June 29, 2014
If you love Caramel Pie, this is the best ever, most delicious Carmel Pie ever! The recipe for this dessert is as easy to make as it is delicious! And today is your lucky day, this recipe only includes 5 ingredients but only two to make the pie, the others are garnishes and are optional!
Ooey Gooey Caramel Pie, that’s what O’Charley’s restaurant calls it and it is delicious. My recipe is the CopyCat recipe. I can remember when O’Charley’s first came to Greenville, SC back in the mid 1980’s. Their signature pie back then was this caramel pie and it still is today but it is not as good today as it was back then. They have changed the recipe and it is served nearly frozen. This copycat recipe is really delicious and ever so easy to make! 🙂
Most copycat recipes call for 2 cans of Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk but I use three so that the pie shell is completely full. If you have never made this pie, you won’t believe step one. Remove the labels from the Eagle Brand Milk cans, DO NOT OPEN the cans. Step two is to get your large pot, add water nearly to the top, then add the cans to the water. Place the pot on the stove on high for boiling the water.
Ingredients:
1 – large graham cracker crust
3 – cans Eagle Brand Condensed Milk
1 – can of Reddi-wip
1/2 cup Pecans
1 – 6 oz bag of Toll House Mini Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
The Eagle Brand Milk cans need to boil for 3 hours.
VERY IMPORTANT: During the boiling process, water will quickly evaporate from the pot, be sure to add water often during the process so that the cans are always covered. I had to add water about ever 25 minutes. Be sure that the cans are always covered with water, cans have been known to explode if the cans are not kept covered with water.
Now, go find something to do while your Eagle Brand Milk is turning into the most creamy, decadent and rich caramel sauce you have ever tasted!
After 3 hours, I remove the pot from the heat and let the water and cans cool. If you open the cans while hot you are asking for trouble. The caramel will ooze out as soon as you pop the top and will burn you, might even hit your ceiling, trust me on this one. 🙂
In about an hour, remove the tops of the cans, be very careful, the caramel will still be extremely hot and can burn you. Pour the caramel into the pie crust and smooth out carefully to not break the crust with a spoon or spatula.
Place your pie into the refrigerator on a wire rack and let it chill for about two hours. DO not add the Reddi-wip until the pie is completely cold! We add the Reddi-wip to each slice as we cut the pie.
Once the pie is completely cooled, cut a slice, top with Reddi-wip, then garnish with a few chopped pecans and mini chocolate chip morsels! Or you can eat it plain too.
I am now ready to eat, it’s so easy to make and very delicious!
Add more whipped cream if you like. I hope you try this recipe, you will enjoy it a lot 🙂
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Get thee hence, Satan! 🙂 That looks so darn good.
It is absolutely delicious and the best caramel pie you will ever eat! I am so glad you visited my blog! I just visited your blog too, all the beautiful pictures of Venice. I have never made it to Venice, only Germany and France. My family is from Genoa Italy but never been there, maybe I will get to visit when I retire. Love all your pictures!
Thank you so much for coming to see my blog! I have some friends who do wonderful woodwork (like you!), and I’ve sent them a link to your blog.
Italy is wonderful, get there sooner rather than later.
thank you, if they have a blog of their work I sure would be interested in visiting their site too. I sure hope to get to Italy soon! 🙂
i knew by your title i should just skip this post. 🙂
You made me laugh Tex! 🙂
That is strange. I wonder why the condensed milk does that. It looks good!
Oh Allen, it’s better than good!! I could eat the entire pie but it is very rich 🙂 can only eat in small pieces!
Oh, this brings me memories! My Mom used to boil cans of condensed milk, very popular in Brazil, BTW. She used the pressure cooker, and then the open can would be available in the fridge – I enjoyed it spoon by spoon, no need for anything else… of course, a pie makes it simply irresistible! 😉
Good evening Sally! I never thought boiling the cans just to enjoy it from the can but I can tell it doesn’t all make it into the pie!! As you know this pie is easy to make! 🙂 I loved your post on the bread!
I’d weigh 300 pounds at your house- but would be happy 🙂 yummy!
