Chocolate-Dipped Key Lime Piesicles

Because I don't care if you get fat, here is a recipe for frozen key lime pie dipped in chocolate.

    

This is the same yolky batch as seen here.

I must say that the most time-consuming and annoying part of making these treats was finding those wooden popsicle sticks. I checked Walmart, Target, and a grocery store before resorting to the Dollar Store - a dismal, dismal place. One happy consequence of unemployment is that I don't mind wasting time driving all around town looking for popsicle sticks. It's the little things...

I had a long discussion with Jay while he was in the hospital about the logistics of adding the popsicle sticks without damaging the integrity of the pie. My original plan involved removing the individual slices and then inserting the sticks, but Jay argued that the sturdiness of the aluminum pie tin was essential. After an excessively lawyerly argument, tinged by the worry that our asinine debate would be the last thing his infirm roommate would ever hear, I conceded.

I scored 8 pieces then used a sharp paring knife to make horizontal slits in the foil as seen above. It was easy to insert the popsicle sticks. Next, I put the whole pie in the freezer for an hour.

After an hour, I removed the individual pieces by cutting away the tin - it was a bit of a hack job. 

Perfect for dipping

I put the individual pieces in the freezer overnight. You will notice it was difficult to keep the top edge of the graham cracker crust attached, but I think they look better without it. The pie actually came out looking unscathed.  

Plus this guy was standing by waiting for those graham cracker crumbs.

Then it was time to dip! I used the same recipe for the shell that I use for chocolate covered strawberries - 1 12-ounce bag of chocolate (whatever kind you prefer - this time I used milk chocolate) and 2 tablespoons of vegetable shortening melted in my makeshift double boiler. In the future, I will have to modify the recipe to make the chocolate thinner.

I had to spoon the chocolate onto the pie, which also contributed to the shell being slightly too thick.  

Overall, it was a pretty successful first attempt. The pie was very creamy when frozen, and I think the tartness worked well with the sweet chocolate; although, a couple people found it a bit too tart. My friends had some good feedback and creative suggestions for future attempts.