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)

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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.

Nutrition

Serving Size:
Calories: 428
Sugar: 23.9 g
Sodium: 529.6 mg
Fat: 25.7 g
Carbohydrates: 45.1 g
Protein: 6.3 g
Cholesterol: 85.5 mg