Hi Sarina,
Yes it can be! I just love homemade, but either will work just fine.
Norine

Can this be made with a premade gram cracker crust instead?

Hi Linda!
I have found if the ingredients are not EXACTLY right on this recipe, especially the caramel topping, this can happen. I had it happen to me once when I didn’t think an extra ounce of caramel sauce, and be sure it is a thinner ice cream caramel sauce, not too thick, would make that much difference. Oh yes it does! Sadly! Hope this helps. Sorry the recipe didn’t perform properly.
Norine

Hi Jill!
Honestly I can’t say. The reason being this pie is magical and when you mess with ingredients and size it tends not to turn out. It’s one of my few “exact” recipes that I just don’t mess around with, if that makes sense. (It’s like the child who has to have everything just “so”).
Sorry I don’t have a better answer for you!
Happy Weekend!
Norine

Hi Sandra!
You don’t have to use salted caramel sauce, you can use regular. Sorry you had such a hard time finding what you needed. It’s tricky out there in the grocery world right now.
If you wanted to add your own salt to the sauce I’d start out small, about 1/4 a teaspoon and taste test it. You can always add more, but you can’t take it out. Honestly I think this pie would taste wonderful with or without the salted caramel, as long as there is caramel.
I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving and Thank you for stopping by my Nest!
Sincerely,
Norine

I’m really looking forward to making this pie for Thanksgiving. I’ve been to 4 stores so far and none of them have salted Carmel. I bought a good quality Carmel sauce and was thinking perhaps I can add my own sea salt. Any recommendation on how much?