A mainstay of my youth was the chocolate cream pie made by my grandma. With a solid texture, homemade custard filling. Rich, satisfying, and not overly sweet. She used to make hers with a prebaked pastry crust topped with meringue, but I make mine with a store-bought graham cracker crust and whipped cream for convenience. It is wonderful in either case. Hope you had fun!
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Additional Time: | 4 hrs 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 4 hrs 35 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 1 10-inch pie |
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups white sugar
- 5 large egg yolks
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder (such as Hershey’s®)
- 5 tablespoons cornstarch
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups half-and-half
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 (10 inch) prepared graham cracker crust
Instructions
- Cream sugar and yolks together in a large saucepan. Add milk, cocoa powder, cornstarch, and salt; whisk until no lumps remain. Add half-and-half and heat over medium heat, whisking constantly until filling is thickened, about 20 minutes.
- Turn off heat when filling starts to bubble; continue to stir for 1 minute. Remove thickened filling from the warm burner. Add butter and vanilla extract, stirring well until melted and well incorporated. Let filling sit to cool slightly, about 10 minutes.
- Stir filling well and pour into graham cracker crust, smoothing the top with a spatula. Chill, uncovered, in the refrigerator for 4 hours.
- Serve with whipped cream or your favorite topping.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 476 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 70 g |
| Cholesterol | 157 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 7 g |
| Saturated Fat | 9 g |
| Sodium | 382 mg |
| Sugars | 52 g |
| Fat | 20 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
A classic recipe
This recipe was exactly what I was looking for! Yummy, fudgy goodness! Was looking for a recipe to use up some cream I had and wanted a recipe that called for cocoa and not baker’s chocolate & this was fabulous!
awesome recipe!
Delicious pie. Extremely rich and filling and oh so fudgy! Easy to make. Followed recipe to a T. Beats those pudding mix pies. Definitely give this recipe a try.