Chocolate Pie Recipe
Chocolate pie is a creamy, chocolatey, and wonderfully traditional dessert topped with a light and fluffy meringue.
Servings: 8 pieces
Calories: 1397kcal
Ingredients
Pie Crust
- 9 " pie crust store-bought or homemade
Pie filling
- 4 Tablespoons butter
- 1-1/4 cups granulated sugar
- 2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour heaping
- 2 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa heaping
- 1-1/4 cups milk 2-percent or whole milk
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Meringue
- 4 egg whites
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/4 cup sugar
Instructions
- Poke holes in the crust and bake until lightly golden brown.
Pie Filling
- In a medium-sized bowl add the sugar, flour, and unsweetened cocoa and whisk together.
- Pour in the milk, vanilla extract, and egg yolks (save the whites in another bowl). Beat with a hand mixer until well combined.
- Add the butter to a skillet on medium heat.
- Next, pour the chocolate pie filling into the pan and cook until thick.
- Pour the pie filling back into a clean (and heat-safe) bowl and beat again to get rid of any lumps.
- Pour the filling into the cooked pie shell.
Meringue
- Grab the bowl with the whites and add one more egg white.
- Add the cream of tartar to the bowl and beat until stiff peaks form.
- Pour the sugar into the bowl and beat again until the meringue is shiny.
- Spread the meringue over the pie. Bake at 350-degrees for about 10-15 minutes or until the meringue is golden brown.
- Allow the pie to set up for at least one hour before serving.
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Notes
TIP: Make sure the bowl and beaters are dry before beating the egg whites. If you have any water or egg yolks in the bowl or on the beaters the meringue will not fluff up.
TIP: The chocolate filling will thicken fast when cooking, so don't go to far.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 1397kcal | Carbohydrates: 212g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 54g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 31g | Cholesterol: 79mg | Sodium: 904mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 114g