Chocolate Snickers Candy Bar Cookie Pie Recipe

When Nancy Butcher read about General Mills’ Neighborhood to Nation Recipe Contest, she knew her decadent desserts would serve up a win. Her Chocolate Snickers Candy Bar Cookie Pie took the prize as the competition’s dessert recipe winner. The dish is a customer favorite at the Nutcracker Family Restaurant in Pataskala, where Butcher has been co-owner and dessert chef for over 20 years.

The pie begins with a boxed chocolate cake mix combined with an egg, water, butter and a chopped Snickers candy bar. The result is a cookie-like consistency that can be served warm with your favorite sundae toppings or devoured as-is.

“It’s delicious all by itself,” says Butcher. “You’ve got to remember, it’s a cookie inside a crust, so you can’t go wrong.” 63 E. Broad St., Pataskala 43062, 740/964-0056, nutcrackerfamilyrestaurant.com


Chocolate Snickers Candy Bar Cookie Pie

INGREDIENTS
1 16-ounce box devil’s food cake mix
1 egg
1 tablespoon water
1/4 cup butter, melted
3/4 cup Snickers candy bar, chopped
2 9-inch pie crusts, unbaked
Vanilla ice cream*
Whipped topping*
Chocolate topping*
Caramel topping*
Additional chopped Snickers bar for garnish*

DIRECTIONS
Combine cake mix in bowl with egg, water and butter. Mix by hand until mixture is wet. Add Snicker bars and mix together until it is like a cookie batter. Divide evenly and press evenly into each crust. Bake at 350 F for approximately 20 minutes (rotating pies once during bake time). Cut into 6, 8 or 10 slices. Serve warm or room temperature topped with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, caramel and chocolate sauce and a few more chopped Snickers. Do not refrigerate.

*Recommended toppings