Praline Delight Pie

1/3 cup butter or margarine

1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar

½ cup chopped pecans

5½ oz. pkg. Instant vanilla pudding

2½ cups milk

1 envelope whipped topping mix

1 lightly baked 9” pie shell

Combine butter, brown sugar, and nuts in a saucepan; heat until butter and sugar are melted. Spread in bottom of pie shell. Bake at 450° for 5 minutes or until bubbly; cool. Prepare pie filling mix with 2½ cups milk as directed on package. Measure 1 cup filling; set aside. Pour remaining filling into pie shell. Prepare whiped topping mix as directed. Blend 1-1/3 cups into the measured pie filling. Spoon into pie shell. Chill about 3 hours. Garnish with the remaining whipped topping and pecan halves.