Chocolate Pie Recipe
A delicious and creamy chocolate pie with homemade whipped cream and mini chocolate chips on top. This pie is super easy to make - the hardest part is waiting for the pie to chill!
Equipment
- Pie plate (9-inch)
- Electric hand mixer (or stand mixer)
Ingredients
- 1 bottom pie crust
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1½ cups granulated sugar
- 2 cups skim milk fat free, 1%, 2%, or whole
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Pinch table salt
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup Mini chocolate chips semi-sweet - optional
Instructions
- Put the bottom pie crust in a pie pan and bake as directed on the package.
- Put the cornstarch, cocoa, sugar, skim milk, egg yolks, vanilla extract, and salt in a medium saucepan.
- Cook the chocolate mixture on medium heat for about 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Continue to stir and increase the heat to medium-high and cook for another 3 to 5 minutes until the chocolate mixture has thickened.
- Let the chocolate mixture cool for a couple of minutes, then pour it into the baked pie shell.
- Put the pie in the refrigerator for a couple of hours to set and cool.
- Add the whipping cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract to a medium bowl. Beat on low speed and gradually increase to high until whipping cream has formed soft stiff peaks.
- After the chocolate pie has chilled long enough, spread the whipped cream on top of the chocolate filling.
- Then sprinkle the mini chocolate chips over the top of the whipped cream. This step is optional.
Notes
- A pinch of salt is whatever you can pick up with your thumb and index finger.
- You can put fresh berries on top of the chocolate pie and omit the whipped cream if you prefer to do so.
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