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Cranberry Fudge Pie

Ingredients

  • Crust-
  • 1 2/3 cups graham cracker crumbs 9 whole crackers/1 pack
  • 1/4 cup confectioners sugar
  • 5 tablespoons melted butter
  • Filling-
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 2/3 cup heavy cream
  • 3/4 cup diced walnuts &/or pecans
  • Topping-
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups cranberry juice
  • 1 cup dried cranberries
  • 12- ounce package fresh or frozen cranberries 3 cups
  • *You will have some cranberry sauce leftover

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  • For crust -
  • Process crackers, sugar and melted butter in a food processor into crumbs.
  • Press into bottom and up sides of a 9" pie pan.
  • Bake crust for 7-8 minutes, until set but not browned. Set aside to cool.
  • For filling -
  • Place chocolate chips and cream in a microwave safe bowl and heat for approx 90 seconds.
  • Stir mixture until smooth and well combined.
  • Pour hot filling over cooled crust.
  • Sprinkle with nuts.
  • Refrigerate pie until ganache is firm (about 1-2 hours)
  • For Topping -
  • Bring sugar, salt & cranberry juice to a boil.
  • Stir in dried cranberries and simmer about 5 mins.
  • Add fresh or frozen cranberries (mine were frozen).
  • Simmer for another 5-7 mins or until the berries begin to burst.
  • Remove cranberries from heat, and chill.
  • Once cranberries have chilled, spoon 1 1/2 cups cranberry sauce over the fudge/nut filling. Chill until ready to serve!