Chocolate Mint Silk Pie

We tried this for Valentines and oh my gosh was this good. If you like mint chocolate, than you will love this!

Needed for Crust:
1 1/2c crushed chocolate sandwich cookies

1/4c butter or margarine, melted

Needed for Filling:
1c. sugar

3/4c. butter or margarine, softened

3sq semi-sweet chocolate, melted, cooled

1/2tsp. peppermint extract

3 eggs

sweetened whip cream

Preperation:

In a medium bowl stir together crust ingredients.
Press firmly on bottom and sides of a 9" pie pan.
Refridgerate 10 min.
In a small mixer bowl combine sugar and 3/4c. butter.
Beat at medium speed scraping the bowl often, until well mixed (2 to 3 min).
Add chocolate and peppermint extract; continue beating until well mixed (1 to 2 min). Add eggs; continue beating, scraping bowl often, until the mixture becomes light and fluffy (5 min).
Spoon into prepared crust. Refridgerate for at least 3 hours. or until set. if desired garnish with sweetened whip cream.

Enjoy... but not too much, it's 460 calories a slice!