This Old Fashioned Chocolate Pie recipe whips up a delicious pie with a sweet chocolate filling. It tastes like a creamy, decadent chocolate custard, all in the form of an easy recipe.
8slices
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Chill Time 8 hourshours
Total Time 8 hourshours25 minutesminutes
Ingredients
1cupsugar
¼teaspoonsalt
2cupswhole milk
2Tablespoonsbutter
6Tablespoonscocoa powder
4Tablespoonscornstarch
3egg yolksbeaten (at room temperature)
1pre baked pie crust
Whipped cream for topping and cocoa powder for dustingoptional but highly recommended!
Instructions
In a saucepan mix together cornstarch, cocoa, sugar, and salt. Add milk and cook on medium heat constantly whisking until thickened, about 15 minutes. In a small bowl beat egg yolks. Set aside.
Ladle out some of the chocolate mixture into beaten egg yolks, stirring constantly being sure not to scramble the eggs. This allows the eggs to come to proper temperature (the fancy term is called tempering). Then, add egg yolk mixture back into saucepan. Cook again until thickened, another 5 minutes.
Take off the heat and add butter.
Pour into the baked pie shell and refrigerate overnight.
Top with whipped cream and a dusting of cocoa powder before serving.
Store in the fridge, covered for up to 3 days.
How to store leftovers
Chances are, you don’t have leftovers, but just in case…Keep this pie refrigerated. You can loosely cover the top with plastic wrap. My mom always inserted a few toothpicks to keep the plastic from touching the whipped topping. Or, you could add the topping as you serve it and then it wouldn’t be a problem at all.
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Notes
Store in the fridge, covered for up to 3 days.
How to store leftovers
Chances are, you don’t have leftovers, but just in case…Keep this pie refrigerated. You can loosely cover the top with plastic wrap. My mom always inserted a few toothpicks to keep the plastic from touching the whipped topping. Or, you could add the topping as you serve it and then it wouldn’t be a problem at all.