We used lighter dairy ingredients, less butter, and sugar in this recipe to make it healthier, but it still has all the flavor of a fantastic restaurant-style cheesecake.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Additional Time: | 2 hrs 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs 55 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 1 9-inch pie |
Ingredients
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 (9 inch) frozen deep-dish pie crust, thawed
- ⅔ cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup cold heavy whipping cream
- 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Brush beaten egg over all surfaces of pie crust, including edges. Prick holes into the bottom and sides of the crust using a fork.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool completely, about 30 minutes.
- Combine sugar and 2 eggs in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir continuously, adjusting heat as needed to make sure mixture does not boil or bubble, until it coats the back of a spoon and an instant-read thermometer reads 160 degrees F (70 degrees C), about 10 minutes.
- Remove mixture from heat and stir in melted chocolate and vanilla extract; allow to cool to lukewarm temperature, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Beat butter in a separate large bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add chocolate mixture and continue to beat on high speed until thick and creamy, about 5 minutes.
- Beat cold heavy cream in a separate bowl until slightly thick. Add powdered sugar all at once and continue to beat on medium to medium-high speed until stiff peaks form. Fold into chocolate mixture, stirring very gently as to not decrease the volume by stirring too much. Pour into the prepared pie crust and chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours before serving.
- It’s okay for some streaks of whipped cream to remain when folding into chocolate mixture.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 388 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 30 g |
| Cholesterol | 123 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 15 g |
| Sodium | 140 mg |
| Sugars | 20 g |
| Fat | 29 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Very good pie recipe! Worth the time and effort. I combined sugar and eggs in a double boiler, so as to not overcook the eggs. Stirred the mixture continuously for exactly 10 minutes, and it was perfect. My husband had two pieces of pie last night!
I made this for my son’s birthday. It came out delicious. It takes a bit of time to make but is so worth it.
Very easy and very delicious! I preferred the pie frozen as opposed to refrigerated because it gave it more of an icecream texture!