My Mmm Mmm Mmm Mocha Whip Pie!
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INGREDIENTS
  • 8 oz - cream cheese alternative (Toffuti brand)
  • 8 oz - non-dairy whipped topping
  • 2/3 cup - water
  • 5 tbsp - rich powdered drinking chocolate (such as Trader Joe's Sipping Chocolate or Mariebelle)
  • 2 tsp - instant coffee
  • 1 ready made chocolate pie crust (or if you have a recipe, use your own)
DIRECTIONS
  1. - heat 1/3 cup of the water in the microwave. mix 1 tsp instant coffee until dissolved. then mix and dissolve 3 tbsp hot cocoa into the coffee mixture. set aside to cool.
  2. - whip the Tofutti or cream cheese until fluffy.
  3. - set aside approx 3/4 cup of the whipped topping for later use
  4. - fold the remaining whipped topping into the Tofutti, followed by the cocoa/coffee mixture
  5. - pour into pie crust
  6. - spread the left over 3/4 cup of whipped topping on top of the pie
  7. - in the measuring cup, heat the remaining 1/3 cup of water in the microwave for 30 seconds
  8. - dissolve the remaining 1 tsp instant coffee and the remaining 2 tbsp cocoa in the hot water. cool.
  9. - use a spoon or knife to drizzle/splatter the cocoa/coffee mixture on top of pie
  10. - freeze pie in freezer at least one hour or until firm
  11. alternate toppings:
  12. -dark chocolate shavings
  13. -crushed chocolate covered espresso beans
RECIPE BACKSTORY
this is a veggie twist on my brother's butterfinger/heath bar cheesecake whipped pies, and substituting it with the 2 things i cannot live without!!! coffee and chocolate =D