- If you love chocolate,
then this is the pie recipe for you.
It is a double chocolate pie.
So it's got a chocolate pudding
with a chocolate pastry crust, whipped cream,
and more chocolate on top.
You're not going to want to miss it.
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Hey everyone, it's Dorothy with crazyforcrust.com,
and welcome back to my kitchen.
Today it's all about pie and it's all about chocolate.
I love this pie recipe because
a chocolate pudding pie is just something, I just love it.
It's so easy to eat, it's so delicious,
and I am a complete chocoholic, so this is the pie for me.
This pie starts with a chocolate pie crust.
Now, it's a chocolate pastry crust and it's no-roll,
so it's super simple and it's super easy,
and the way I make it, anyone can do it,
even if you think that you can't make your own pie crust.
So let's get started on the pie crust first.
Start by adding one and a quarter cups
of all purpose flour,
two tablespoons of sugar
and two tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder,
and a quarter of a teaspoon of salt to a food processor.
And then I'm just going to pulse that a few times
to get it to mix up.
I recommend leaving the lid on the food processor
because that cocoa's going to fly everywhere,
so don't even bother taking it off,
we'll just add all the other ingredients
through that top slip.
And then to this, I'm going to add
a half of a cup of cold butter.
I've diced it and then put it back in the refrigerator.
You want it nice and ice cold
when you add it to your food processor.
So just go ahead and add that in and pulse it a few times
until the butter is broken up throughout the mixture.
And then I'm going to add a tablespoon of ice water.
So I filled the measuring cup with ice and water,
and I'm just going to measure out one tablespoon and add that,
and then run my food processor
until the mixture comes together.
Now, normally when I make this crust,
I need to add another one to two teaspoons of water.
So start with a tablespoon, run it for a little while.
If it's not coming together,
then add another teaspoon of water
and continue running the processor.
Eventually it will come together in a dough.
It's not going to be sandy,
it will press together like a cookie dough
or like a pie dough wood.
Now this is a no-roll pie crust, so it's super easy.
I'm just using a nine inch pie plate.
I am spraying this with nonstick cooking spray
because when you're pressing the pie crust in,
sometimes it can stick to the pie plate,
so I recommend greasing your pie plate.
So go ahead and just dump the pie crust into your pie plate,
and press it up the sides
and on the bottom of the pie plate, just make it even.
Now this crust is good for any kind of pie,
baked or no-bake.
So I'm going to blind bake the crest today
because we're filling it with chocolate pudding,
which is no-bake,
but you can also bake like pecan pie or apple pie
or anything like that in this crust.
If you're doing that,
just follow the directions on the recipe
that you're using for the baked pie
when you're dealing with the crust,
but today we're going to blind bake it,
so I'm going to make sure and prick it
with the tines of a fork
all on the bottom and on the sides.
And then I'm going to chill this for at least an hour
to make it nice and cold and hard before I blind bake it.
Now, when it's time to bake it,
you're going to preheat your oven to 400 degrees
and you're going to bake it for probably 10 to 15 minutes,
probably around 12, it just depends on your oven,
until the crust is no longer glossy
and it looks, if you're using a clear pie plate,
you can kind of see that it's somewhat cooked,
mostly cooked through on the bottom.
You want it to be all the way cooked through
because we're going to fill this with a no-bake filling.
So, it took mine around 12 to 15 minutes to bake.
Again, it depends on your oven,
and you'll be able to tell you'll be able to smell it.
It'll smell nice and chocolatey,
and you'll be able to tell that it's no longer glossy
and looks cooked through.
And now it's time to make our pie and assemble it.
So we're going to make a chocolate pudding for the filling.
Yes, you could go the easy route
and use like a box of instant pudding
or a box of cooked pudding and make it that way.
But there's something about homemade chocolate pudding.
I'm not a huge fan of the box chocolate pudding stuff,
but I love it homemade.
So give it a try, it's super easy,
this is a no egg pudding so there's no guesswork.
It just takes a few minutes in the pan.
It's just as easy as making a box of cooked pudding,
but it tastes way better.
