French Silk Chocolate Pie
Silky and delicious, this rich dessert is worth the little extra time and effort!
- Prep Time: 2 hours 40 mins
- Cook Time: 2 mins
- Total Time: 2 hours 42 mins
- Yield: 8 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 – 9 inch frozen pre-made pie shell
- 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, broken into pieces
- 2 sticks (1 cup) butter, softened to room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 4 pasteurized eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Prepared whipped cream or non-dairy whipped topping for garnish
- Mini chocolate chips or chocolate curls for garnish
Instructions
- Bake pie shell according to package directions and cool completely.
- Melt chocolate in small saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly, about 2 minutes.
- Removed from heat and cool completely, about 20 minutes.
- In mixing bowl, beat butter on medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy, about 5 minutes (this works best with a standing mixer).
- Add sugar and vanilla and continue beating until fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- Add chocolate, a little at a time and beat until well combined.
- Increase mixer speed to high and add eggs, one at a time, beating 2 minutes between each addition (mixture will increase in volume).
- Scoop chocolate mixture into cooled baked pie shell.
- Refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.
- Garnish with dollops of whipped cream and chocolate chips or chocolate curls.
Notes
Preparation time includes cooling the chocolate and refrigerating the pie.
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