Checkerboard Strawberry Pie

19 ingredients
5 steps

Ingredients

  • Chocolate Crust
  • 1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs (about 9 whole boards)
  • 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
  • 5 tablespoons butter, melted
  • Filling
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 1/2 cups milk
  • 1 cup white chocolate chips
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 drops red food coloring
  • 12 ounces frozen Cool Whip, thawed
  • 2 cups chopped strawberries (from two 1-pint baskets)
  • Garnish
  • 6 strawberries
  • 1 tablespoon strawberry jelly
  • 6 chocolate Hershey chocolate kisses, wrapping removed
  • white nonpareil decorative candies

Directions

  1. 1
    Crust: Mix crumbs, cocoa and sugar in medium-size bowl. Stir in melted butter until well mixed. Press mixture over bottom and up sides of 9-inch glass pie plate. Place in freezer until ready to fill.
  2. 2
    Filling: Mix sugar and cornstarch in medium-size saucepan. Over medium heat, gradually stir in milk. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and comes to a boil, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in white chocolate, vanilla and food coloring until mixture is smooth. Transfer to large bowl; cover surface directly with plastic wrap. Let cool to room temperature, about 2 hours.
  3. 3
    When cool, whisk chocolate mixture until smooth. Reserve 1 cup of the nondairy topping. Fold the remaining nondiary topping into chocolate mixture.
  4. 4
    Spread half of chocolate filling over bottom of prepared crust. Top with chopped strawberries. Spread remaining chocolate filling over strawberries. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
  5. 5
    To decorate top of pie: Spoon remaining nondairy topping into pastry bag fitted with #30 star tip. Pipe border around edge of pie. Pipe grid over top of pie. Arrange whole strawberries in squares on top of pie. Melt jelly in small microwave-safe bowl in microwave oven on high power, about 15 seconds. Brush jelly over kisses. Sprinkle kisses with nonpareils. Arrange in squares. Or use uncoated striped kisses.

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