We like chocolate chess pie - it's easy - it's good served warm with whipped cream also . . .

CHOCOLATE CHESS PIE

1/2 stick butter
1 1/4 c. sugar
3 tbsp. cocoa
2 tbsp. flour
2 eggs
3/4 c. milk
1 tsp. vanilla

Mix and pour into shell. Bake 35 to 40 minutes at 375 degrees.

If I need a quick dessert I make lemon icebox pie, without the usual raw eggs found in some recipes.

Lemon Icebox Pie

1 Lg Tub Cool Whip
1 Can Sweetened Condensed Milk
3 Lemons, cut in half, juiced, no seeds

Mix all three ingredients with large whisk in large bowl and pour into graham cracker or vanilla wafer pie crust, or if I'm really in a hurry I spoon into sorbet or wine glasses and refrigerate, then grate vanilla wafer and lemon zest over the top before serving.

It's not real cooking, but it's quick, pretty, and most everyone likes it.

I used to love the coffee cake/ crumb cake recipe on the bisquick box. I wonder if it is still there.

Tina, do you think the pie would do well if I used Splenda instead of sugar? Or at least half and half?

It looks delicious!

Vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, sliced strawberries or bananas, whipped cream, maraschino cherries and a hula hoop to work off the calories.

These are decadent and easy. One pan too!

Seven Layer Cookies

2 sticks butter
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
2 cups chopped walnuts
1 bag chocolate chips
1 bag butterscotch chips
2 cups coconut
2 cans sweetened condensed milk

Place butter in 9x13 pan and place in oven (350 degrees) while preheating.
When butter is melted add graham cracker crumbs and stir and pat down in pan.

Layer rest of ingredients in order and drizzle sweetened condensed milk over top.

Bake 30-35 minutes until top is golden brown. Cut into squares when cool.

Deedee - I love those - but we call them "Hello Dolly" bars and do not use butterscotch chips and use pecans in place of walnuts. YUM!

Oakley - I have not actually made a dessert with the full Splenda. I have used the half & half mixture, but not in this particular recipe. I think it would work, but I would probably try the half/half.

It is a very good - and chocolatey pie.

This is making me hungry!

tina

Thanks Tina, I'm going to fix it this week for DH and myself. If it's easy, I'm there! lol

If I feel up to it tomorrow I'll make it but I'd have to make my own crust. Haven't done that in a long time. I have all the ingredients though so I don't have to go to the store. And yes, it does make me hungry!

Thanks for all of your suggestions! Everything sounds wonderful. I am already a big fan of the 7 layer bars (my grandmother also called them Hello Dolly bars). I make them every year for Christmas. That Chocolate Chess pie also sounds wonderful and perfect for a chocolate fix.

I hate to say it, but I didn't use any of your recipes. I was cruising around recipe sites and as soon as I saw this picture

Here is a link that might be useful: German Chocolate Cheese Cake

I was going to suggest a cheese cake; there's one on the Eagle Condensed site that uses angel food cake instead of graham crust.

The German Chocolate looks yummy!

I have seen the Hello Dolly Bars in one of my cookbooks and never read the recipe. It's a cuter name than 7 layer cookies!

Hello Cheesecake! That German Chocolate Cheesecake looks wonderful.

Easiest ever and yummy!

Icebox cake

*one pkg Famous Chocolate wafers (I think they are by Nabisco-I usually find them on the top shelf of the cookie section in supermarket, but also available on Amazon)

* whipped cream (I use 16 oz. of heavy cream, but less would probably work, too. I have used almond extract as well as vanilla when I make the whipped cream, both are good).

Just spread the whipped cream on one side of wafer, stick to next wafer, add cream to another stick to the others and so on: whipped cream, stick together. Once you have a stack of about five together, you can put them in the dish, and keep adding wafers with cream to stick them together until you have the size log you want. Then spread whipped cream on top and sides. Takes about 10 minutes total (not counting time to whip the cream). Refrigerate for at least 4 hours before serving.

Best of all worlds-chocolate and whipped cream. Everyone always loves it and it is almost embarrassing how easy it is. I think the recipe is actually on the wafer box, but I just remember it as "Grandma's Icebox Cake."

Here's an easy hot fudge sauce recipe that is delish:

1 stick of butter
1 small can evaporated milk
2 squares unsweetened chocolate
2 cups powdered sugar

Melt butter and chocolate together in double boiler or heavy pan. Stir in evaporated milk. Slowly add powdered sugar, a little bit at a time. Stir constantly about 10 minutes until sauce thickens.

Terri, so...how was it? I'd eat all of that except I'd make the cake batter from scratch. It just sounds so decadent, please tell us it was wonderful?!

Well, I have to say, that I was a bit disappointed in the cake. The picture looked so ooey, gooey delicious, but it fell a bit short of the mark. Not enough gooeyness. I took the leftovers to work, and they were quickly eaten up, and I did get compliments on it. I should have made the chocolate chess pie.

I also love the ice box cake - one of my all time faves. I have made it for my book club before.