Unhealthiest recipe ever?

by Nicole Weston, Posted Feb 6th 2006 @ 7:10AM

snicker's pie chef Worrall Thompson This particular dessert deserves a place of honor on the list of the worst foods you can eat. Snickers Pie, an ultra-rich dessert developed by Chef Antony Worrall Thompson (pictured), has over 1250 calories per slice and over 100 grams of fat. Though the chef himself has written a book advocating healthy eating and a healthy lifestyle, he insists that customers willingly and knowingly put taste before healthy in restaurants and that they deserve to "get their taste-buds tickled." He insists that the dessert is meant to be an occasional snack for children, but with over half the recommended daily amount of calories for an adult in each serving, it still seems difficult to recommend it. It's easier (and healthier) just to eat a Snickers bar alone.

Nevertheless, here's the recipe for those who are curious.

Snicker's Pie*
(recipe from BBC Food)
1 package puff pastry
140g/5oz mascarpone cheese
110g/4oz cream cheese
50g/2oz sugar (superfine, preferably)
3 eggs
5 Snickers bars, chopped up

Preheat the oven to 400F.
Roll pastry to 1/4 inch thick and use to line an 8in pie pan.
Beat the mascarpone cheese, cream cheese and sugar together in a large bowl, until smooth.
Beat in eggs, one at a time.
Add the Snickers bars and fold in.
Pour mixture into pie pan, spreading to the edges.
Place in the oven for 10 minutes, then lower temperature to 350F for a 25 minutes more, until golden and set.
Allow to cool before serving.

*Slashfood is not responsible for any ill effects suffered as a result of consuming this dessert.

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Filed Under: Food Oddities, Trends, Ingredients, Chefs & Restaurants, Restaurants
Tags: british isles, chocolate, comfort food, decadent dessert, dessert, fattening dessertl decadent, oddities, pie, snickers, snickers pie, unhealthiest dessert, unhealthy dessert, worrall thompson

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2-07-2006 @2:07AM janet said... OMG! My arteries clogged just from reading the recipe! Somebody hold me...I'm scared.
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2-07-2006 @2:24AM Joyce said... So okay how many calories do i save if i use splenda and fat free cream cheese. ;~)
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2-07-2006 @4:11AM Barbara said... Sounds good - and tremendously fattening...but I have a hard time believing that anything is more calorie/fat rich than Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding with Buttered Rum Sauce....(one of Paula Deen's recipes).
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2-07-2006 @5:53AM bob thompson said... Calories in - calories out. Calories and fat are not good or bad, they just have to be taken into account. This pie sounds like a tasty treat. I love tasty treats. If I ate 2 slices of this pie and nothing else in a day's time, I wouldn't gain weight. If I ate more, I would. Choices.
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2-07-2006 @6:11AM Heather said... Hearing that it's full of fat and calories makes me want to make it all the more because it will probably taste like heaven!! Induldging in something like this once in a while isn't going to give you a heart attack then and there...only if you ate a slice a day..so enjoy!!
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2-07-2006 @6:25AM CJ said... No matter how many/few calories, fat grams, etc. we eat we're going to die anyway (sooner or later). Eat what you choose and enjoy. No need to over indulge & make yourself miserable while you're here but go for it, if that's what you like.
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2-07-2006 @6:47AM Lee said... Pardon my ignorance....but what is Mascarpone cheese? I've never heard of it. If it's not readily available in the U.S, what is a similar cheese? Thanks! ~ Lee
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2-07-2006 @6:49AM Lee said... Pardon my ignorance....but what is Mascarpone cheese? I've never heard of it. If it's not readily available in the U.S, what is a similar cheese? Thanks! ~ Lee
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2-07-2006 @10:20AM Rex Duglar said... Needs Bacon!
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2-07-2006 @2:51PM Mark said...
Greetings from Scotland (Inventor of the deep fried Mars bar!) Sorry but this recipe sounds disgusting - the River Cafe chocolate cake /pudding is a lot closer to my idea of chocolate pudding heaven; either that or Nigella Lawson's molten chocolate puddings. Amusing article in todays Guardian though 'I baked a Snickers Pie' :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,,1704054,00.html
Greetings from Scotland (Inventor of the deep fried Mars bar!) Sorry but this recipe sounds disgusting - the River Cafe chocolate cake /pudding is a lot closer to my idea of chocolate pudding heaven; either that or Nigella Lawson's molten chocolate puddings. Amusing article in todays Guardian though 'I baked a Snickers Pie' :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,,1704054,00.html
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2-07-2006 @11:39PM Zack said... the real snickers pie:
is much more of a pain to make, is served frozed, and is really more of an ice cream cake. and it's delicious.
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3-10-2006 @5:25PM Claire said... Marscapone cheese is a soft Italian cheese that is often offered instead of ice cream or cream with desserts. It's tangy but not overly cheesey, so if you were thinking this, the pie certainly won't taste of cheese. It must be available in the US - it's available in delis here, but now all the supermarkets stock it, along with ricotta, mozarella...
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4-19-2006 @11:17AM winky said... I had one of these made for me when i finally got out of the hospital in months, was a chocolicious megaorgy to say the absolute least. If you are to try it, try it once, then try to forget ever having anything like it.
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