To make your pudding,
you're going to add two thirds of a cup of sugar,
a quarter of a cup of unsweetened cocoa powder,
three tablespoons of corn starch,
and a quarter of a teaspoon of salt
to a medium saucepan.
Whisk that together until it's combined,
and then add two cups of milk.
I love using whole milk for this
'cause it makes it nice and rich,
but you can use non-fat or even 2% milk.
Whisk it until the powder is kind of into the milk mixture,
and then switch to a wooden spoon.
And now we're just making pudding,
so now you're going to stir this constantly,
making sure you're scraping the bottom of the pan
until it thickens.
And that's going to take five to eight minutes.
Again, it depends on the heat of your stove.
And just keep stirring it until it thickens.
It'll seem like it's never going to thicken,
but then it'll start to steam a little bit.
You'll notice that it's probably going to
start coming to a boil,
and then all of a sudden it's going to thicken fast,
so make sure and continue stirring it
'cause you don't want it to stick to the bottom,
so make sure you're scraping the bottom of the pan
as you're stirring.
Once it starts to thicken,
let it cook for another minute or so
until it's nice and thick,
and then turn off the heat,
and then add a teaspoon of vanilla
and a half of a cup of chocolate chips.
Now, you can use any kind of chocolate chips that you like,
I'm using semi-sweet
but you could use milk chocolate if you like that better.
So add those in, they'll melt rather quickly,
just stir them in until it's nice and thick and melted.
The chocolate chips add just a nice extra chocolatey flavor
to the pudding.
And then you're going to pour the pudding,
you can pour it warm or hot into your cooled pie crust.
So just pour that in and smooth it out,
and you're going to let it cool to room temperature,
and then you're going to cover it with plastic and chill it
until it's set a few hours or even overnight.
Once your pie is chilled,
then it's time to finish it.
Now, I love topping it with fresh whipped cream.
You can make your whipped cream
a few hours ahead if you want.
Sometimes I add a pinch of cream of tartar
into my whipped cream
'cause it'll make it a little bit more stable,
but you won't taste it at all.
But you'll want to make sure
and just put the whipped cream on.
Shortly before serving,
whipped cream tends to weep a little bit.
You don't want to do this like the day before,
you want to do it the day of serving.
You could always use Cool Whip if you want,
that's totally fine, no judgment.
For my fresh whipped cream, it's super easy to make.
You can watch that video.
It's just whipped cream, vanilla and powdered sugar,
and it's delicious.
You're going to top that all over your pie
and then you're going to garnish it.
I'm garnishing it with some mini chocolate chips,
but you could use some chocolate shavings
or just a dusting of cocoa powder or leave it plain.
This pie is a chocolate lovers dream.
And once it's all done, you have the best chocolate pie.
It is a double chocolate pudding pie.
It's got chocolate crust, chocolate pudding,
and whipped cream.
I mean just,
I can smell the chocolate from where I'm standing.
it's just like, oh my gosh, it's so amazing,
I can't wait to taste it.
And my dog is going crazy because she loves whipped cream,
and so she saw me making the whipped cream earlier
and like all she can do, she's going crazy behind me
if you've seen her, she wants whipped cream,
but don't worry, I'm not giving her pie
'cause that wouldn't be good,
but I might give her a little whipped cream.
Alrighty, can't wait to taste it, I love chocolate,
I love the chocolate pudding in the crust.
Let's have a taste.
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Mmm, the chocolate pudding, I swear,
it's lucky it even made it into the pie crust,
because once I start licking the spoon,
I just can't stop, that's how good chocolate pudding is,
and I am not a chocolate pudding fan unless it's homemade,
so you know it's got to be good.
I love the fresh whipped cream,
that pie crust, it's a little crumbly,
but it's absolutely delicious,
this is just super chocolate,
it's like the death by chocolate pie.
It is so good.
I know you're going to love it.
Leave me a comment and let me know
what your favorite chocolate dessert is.
I am going to enjoy a slice of pie with some coffee
while you keep watching for more pie recipes.