Chocolate Chess Pie Recipe
Our chocolate chess pie is a chocolate custard pie with a buttery pie crust. It is a Southern classic, and perfect for special occasions. Learn how to make chocolate chess pie with this recipe.
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 471kcal
Ingredients
- 1 pie crust gluten-free pie crust works well, too
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder optional but recommended!
- ¼ cups cornstarch
- 3 large eggs beaten
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 12 ounces evaporated milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- Whipped cream and chocolate shavings for serving
Makes: 9inch round
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Roll out and fit the pie crust to a 9-inch pie plate. Trim and crimp the edges of the crust and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the sugar, cocoa powder, espresso powder (if using), cornstarch, eggs, melted butter, evaporated milk, vanilla extract, and salt until very smooth.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared pie crust.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 45-50 minutes, or until the mixture looks mostly set, but it is still slightly jiggly. The top of the pie should have formed a light brown crust.
- Cool pie on a wire rack until completely cool, then refrigerate before slicing. Serve pie topped with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 471kcal | Carbohydrates: 70g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 96mg | Sodium: 231mg | Potassium: 236mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 54g | Vitamin A: 453IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 132mg | Iron: 1mg
