Chocolate Mousse Pie

Last Sunday I decided to make the second dessert Genna wanted for her birthday and take it to the party Ashlee was having for Addie (and all the October birthday girls!) Ashlee make the MOST delicious Biscoff cake- so we didn't really eat much of my pie. And unfortunately the topping didn't look great. But it tasted good. I planned on getting some better pics, but I forgot until after the pie was gone. We stored it in the freezer- it's great frozen and all week long everyone kept sneaking a piece out for dessert.

21 chocolate filled chocolate sandwich cookies
1/4 cup butter
1 cup heavy cream
12 oz semisweet chocolate chips about 2 cups
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
1/4 cup powdered sugar

Use a food processor to finely crush the cookies. Pour into a pie plate. Melt butter and pour over cookie crumbs. Mix until even and press into the pie plate. Bake at 350 degrees for 5 min. Then cool in freezer.

Put chocolate chips and 1 cup in microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 1 min. May need to microwave an additional 30 seconds so chocolate is completely melted. Whisk until smooth. Add vanilla. Put over a larger bowl filled with ice to cool. Meanwhile beat the 1 and 1/2 cups cream with powdered sugar until it forms stiff peaks. Fold into chocolate mixture.

When crust is cool, fill with chocolate mixture and chill or freeze until ready to serve. I used my leftover mirror glaze to top it- but I didn't do a very good job making the filling smooth- so the topping wasn't smooth either.