Texas Trash Pie - A Southern Favorite
I’m calling this recipe for Texas Trash Pie a “Southern Favorite” but this is the first time I’ve ever made it! It’s similar in flavor (and ingredients) to a recipe my mom used to make called Seven Layer Bars. I remember loving the salty sweet flavor of Seven Layer Bars and that’s exactly what I love about Texas Trash Pie. Really, the only difference is the crust which makes it so much easier to make and to eat! The exact recipe is below, but as per usual, I tweaked mine a bit so keep scrolling to find out what I added!
The original recipe calls for caramel bits (still not sure what that is), so when I was looking around on the baking isle, I saw salted caramel chips and got a bag of those as well as a bag of Heath Bar Crunchies! I used the same proportions of chips, but blended in about half and half of the salted salted caramel chips and Heath Bar crunchies and the flavor was amazing. I added some crushed candy cane after the pies had cooled to make them festive. These pies freeze beautifully and the recipe is easily doubled so I would recommend making two and freezing one! I have mine in the freezer ready to pull out for Christmas Eve! My grandsons are going to absolutely love this!
Texas Trash Pie
Ingredients
- 1 - 10 inch frozen deep dish pie crust
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1 cup crushed pretzels
- 1 cup crushed graham crackers
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- 1 cup pecan pieces
- 1 stick unsalted butter, melted
- 1 - 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Combine all the filling ingredients in a large bowl and mix until well blended. Pour the entire filling into a frozen piecrust. Bake for 35 minutes or until the pie is set and the top is golden brown. Let the pie cool for 30 minutes before cutting and serving. Makes one pie.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this post…it’s a short one, but “tis the season”! I’m off to the grocery store, hoping to beat the crowd today! Christmas really snuck up on me this year! Happy Weekend…I’ll be back one more time before Christmas!
Here are a few fun and festive finds for now or anytime!