O’Charley’s Caramel Pie Recipe
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O’Charley’s Caramel Pie Recipe is a really easy yet decadent and delicious dessert! Buttery graham cracker crust and thick rich caramel, dulce de leche, is topped with whipped cream and chocolate.
Have you ever had O’Charley’s Ooey Gooey Caramel Pie? It’s so good. I used to get a piece for dessert every time. But I enjoy it so much I had to figure out how to make it myself.
It couldn’t be easier!
O’CHARLEY’S CARAMEL PIE RECIPE
So this recipe has only three ingredients.
- Dulce de leche
- Pie crust
- Cool Whip
You have options of making each ingredient from scratch or you can use convenience products for a easy pie!
DULCE DE LECHE
You can purchase dulce de leche here or at your grocery store (You need 3 cans.). Alternately, you can make it from scratch with sweetened condensed milk which is very easy. It takes a while but it’s mostly hands-off time.
- Slow Cooker Method: Place a can of sweetened condensed milk in your slow cooker. Don’t open the can. Pour hot water into the slow cooker so that it’s about two inches above the can. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours. (It really cooks better on low so don’t try to speed the process.)
After 8 hours remove the can from the slow cooker using tongs and immediately submerge it in a bowl of cold water for 10 minutes. (Don’t skip this step, opening the can too early can be dangerous as steam has built up in the can. As well, the sauce will be very hot.)
If your slow cooker is large, you can cook two cans at the same time. The cooking time will be the same as for one can. If you’re not using the entire can of dulce de leche, store it in a plastic can or jar with a lid. - Stove Top/Oven/Instant Pot: Get all the tips and techniques for making homemade dulce de leche on the stove, oven, or instant pot. These options take are quicker. However, it does require you to keep a close eye on it.
PIE CRUST
Again you can purchase or make the pie crust. I prefer a graham cracker pie crust for this recipe.
- Graham Cracker Pie Crusts are super simple to make. Here’s my recipe.
- You can purchase a 9-inch graham cracker pie crust here.
MORE TO LOVE
- Caramel Mudslide
- Sticky Toffee Date Cake
- Rice Pudding Recipe
- Old Fashioned Caramel Pie
- Caramel Cobbler
- Old-fashioned Caramel Pie
O’Charley’s Caramel Pie Recipe
Ingredients
- 9 inch graham cracker pie crust
- 3 -13.4 ounce cans dulce de leche
- 6 ounces Whipped Cream or Cool Whip
- mini semisweet chocolate chips for garnish
Instructions
- Pour all three of the cans of dulce de leche into graham cracker crust and smooth the top.
- Add the whipped cream in dollops over the top however you want to decorate it.
- Sprinkle chopped chocolate chips over the whipped cream. Chill for at least 3 hours before serving.
- Store leftovers in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.
I have missed cakes and pies so much, so I have decided (going on 75), it’s about time I enjoy all of my written desserts I have saved for years. O my gosh I have missed the caramel pie so much, along with lemon tart, so tired of dieting
I’m gonna break to freedom, chow down on pies, cakes, but not all at once. How ever years I have left, I’m gonna finally eat and stop feeling guilty. Yummmm.
Yayy!! That sounds like a good philosophy!! Enjoy!
“O’Charley’s Caramel Pie Recipe” is a slice of heaven on a plate! With its easy-to-follow recipe and deliciously rich caramel flavor, this pie is sure to impress everyone at the table. Say hello to indulgence with every bite of this irresistible dessert! 🥧✨
I have had this most delicious pie and I would want to eat some all the time. Then I stopped going to O’Charlies……I miss that pie……so sooooo delicious
Where’s the carmel in the recipe????
dulce de leche is the caramel, details for substitutes are in the post above the recipe card.
My husband kept buying Eagle Brand milk when wrote evaporated milk, so I had 3 cans real quick. I lost my recipe but thought I knew the basics. Thank you for this recipe. Pie tonight!!!!
hahaha – We I was first learning to cook, I used sweetened condensed milk in a savory dish. I learned the different, sweet chicken is not good. 😆
I used to work at o’charleys for many years and it’s literally the easiest pie ever to make. We would boil GIANT cans of sweetened condensed milk and then pour it into prepped Graham cracker crusts. Refrigerate. When a customer ordered a slice, the server would too with whipped cream, chocolate chips and chopped pecans. So yummy and EASY!
and It’s so good!! That’s so cool!
Hello Pmc!!!! I really love the Old school southern butter pound cake it has become one of my favorite bakes.
I have not been able to find your cookbook of 45 perfect pound cake recipes not even on Amazon.
HELP!!!!! Would love to have it in my kitchen before the holidays.
Thank you for your assistance and for sharing so many great recipes.
They’re not in book form (yet) but all of them are on this site here> https://www.callmepmc.com/pound-cake-recipes-reviewed/
Please bookmark it and come back often.
Crazy good, such a treat!
Wow this sweet treat was pretty tasty. I will be adding this to my pie repertoire.
Holy caramelicious! This is going into my Thanksgiving desserts menu plan. If I had known a pie could be 100% caramel, there would have been a lot more of them in my life. lol It looks luscious, Paula!