Make crumb base, set aside. Melt cheese & chocolate. Add ½ teas vanilla; beat well. In another saucepan, put ¼ cup sugar & gelatin. Beat 2 egg yolks in milk. Add to sugar & gelatin mixture. Put over boiling water & stir for 15 minutes. Pour into chocolate mixture a little at a time. Mix in 1 tab rum. Beat egg whites, add 2 tab sugar & fold into rest of mixture. Pour into prepared pie plate. Refrigerate when set, spread with whipped cream & decorate with grated chocolate.
—Maria Zamperoni