOREVER trying to narrow down all of the drool-worthy photos. And I don’t really do too good of a job. I mean, have you seen my S’Mores Pudding Pie post? Or, well, any of my cupcake recipes?
Yeah, this Monster Snickers pie is gonna look similar. Maybe because I am reliving consuming said decadent dessert. And I am not going to tell you how much of this one I ate. Maybe that is another reason I am not a desserts-only blogger – complete lack of self-control when surrounded by sugar!
I am part of this great mom’s group at my church, and one of the nicest things is that when one of the moms has a new baby, many of the members make meals for her so that she doesn’t have to worry about cooking for three nights of the week for a few weeks. Not gonna lie – I am totally looking forward to having food show up on my doorstep in a few months!
Of course, since I love to cook, this is fun for me. Plus I get a guinea pig for some of my ooey-er gooey-er goodies that are too dangerous for me to keep around the house. Remember the White Chocolate Salted Caramel Gooey Bars? Yeah, like those. And new moms can eat whatever they want!!
Well, I told you a bit about our Hurricane Sandy experience. One thing I did not mention was that Halloween was postponed. With trees down all over the neighborhood, confusion about what day Halloween was going to be held on, and some people still without power, we had, literally, eight trick-or-treaters. Clearly the Costco bag of candy was not necessary. The Bug got to eat a little of the candy he got trick-or-treating, but The Hubby and I were working our way through the remainder of that ginormous bag waaayyy too quickly (did I mention something about self control around sugar?).
So while I would have liked to offload the candy on the aforementioned new mom, that would clearly not be polite or appropriate.
However, jamming all of the leftover Snickers into a Monster Snickers pie – perfectly acceptable!
I started with the classic Monster Cookie (I happened to use RecipeGirl’s version), threw in some chopped Snickers in place of the M&M’s, smushed it into a pie tin, bakes, and filled with peanuts, caramel, and chocolate ganache. Nothing wrong with that right?
Oh, and I should mention that this recipe made two pies. So much for not keeping the goodies I make for the new moms around the house. I didn’t realize that one batch of Monster Cookie dough apparently makes a monster quantity of cookies. Truthfully, this did not make me sad…
Again, not gonna mention how much of it I actually ate. And big time Bug-, Hubby-, Dad-, and Grandpa-approved! Are you shocked?
Did you have leftover Halloween candy? What did you do with it?
I hope you love this Monster Snickers pie recipe!
Monster Snickers Pie
Ingredients
Crust:
- 1 1/2 cups creamy or chunky peanut butter
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 cup granulated white sugar
- 8 tablespoons 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 4 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- 1 cup chopped Snickers candies about 10 Fun Size Bars, cut into eighths
Filling:
- 2 c milk chocolate chips
- 1 c heavy cream
- 1/2 c chopped peanuts divided
- 1 c caramel divided
Garnish (optional):
- Whipped cream
- Additional caramel sauce
- Additional chopped Snickers
Instructions
Crust:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Spray two pie pans with nonstick cooking spray (I used metal pie pans).
- In a large bowl or the bowl for a stand-up mixer, combine the peanut butter, brown sugar, white sugar, and butter. Use an electric mixer or stand mixer, cream together until well combined.
- Mix in the eggs and vanilla.
- Mix in the oats and baking soda.
- Stop the mixer, and gently stir in the chips and chopped Snickers.
- Divide dough between the two prepared pans. Press into the pans, push down in the middle, and form a lip for the crust.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until almost set. Do not overbake.
- Cool to room temperature.
Filling & Assembly:
- While the crust is cooling, prepare the milk chocolate ganache by heating the heavy cream on the stove or in the microwave just to a simmer.
- Pour over the chocolate chips and stir until smooth.
- Cool slightly.
- Sprinkle 1/4 c peanuts over each crust.
- Pour 1/2 c caramel over each crust.
- Divide the chocolate ganache between the pies, over the caramel layer.
- Place the pie in the refrigerator until set.
- Garnish as desired.
- If you like, warm each piece slightly in the microwave before serving.
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Enjoy!
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This looks like total pie perfection! YUM!
Thanks! There is noting ever wrong with a giant cookie topped with yummy gooeyness!
Yum, your pie looks absolutely delicious!
Thanks! It was pretty awesome!
These sound great! I’m a sucker for Payday bars, which I guess is a lsseer evil, but still no bueno. We’re trying to cut out junky foods from our diets, so Unreal candy sounds yummy!
Hi! I found you on foodgawker, and I’m so glad I did! This pie looks amazing!!!! I am so intrigued at the crust..I’ve never seen one like it! I can’t wait to make it!
Thanks! I just saw the Monster Cookie recipe, and thought it would make an awesome pie crust. Enjoy!
This is everything I dream of and more when it comes to a rock-my-world dessert. You, Brianne, are a genius! I fully encourage you to bake more if this is what’s coming out of your oven but oy, do I hear ya on the lack of will power thing around sugar!
Thanks! I don’t do crazy deserts like this often, but when I have the inspiration, it usually turns out pretty good, I must say 🙂
OMG.. I want a piece right now!
Me too, oh, me too!
OMGosh… that is some SERIOUS Snickers heaven right there! MUST make this…SOON!
And it’s all oatmeal, so it isn’t that bad, right?!?! 🙂
Wow, this looks so good! I don’t have much self control when it comes to sugar, either and I am in trouble with this pie.
Yes, I am sure I ate more than I should have 🙂
I am so wishing I had some candy bars on hand right now – this looks amazing!
That can easily be remedies 😉
Wow… I love monster cookies so what could be better then a pie sized version! And I know what you mean about the leftover candy, I always buy twice as much as I need… just in case 😉
Normally we have a lot of kids, and I like to give them a couple pieces. I totally did not expect to have this much leftover, though I did pull all of the Reese’s out of the bag and hide them for myself.
Oh yes you did! This is insanity.
Sometimes I show myself that I actually make this kind of stuff when I know it really isn’t the best thing to feed myself and my family. But you gotta splurge sometimes.