Chocolate-Covered Cherry Pie

i have been wanting to try this recipe ever since i found it on recipezaar a couple of weeks ago.
so here, it is:

oh, pie. i cannot wait to put your ingredients together and eat you!
one difference in the recipe and the pie i made: i used milk chocolate instead of semi-sweet because it's what i had.

fresh whipped cream! cool whip lovers, be aware- i despise the stuff!

putting the pie together was not at all difficult. it's made in layers, so there is a lot of time put into making one layer, letting it chill in the fridge, making another layer, etc. after baking the first three layers, the pie had to chill for, according to the recipe, a minimum of 8 hours. waiting that long was hard! i went ahead and added the extra chocolate, the whipped cream, and cherries to the top about 5 hours into the 8 hour refrigeration time so i wouldn't have to wait on that after the 8 hours was up. there was an optional step of covering maraschino cherries with chocolate for the top of the pie. i chose to do that and it looked beautiful!

it was a long 8 hours but i managed to make it! i was trying to get a picture of all the layers but all you can see is cherry smeared on the inside, but it still looks delicious!

it was pretty dang delicious! i gave it 4 out of 5 stars. the main reason it didn't get 5 stars was because of the time it took to make and chill. i'm more of an instant gratification type of girl when it comes to cooking and baking. it's also not the best pie i've ever had, but i don't think that's the fault of the recipe itself. i think my tastebuds just prefer other pies more. i haven't decided if i'll make it again but...

i sure didn't have any trouble eating it!