📋 Old Fashioned Chocolate Pie Recipe

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📋 Old Fashioned Chocolate Pie Recipe

This old fashioned chocolate pie is a classic dessert that is perfect for holidays and special occasions. Featuring a rich and creamy chocolate pudding filling, it pairs perfectly a flaky pie crust and a generous whipped cream topping, which adds a light and fluffy texture to balance out the richness of the chocolate. Made with simple pantry ingredients and minimal effort, it's a quick and easy dessert to whip up.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword chocolate, chocolate cream, old fashioned, pie

Special Diet Vegetarian

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 18

refrigeration 1

Total Time 28

Servings servings

Calories 2150kcal

Author Terri Gilson

Equipment

Ingredients

9 inch -pie shell (blind baked) *See NOTES *I used deep dish
½ cup cocoa (unsweetened)
¼ cup cornstarch
3 egg yolks
1 ½ cup white granulated sugar + 2-4 tbsps for whipped cream topping
¼ teaspoon salt
2 cups milk * I use 1% milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups whipping cream (heavy cream 33-35%)

Garnish (optional)

additional cocoa
chocolate shavings
chocolate pieces * I used pieces of lindt dark chocolate bar

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Prep: Blind bake a pie shell, according to directions of recipe you are using. *You can use a store-bought or homemade pie crust.
*See NOTES if you are not sure how to blind bake a pie shell
Mix cocoa, cornstarch, beaten egg yolks; sugar, vanilla, and salt.
Then add milk gradually, while stirring in a pot over medium heat.
Cook until thick, beating it smooth with a whisk. *It won't really start to thicken until 14-15 minutes, then cook for 3-4 more minutes, stirring constantly, until it's thick like pudding.
Cool for about 10 minutes
Pour into a pre-baked pie shell. Put in the fridge to chill.
Prior to serving, add whipped cream.
*Alternatively, you can beat the 3 egg whites to make meringue (then bake).

Garnish

Garnish with sprinkled cocoa, chocolate shavings and chocolate pieces, if desired.

Notes

How to blind bake a pie crust

*Please see post contents for important recipe information, tips, substitutions and step-by-step instructional photos!

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