Candy Bar Cheesecake Pie

By srumbel

What to do when you've got candy overload? Use that candy to make Candy Bar Cheesecake Pie! With just about any combination of leftover Halloween candy {or Christmas or Easter candy, for that matter}, you can bake up this totally tasty pie.
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Ingredients

• 2 (8 oz.) packages cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1/2 c. granulated sugar
• 2 eggs, at room temperature
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 c. chopped candy bars* {about 16 fun-size bars}
• 1 8-inch chocolate cookie pie crust
• 1/4 c. caramel ice cream topping
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Preparation

Step 1

With an electric mixer, beat cream cheese, sugar, vanilla extract, and eggs on medium speed until smooth.
Stir in 1 and 1/2 cups of the chopped candy bars {reserving the remaining 1/2 cup for the top}.
Pour mixture into the pie crust. Bake at 325 degrees until set, 45 - 50 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes.
Sprinkle the top with remaining 1/2 cup chopped candy bars. Chill until firm, about 8 to 10 hours or overnight. Drizzle with caramel ice cream topping.

*NOTE: I used a combination of Snickers, Milky Way, 3 Muskateers, and Twix inside the pie, and the same combo plus some plain M&Ms on the top. M&Ms inside the pie stay intact and add a crunchy element to the pie's texture ... which is fine, but we prefer our pie's cheesecake filling to stay creamy.

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