Candy Cookie Dough Oreo Pie!

That name is just everything you need in a pie isn't it? 

It was my friend Ben's birthday yesterday and I decided I was going to make him something to celebrate! He sent me this super easy recipe last summer and I think half jokingly said he wanted it. I've known Ben for a year and while he loves junk food, he's been in a healthy kick since we met and on average days tries to eat healthy and work out. We still manage to find days where we both want a slice of pizza or some creme brulee and treat ourselves, but everything in moderation! 

This was one of those cheat days! It's his birthday, he should eat a little of what he wants! 

This 'pie' if you want to call it that we super easy. I had a screenshot of the recipe he found and I sort of put my own twist on it. First it says to start off with one of those pre-made pie crust. At the grocery store I found one of those oreo cookie crusts and figured, if I was going to make this, an oreo crust was the way to go! Basically I took the oreo crust, then took a whole tube of that pre-made sugar cookie dough and pressed it into the crust as best I could. In hindsight I should've pre-baked the crust with some egg white to bind the crust better because it crumbled quite a bit when I pushed the cookie dough on top. The I just topped it with bite sized chocolate. The recipe calls for a cup of m&ms, two packs of twix bars chopped, and 6 or 7 mini reese's peanut butter cups. I can honestly say I measured nothing. I took a few of each of these candies (and I bought the bite sized bag of baby mini twix to make things easier on myself) and just pushed them into the raw dough until I thought it looked like enough. (Honestly I probably could've added more.) I baked it for about 40 minutes until the cookie dough looked nice and brown and then I took it out of the oven and let it cool. I honestly and not a huge chocolate lover and I went to Ben's and gave him the whole pie and declined when he wanted to give me a piece. It was his pie and I'm happy not to eat it. He was so happy that I made it and some of his friends and his older brother were coming over to take him out to dinner that night so he promised to share with them and not eat the whole pie by himself after dinner. He send me a picture of the pie after the cut into it and he seemed to enjoy it a bunch but I'm sure I'll get more feedback the next time I see him. It was a super fun, easy, not in the least bit healthy for you kinda dessert which was perfect for a birthday like this.