Twix Pie

Shortly After Halloween I entered the local bake off contest.  I decided to enter all four of the categories: cakes, cookies, pies and miscellaneous.  I had been working on a chocolate cake for some time so I knew I would go with that as my cake submission.  For the miscellaneous category I entered my Aunts age old recipe for Stained Glass Windows, a sinful combination of chocolate and marshmallows.  I submitted another family recipe as well, my brother-in-laws Great Aunt Bea’s Rugula for the cookie category since I make those all the time.  My usual pies include fruit, especially rhubarb which I proudly grow in my garden each summer.  But even my frozen stash was gone by mid-November.  So I was stumped on the pie category…what to make, what to make?  Well as I strolled down Main Street for our annual Halloween stroll I hoarded as many twix bars as I could, since it’s my favorite Halloween candy.  I thought to myself, “what if  I could recreate the amazing flavors and textures of my favorite candy in a pie?” That’s where the idea was born.  I used one of my favorite shortbread recipes for the crust to mimmick the cookie part of the candy.  I made caramel – not an easy task – for the middle part and topped it with a chocolate ganache.  I was surprised it did not win first place, but now you can be the judge and let me know if you think it’s a winner.  It’s very sweet  but I do think it hits the mark!  Enjoy!

PS. There are a few typos in the article which I did not write!  The caption says pumpkin pie , but it’s twix pie.  There are some others in there as well. So sorry on behalf of Explore Steamboat for the mistakes.

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