Oh no, you would work if off in your garden! and the elliptical 🙂
Looks fantastic! And I love the tip about not opening the can since the caramel might hit the ceiling, ha ha ha also a nice place setting with your hand-made cutting board. Very inviting!
thank you Bernice, if you like caramel you should give this one a try, it’s delicious! 🙂
We do like caramel – especially if it is chewy!
I went back to see if I could buy more Dulce de Leche (after the ice cream used it up!) at Target- by the way… no more. It looks like I will have to start boiling my condensed milk 😦 Let me know if you find it anywhere!!
I can’t find Dulce de Leche anywhere but I did not check Target. Going there tomorrow to get a few sale items. You should try the Caramel Pie if you like caramel, it’s delicious! 🙂 I will let you know if I find it.
Never had a caramel pie, but I’ll bet it is YUMMY!!! Blessings, Natalie 🙂
Oh Natalie, you need to try this recipe then, it’s delicious!! 🙂
I am STUNNED at such decadence, but am willing to give it a try! 😉
Good morning Elisa! We are getting rain today so I am guessing you are also getting the rain in Atlanta too! You need to try this pie, it is very easy and worth the time boiling water, very delicious!
Yes, it’s a sun and sprinkles kind of day. I’m on my way to Publix right now…3 cans of evaporated milk are on my list!
We later had the sun come out but looks like rain again headed toward us. Let me know how our pie turns out!! 🙂
I am so tempted by this recipe Michael! I used to boil up those tins for caramel too, but they have started selling it ready-caramelised in the tin now… doesn’t taste quite so good as doing it yourself somehow, but makes this dessert even easier and quicker to make! 😀
Good morning Cathy, it’s delicious, trust me, you should give it a try! 🙂
Wow! I somehow missed this pie! My teeth are hurting just looking at it!!! Boy, I bet it’s good!!!
When I made that butterscotch pie, I had one full-sized graham cracker crust leftover – guess what I am doing with it? Yep, making this pie. I”m pinning today although I think I can remember it! Wonderful Pie!!
Oh that worked out, did you pin my pic? Let me know how your pie turns out, you will love it! 🙂
I’ve seen a recipe like this before and I’ve wanted to try it! Looks like maybe the best pie ever and how easy! Sweetened condensed milk already tastes like nectar of the gods and this looks even better!
It is really delicious! I remember as a kid that my grandfather used the Eagle Brand Condensed Milk to sweeten his coffee!
My boys would absolutely love this! They are addicted to caramel right now after recently discovering it for the first time!
It’s so easy, you should give it a try, well worth the effort! 🙂
Oh my, that looks like a slice of heaven, Michael! I’ve read about cooking the Eagle Brand that way but have never tried it. Delicious!
It so very easy, anyone can boil water! So delicious too!:)
Sounds good. I can eat eagle brand milk with a spoon right out of the can as it is. We used it to make snow cream when I was a child.
Me too, it is very sweet! Never had snow cream 🙂
Love your cutting boards and also the Dulce de Leche pie. Awesome!
thank you!! Send over the Mac & Cheese and I will send you a board!! 🙂
That sure looks delicious AND easy!
Very easy and worth the effort, it’s delicious Maureen! 🙂
Oh, my gosh, does this look amazing! As a caramel lover, this is one I must try!
It’s so easy and well worth the time to boil water! 🙂 Please let me know if you try it. Have a Happy 4th of July!!
Another way to make dulce de leche that takes less time and you don’t have to wait for it to cool is: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Scrape the condensed milk into a 9-by-13-inch glass baking dish and sprinkle with a scant 1/2 teaspoon of fleur de sel. Cover the dish with foil and place it in a roasting pan. Add enough hot water to the pan to reach one-third of the way up the side of the baking dish. Bake, lifting the foil to stir 2 or 3 times, until the condensed milk is golden and thickened, about 2 hours; add more water to the roasting pan as necessary. The consistency of the caramel should be like dulce de leche. Don’t worry if it is lumpy; it will smooth out as it chills.