Thursday, September 24, 2009

Mini Chocolate Almond Pie Surprise

My roommates had plenty of bars of chocolate and a huge bag of almonds leftover from a recent camping trip, so we decided to use up some of that.

Time: 0:20
Serves: 6-10

Ingredients:
6-10 mini ready-made graham cracker pie crusts
1 package (16oz) silken tofu
12 oz chocolate (we used Hershey's milk chocolate b/c we happened to have a lot)
1 tsp vanilla extract (we should have substituted 1/2 tsp almond extract, in retrospect)
1/3 cup chopped almonds, or to taste.

1. In a food processor or a blender, blend the tofu with the vanilla.
2. Melt the chocolate (since we were making 25 pies in one evening... to save time, I just stuck it in the microwave instead of doing the double boiler thing). Pour into the food processor and blend until well mixed.
3. Line the bottom of the pie crusts with the chopped almonds. That's the "surprise." :) Cover the almonds with the chocolate-tofu mixture. I filled it halfway first and lightly mixed the almonds with the chocolate-tofu, then covered it up and smoothed it out with the bottom of a spoon.
4. Refrigerate until firm. Garnish with some toasted slivered almonds if desired.

Hint: Don't tell people it's made with tofu. They'll never know, and don't things taste better if you think they're less healthy? ;)

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