Almond Joy Pie

My husband lost his parents a few years back. We think about them and lovingly speak of them daily. One way we continue to celebrate them is by making meals and desserts that remind us of them. I make a chocolate cake every year on my mother-in-laws birthday. It's a cake that I used to make for her for Valentine's Day and she always loved it. You can find that recipe for Mimi's Chocolate Cake here.

For my father-in-law, the most laid back and sweetest man I've ever met, coconut desserts always come to mind. I'd make him dark chocolate brownies with a coconut, pecan and chocolate chip topping or at holiday's I'd make him a coconut custard pie with a chocolate crust.

Recipe after the jump:

Almond Joy Pie

Pie Filling Ingredients:

4 tbsp butter, melted

1 egg, beaten

1 tbsp all purpose flour

½ cup granulated sugar

1 ½ cups shredded sweetened coconut

¾ cup whole milk

1 tsp vanilla bean paste (extract will work)

Crust & Topping:

1 (6 oz) Chocolate Oreo Pie Crust

Ghiradelli Milk Chocolate Chips, melted

½ cup whole roasted almonds

Whisk the pie ingredients together: melted butter, egg, flour, sugar, coconut, vanilla paste and milk together.

Spread ¼ cup almonds on the bottom of the pie crust, cover with ½ of the melted milk chocolate.

Place in the freezer for 5 minutes to set up. After the chocolate sets up a little bit, pour in the pie filling.

Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes or until set. The top will be golden brown.

Allow to cool.

Scatter remaining ¼ cup almonds on the top of the cooled pie; pour melted chocolate over the almonds. Put in fridge for the chocolate to set up. Enjoy!

Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t? No problem.

To make a Mounds Pie: Leave out the almonds and use dark chocolate instead.

Best served at room temperature! If you'd like to eat it chilled, combine 3 tbsp of room temperature heavy whipping cream to the melted chocolate mixture before filling and topping the pie.

Pie Filling Recipe adapted from Paula Deen’s French Coconut Pie. Almond Joy and Mounds are a trademark of Hershey and not affiliated with this blog.

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