Carolina Chocolate Walnut Pie

• 3 eggs

• 1 cup of light corn syrup

• 4 tbs brown sugar

• 1/4 cup melted butter

• 3/4 cup chopped walnuts

• 3/4 cup chocolate chips

• 1/4 cup vanilla

• 12 mini pie shells

1. Preheat oven to 325

2. In a large bowl mix in eggs, corn syrup, sugar, vanilla extract, butter

3. Place walnuts and chocolate chips in two separate bowls

4. Line mini pie crust on sheet pan

5. Portion mini pie crust with 1/2 chocolate chips and 1/2 walnuts

6. Fill pie crust (with chocolate chips and walnuts in them) with liquid mix until filled

7. Bake pies for 20 min, then remove and place on sheet rack to cool

** serve hot with vanilla ice cream, or cool!

** recipe from Mccutchen house recipe book from the University of South Carolina