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Caramel Creme Pie
Inspired by the Movie
Christmas With the Kranks
I am so excited to bring you this delicious Caramel Creme Pie recipe. I love the holidays, Christmas and Halloween being my favorites. Part of my every year traditions is watching as many of the wonderful Christmas movies as I can. One of my most loved Christmas movies is Christmas With the Kranks, starring Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis. If you haven’t watched it, put it on your MUST SEE list for this season!
In the movie, the daughter, Blair, is coming home unexpectedly for Christmas, and her parents have to throw together a fabulous Christmas Eve party in a few short hours. Unaware of what has been going on at the house while she has been away, Blair, makes a request for her favorite Caramel Creme Pie, and that is the inspiration for this scrumptious recipe.
So, I made a quick trip to the Holiday Bake Center at my local Walmart, and picked up the few items I needed. This is such an easy and inexpensive recipe–only 6 ingredients, plus one optional.
I already had a pie crust at home along with some milk and heavy cream, so I grabbed these items off the shelves…
… Jell-O Vanilla Instant Pudding & Pie Filling, Jet-Puffed Marshmallow Creme, Kraft Caramel Bits, and a Baker’s Premium White Chocolate Bar. Now, all that was left was to make my pie!
Caramel Creme Pie — easy as can be!
The Ingredients:
1- 5.1 oz. box Jell-O Vanilla Instant Pudding, 1- 11 oz. bag (approx. 1-1/2 cups) Kraft Caramel Bits, 1/4 cup Jet-Puffed Marshmallow Creme, 2 teaspoons Heavy Cream, 1-1/2 cups Milk (cold), and 1- Pie Crust (baked or ready-to-eat).
NOTES: Save out a few Kraft Caramel Bits for garnishing the finished pie. You will use the rest of the Heavy Cream to make whipping cream for pie decoration and / or serving. Use whatever type of pie crust you desire.
OPTIONAL: Shave some Baker’s Premium White Chocolate to garnish the finished pie.
The How-To:
- Melt Kraft Caramel Bits with 2 teaspoons Heavy Cream in a double boiler
- Pour melted caramel into a bowl
- Add Jet-Puffed Marshmallow Creme and combine (leaving some streaks is just fine)
- Add Pudding Mix to a large bowl
- Add cold Milk
- Whisk briskly for 2 minutes
- Add Caramel Mixture to the Pudding
- Mix well. (If caramel has cooled too much, heat in microwave for 15 seconds at a time, until it is soft enough to combine).
- Pour pie filling into baked or ready-to-eat Pie Crust
- Refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours
- Whip Heavy Cream into Whipping Cream
- Pipe Whipped Cream onto pie as desired for decoration. (I used a zippered plastic bag with a hole cut in one corner as my piping bag).
- Top whipped cream with the set aside Kraft Caramel Bits
- Top pie with strips and curls of Baker’s Premium White Chocolate
Here’s a Holiday Baking Hack just for you…
We all know just how beautiful strips or curls of chocolate look atop your favorite desserts–not to mention tasty too. So, make easy work of stripping and curling your Baker’s Premium White Chocolate or Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bars by using your handy-dandy Vegetable Peeler! Now, that’s a great Holiday Baking Hack!
See how lovely the Caramel Creme Pie looks on a Christmas table. This would be the perfect dessert for your next holiday party, Sunday Dinner with the family, or anytime.
Here’s a Printable Recipe for the Caramel Creme Pie:
- 1- 5.1 oz. box Jell-O Vanilla Instant Pudding
- 1- 11 oz. bag (approx. 1-1/2 cups) Kraft Caramel Bits
- 1/4 cup Jet-Puffed Marshmallow Creme
- 2 teaspoons Heavy Cream
- 1-1/2 cups Milk (cold)
- 1- Pie Crust (baked or ready-to-eat).
- NOTES: Save out a few Kraft Caramel Bits for garnishing the finished pie. You will use the rest of the Heavy Cream to make whipping cream for pie decoration and / or serving. Use whatever type of pie crust you desire.
- OPTIONAL: Shave some Baker's Premium White Chocolate to garnish the finished pie.
- Melt Kraft Caramel Bits with 2 teaspoons Heavy Cream in a double boiler
- Pour melted caramel into a bowl
- Add Jet-Puffed Marshmallow Creme and combine (leaving some streaks is just fine)
- Add Pudding Mix to a large bowl
- Add cold Milk
- Whisk briskly for 2 minutes
- Add Caramel Mixture to the Pudding
- Mix well. (If caramel has cooled too much, heat in microwave for 15 seconds at a time, until it is soft enough to combine).
- Pour pie filling into baked or ready-to-eat Pie Crust
- Refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours
- Whip Heavy Cream into Whipping Cream
- Pipe Whipped Cream onto pie as desired for decoration. (I used a zippered plastic bag with a whole cut in one corner as my piping bag).
- Top whipped cream with the set aside Kraft Caramel Bits
- Top pie with strips and curls of Baker's Premium White Chocolate
Use a Vegetable Peeler to shave Chocolate Bars into Strips and Curls.
This recipe is inspired by the movie Christmas With the Kranks -- a MUST SEE for any holiday movie watch list.
#SweetenTheSeason
Be sure to check out more yummy Recipes and Holiday Hacks at Kraft. How do you like to use Kraft Caramel Bits and Jet-Puffed Marshmallow Creme?
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