Aces (frozen Chocolate Mousse Pie)

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 1/2 cups chocolate wafers, crushed
• 1/4 cup butter
• 3/4 cup pecans (or almonds, crushed)
• 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate, chips
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs, seperated
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup whipping cream

Recipe

• 1 crust: preheat oven to 325. combine chocolate crumbs and butter. press into a 9" springform pan. sprinkle nuts over the crust. bake for 10 minutes.
• 2 chocolate mousse: melt chocolate chips and set aside to cool. blend cream cheese, sugar and vanilla. beat egg yolks, add the to cream cheese and stir well. mix in cooled chocolate.
• 3 beat egg whites until soft peaks form. add sugar slowly and beat until stiff. fold into chocolate mixture.
• 4 whip cream and fold into the chocolate mousse.
• 5 pour into the springform pan. cover and freeze overnight.
• 6 to serve: remove from the freezer and chill for 5 hours before serving.
• 7 optional garnishes: chocolate curls/sprinkles. whipping cream, raspberry coulis.