Mile-High Chocolate Pudding Pie
This irresistible chocolate pudding pie is filled with a rich and silky pudding over a chocolate cookie crust. It’s topped with billowy clouds of whipped cream and sprinkled with chocolate shavings. It’s wholesome homemade goodness at its best!
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This recipe starts with fresh milk cooked over the stovetop with some cocoa powder, cornstarch, sugar, an egg and chocolate. You add in some vanilla for flavor and butter for richness. Pour the warm pudding over a lightly baked chocolate cookie crust. Once the pie is set, beat the fresh whipping cream with some sugar and vanilla, spoon over the top of the pudding. Then lastly grate some chocolate over the top and you’ve got a heavenly dessert ready to be served.
This Mile-High Chocolate Pudding Pie is ultra-silky and chocolatey. The chocolate cookie crust gives it an even bolder chocolate flavor while the whipped cream on top gives it a lightness to the texture.
Mile-High Chocolate Pudding Pie
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 15 min
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 8-10
- Category: dessert
- Method: bake
- Cuisine: American
Description
This irresistible chocolate pudding pie is filled with a rich and silky pudding over a chocolate cookie crust. It’s topped with billowy clouds of whipped cream and sprinkled with chocolate shavings.
Ingredients
Crust
- 1/3 cup (75 mL) unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cups (375 mL) chocolate cookie or graham wafer crumbs
Filling
- 1/4 cup (60 mL) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup (60 mL) granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup (60 mL) cornstarch
- 1/4 tsp (1 mL) salt
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 2 1/2 cups (625 mL) milk
- 3/4 cup (175 mL) finely chopped bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, about 3 oz (90 g)
- 2 tbsp (30 mL) unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp (15 mL) vanilla
Topping
- 1 1/2 cups (375 mL) 35% cream
- 2 tbsp (30 mL) granulated sugar
- 1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla
- coarsely grated chocolate, (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).
Crust:
- Melt butter in a medium saucepan set over medium-low heat.
- Remove from heat; stir in crumbs. Turn into a 9-inch (23 cm) shallow glass pie plate. Press evenly up sides and on bottom of pie plate.
- Bake for 8 min in centre of preheated oven until set.
Filling:
- In a medium saucepan, whisk cocoa with sugar, cornstarch and salt. Whisk in egg as best as you can; add milk. Continue to whisk until smooth and no lumps remain.
- Set over medium heat. Stirring continuously, bring to a boil, about 3 to 5 min. Filling will thicken and bubble.
- Reduce heat to low; simmer gently and stir for 1 min. Add chocolate and butter. Stir until melted. Stir in vanilla.
- Turn into slightly cooled pie shell. Refrigerate for 2 hours or until cold and set.
Topping:
- Beat cream with sugar and vanilla until stiff peaks form. Spoon onto chilled pie. Swirl.
- Grate chocolate over top if using. Refrigerate until ready to eat. Best eaten within a day of making.
Notes
If you don’t want a “skin” to form on the chocolate filling, press a piece of plastic wrap directly on surface of filling while it chills
For a fancier version of this pie, use a 9-inch (23 cm) tart shell. Garnish with gooseberries, cherries and chocolate curls.
Recipe from MilkCalendar.ca.
As a lover of all things chocolate, I am so excited to try this out! It looks amazing!
I love this recipe. It is creamy and decadent, also easy to make. I saw it accidentally and I’m glad I did. This was perfect Christmas dessert and now I’m making it again. There’s nothing better than homemade pudding. I would recommend this recipe, 10/10. 🙂
Thank you very much for your kind words, and lovely feedback. Enjoy and have a great week!