Nilla Turtle-Pumpkin Cream Pie
40 Nilla wafers
2 tablespoons sugar
¼ cup butter, melted
¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons caramel ice cream topping
½ cup plus 2 tablespoons chopped pecans
2 pkg. (3.4 oz. Each) vanilla instant pudding
1 cup cold milk
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 cups thawed whipped topping
Cut
5 Nilla wafers in half and reserve for garnish. Finely crush remaining
wafers, mix with sugar and butter until well blended. Press crumb
mixture onto bottom and up side of 9” pie plate. Pour ¼ cup caramel
topping over crust and sprinkle with ½ cup nuts. Beat pudding mixes and
milk in large bowl with whisk 2 minutes. Add pumpkin and spices/ mix
well. Stir in 1 ½ cups whipped topping and pour over crust. Refrigerate
one hour. Top with remaining whipped topping, reserved wafer halves, 2
tablespoons caramel topping and 2 tablespoons chopped pecans just before
serving.
