Description
This Salted Caramel Brownie Chocolate Pie combines a crunchy chocolate cookie crust with a fudgy brownie layer, homemade salted caramel sauce, and a silky ganache topping. It’s rich, decadent, and perfect for special occasions.
Ingredients
Chocolate Crust
- 1½ cups chocolate cookie crumbs (from about 20 Oreos, filling removed)
- 5 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar
Brownie Layer
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp baking powder
Caramel Sauce
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 6 tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature, cut into pieces
- ½ cup heavy cream, room temperature
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
- Flaky sea salt for garnish
Chocolate Ganache
- 1 cup semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips
- ½ cup heavy cream
Instructions
- Prepare the crust: Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Mix cookie crumbs, melted butter, and sugar. Press into a 9-inch pie dish. Bake for 8 minutes. Cool slightly.
- Make brownie layer: Melt butter, stir in sugar until glossy. Whisk in eggs and vanilla. Stir in cocoa, flour, salt, and baking powder. Pour into cooled crust.
- Make caramel: In a saucepan, melt sugar over medium heat, stirring until amber. Lower heat, stir in butter, then cream. Stir in vanilla and salt. Cool slightly, then drizzle over brownie batter (do not mix).
- Bake pie: Bake at 350°F for 25–30 minutes. Cool 30–45 minutes.
- Make ganache: Heat cream until simmering. Pour over chocolate chips. Let sit 1 minute, then stir until smooth. Spread over pie.
- Garnish: Drizzle more caramel on top and sprinkle with flaky sea salt. Chill 1 hour for clean slices or serve warm for a gooey texture.
Notes
- Use room-temperature ingredients for best texture in caramel and ganache.
- Toss chocolate chips in a little flour if adding to the brownie layer to prevent sinking.
- For extra richness, use dark chocolate (60–70%) in ganache.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice (1/10 of pie)
- Calories: 520
- Sugar: 43g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 32g
- Saturated Fat: 18g
- Unsaturated Fat: undefined
- Trans Fat: undefined
- Carbohydrates: 58g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: undefined
