Take 5 Candy Bar Pie
Between the homemade Snickers bars that I posted last Friday and today’s post, I’m starting to think that I have some sort of serious subconscious craving for candy on Fridays. Perhaps I should start a candy Friday ritual? I’ll have to give that some serious consideration. Candy once a week definitely could be a good thing. Now, let’s talk about this pie! This pie is everything that is right with the world of candy bars. It takes all of the awesome elements found in a Take 5 candy bar (pretzels, caramel, peanut butter, peanuts, and chocolate) and throws them all together into a pie. The result? An incredibly rich, amazingly delicious dessert that pairs wonderful flavors and textures. Creamy and crunchy. Sweet and salty. It’s all here. And it’s every kind of wonderful.
This pie starts off with a pretzel crust (drool). Ground pretzels, a little bit of sugar, and a healthy amount of melted butter are mixed together and pressed into the pie plate to form the crust, and then baked briefly.
After the crust each layer is added in succession, with a 10-minute or so trip to the fridge to set up before the next layer is added. On top of the pretzel crust we spread melted peanut butter, then homemade caramel sauce, then chopped peanuts. I could barely keep myself from taking a nibble each time I added a new layer. The fact that I didn’t is earth-shattering.
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Finally, you melt down some chocolate and pour it over the top of the pie. After a short stint in the refrigerator to let it set up, you end up with one of the prettiest pies I’ve ever seen. Sure, a sky-high meringue and lattice-top have their place, but this beauty? This one is special. Especially if you like chocolate. Or caramel. Or peanut butter. Or peanuts. Or pretzels. Or all of them, together, throwing one big happy dessert party.
That’s precisely what this pie is. One, big, happy candy bar pie party. I want to be invited to this party every.single.day.
Happy Friday! Cheers!
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Candy Bar Pie
Ingredients
For the Pretzel Crust:
- 4 ounces (113.4 g) pretzel sticks, finely ground in a food processor or blender
- ½ cup (113.5 g) unsalted butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
For the Caramel Sauce:
- ¾ cup (150 g) granulated sugar
- ¼ cup (62.5 ml) water
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- ¾ cup (178.5 ml) heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cubed
For the Pie:
- ½ cup (129 g) creamy peanut butter, melted
- ⅓ cup (75.33 ml) prepared caramel sauce
- ¼ cup (36.5 g) coarsely chopped peanuts
- 10 ounces (283.5 g) semisweet chocolate, melted
Instructions
- Make the Crust: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stir together the ground pretzels, melted butter, and sugar. Press the mixture firmly into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie pan. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and chill in the refrigerator until firm, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
- Meanwhile, Make the Caramel Sauce. Whisk the sugar, water, and corn syrup in a medium-size heavy saucepan until well combined. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook the sugar mixture, without stirring, until it becomes a rich caramel color, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and slowly whisk in the cream until the caramel sauce is smooth, using caution as the mixture may bubble up. (If the sauce seizes, stir it over low heat until the hardened caramel is melted.) Whisk in the butter and set aside.
- Assemble the Pie: Smooth the warmed peanut butter evenly over the bottom of the pretzel crust. Refrigerate for 10 minutes. Pour the caramel sauce over the peanut butter layer and gently spread with the back of a spoon. Sprinkle the chopped peanuts over the caramel layer. Refrigerate for another 10 minutes. Finish with a smooth layer of melted chocolate. Refrigerate the pie until the chocolate is firm, about 30 minutes. Pie can then remain at room temperature until serving. If you have leftovers, cover with plastic wrap and keep at room temperature or in the refrigerator.
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I am drooling at the sight of this. Take 5 is one of my favorite cady bars! This has quickly moved its way up onto my list of baking adventures! Can’t wait to make it!
This just can’t be true!!! It looks awesome!
Oh my goodness, I am recovering from some minor surgery but I absolutely have to try this today.
You just made every 5-year-olds dream.
WOW!!!!!!! I’m adding this one to the list, YUM!
I have never had a Take 5 candy bar, but this pie version sounds great. Last weekend my husband and I stopped at a gas station and were going through the candy aisle. I have never been much of a candy bar eater (I was always to busy eating goodies like cookies, cake, and brownies!) and he was amazed at all the kinds of candy bars I have never had. I guess I have some candy eating to do!
My teeth almost hurt from looking at your photos (in a good way of course)! Take 5 is my favorite candy bar!!!
I love your Friday Candy Cravings! This looks fantastic! Super Yum!!
Take 5 is an all time favorite candy bar of mine, I need to try this pie!
OMG!
this sounds AMAZING!
baking ASAP & will be @ the gym forever!!
What a beautiful pie and it I bet it tastes way better than it looks! Yum :) I pinned this recipe right away, can’t wait to try it out!
Yummmm. I love those Take 5 candy bars, so I know I’d adore this! Now if I could just get my bf on board with the sweet and salty combo so I’d have someone to share it with…
More for you! :)
This pie definitely does make it a very happy Friday indeed. It looks absolutely perfect!
omg are you even serious right now? Take 5’s are only like my favorite candy bar in the history of, um all candy bars. I feel like it would be wrong NOT to make this.
Take 5 is my absolute favorite candy bar, love this take on it!
No Bake desserts have a special, permanent place in my heart! So great to keep a handful of these recipes around for when you forget to have dessert prepared for guests.. insta-pie!
Oh my goodness, this looks awesome! I’m definitely going to have the best pie for Pie Day
Wow! That layer of chocolate looks particularly thick, I thought it might be fudge at first. Which brand of chocolate did you use?
I used Ghiradelli baking bars.
Awesome!! This sounds delightful!
Pi day is next week and I’m thinking of surprising my older son’s class with this yummy deliciousness! YUM
Ah, such a great idea! I’m thinking of other candy bars that can inspire treats now. If you have any ideas for a Zero bar (caramel, peanut and almond nougat covered with a layer of white fudge), please pass ’em along. It’s an obscure bar, but a favorite from childhood.
Awesome idea! I will add this to my list!
Seriously how do you not weigh like 500 lbs!? I gained weight just looking at the picture!! looks very yummy, will prob. have to try this one ;-)
Absolutely in LOVE with this pie!!
Oh man, I haven’t even eaten breakfast yet and am already drooling! ;) That looks beyond amazing. Just the consistency of the filling… YUM!
Oh, wow! NEED THIS!
“Creamy and crunchy. Sweet and salty”. That says it all for me! :) Have a nice weekend!
I bring freshly baked goodies into the office every Wednesday and this is exactly what I needed for Pi Day next week!
This is pretty much heaven in a pie crust. Stellar looking! That chocolate is just begging for some teeth marks in it :)
no. no. no. did this really just happen? sweet jesus.
Every time you listed another of the key elements of this pie, I drooled a little bit more. This sounds incredible and I can’t wait to try creating it. I love the layers of melted peanut butter and caramel. Yuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmm!!!