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Chocolate Crust

1 1/2 cups Oreo cookie (or chocolate graham) crumbs

6 tbsp Butter or margarine, melted

1 1/3 cups Sugar

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

(If you make your own cookie crumbs, pulverize cookies in a blender or food processor; or place them in a ziploc bag (or use saran wrap or parchment paper) and roll into fine crumbs with a rolling pin. )

Mix the crumbs, butter, and sugar. Press the mixture onto the bottom and up the side of your pie plate, using your hand or the back of a spoon.

Bake crust 8 minutes; cool on wire rack.  (Note:  If the recipe calls for an unbaked crumb crust, skip the baking step and just chill it in the refrigerator for an hour.)

Fill according to your recipe.