Got this recipe from the Dixie Crystals website. It looked so yummy, I just had to share it.
Peppermint Dream Pie
Crust
½ cup butter, softened
2 tablespoons Dixie® Confectioners Powdered Sugar
1 ½ cups chocolate wafer crumbs
(You can also cheat and use a ready chocolate crust from the store.)
Cream 1/2 cup butter with 3 tablespoons powdered sugar.
Mix with 1 1/2 cup chocolate wafer crumbs
Pat into pie pan and chill.
Filling
1 package gelatin
1/4 cup cold water
3 egg whites (beaten stiff and dry)
1 cup heavy whipped cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup crushed peppermint stick candy, loosely packed
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
Soften gelatin in cold water and dissolve over hot water.
Beat egg whites until stiff and fold in the sugar gradually.
Combine the gelatin with the egg whites.
Fold in whipped cream, flavoring, and crushed candy.
Pour into crumb crust and chill for one to two hours.
Decorations
Crushed peppermints
Round peppermints
Sweetened heavy whipped cream
Chocolate for molding into leaves
Mint sprig
Chocolate Leaves
Select either plastic or real leaves as your mold. If you use real leaves, be careful to select non-poisonous leaves. Good examples are rose leaves or lemon leaves. Wash and dry thoroughly. Make sure to leave the stem on so you can peel the leaf off when the chocolate is hardened. Plastic leaves work well too.
Melt your chocolate in a double boiler.
Using a pastry brush, spread your chocolate over the underside of the leaf all the way to the edges. Keep the thickness to about 1/8".
Put the leaves on a wax or parchment paper-lined tray and put the tray into the refrigerator for about 20 minutes until the chocolate hardens.
When you are ready to decorate the pie, carefully peel off the leaf from the chocolate. Try not to handle the chocolate too much, as the warmth from your fingers will melt the chocolate.
Makes one 9-inch pie.
