Salted Caramel Cream Pie Recipe

Ingredients

• 5 oz. pretzel sticks (3 cups)
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 3 Tbsp. dark brown sugar
• 10 Tbsp. unsalted butter, melted
• ½ cup each granulated sugar and unsweetened cocoa powder
• ½ cup heavy cream
• ⅛ tsp. kosher salt
• 1 Tbsp. unsalted butter
• 2 oz. semisweet bar chocolate, finely chopped
• ½ tsp. pure vanilla extract
• ½ cup packed dark brown sugar
• ⅓ cup cornstarch
• 4 egg yolks
• 2 ½ cups whole milk, divided
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• ¼ cup water
• 2 tsp. kosher salt
• 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter
• 1 Tbsp. pure vanilla extract
• 4 egg whites
• 1 jar marshmallow creme (7 oz.)