Great Chocolate Pie from Good Christian Women
My husband and I have a strange history. While most of our friends have long tales of breaking up and making up, we don’t. In the beginning, we were friends … best friends for way more than a decade before we ever thought about getting married (to each other).
Since we avoided the entire “courtship” period, we missed a lot of the specific learning that takes place when people date for extended periods of time. I never really kept up with his personal specifics … like his dessert preference for example.
After we were married and living far from home, I decided that I would make his favorite dessert for his birthday (instead of traditional cake) since it would just be the two of us. I’m ashamed to admit that I had to ask him what that might be.
He replied that chocolate pie was his very favorite dessert.
I thought I had hit the jackpot. Even though I wasn’t a total novice in the kitchen, I had somewhat limited experience outside of “normal”, everyday types of dishes. Chocolate pie was a no-brainer though … I had helped my Momma make that a million times.
Anybody remember Dream Whip?
It was my understanding that Dream Whip was a primary ingredient in Chocolate Pie. Dream Whip and Jello Chocolate Pudding ~ make ‘em, mix ‘em and dump the fluffy, chocolaty, moussy mess into a graham cracker crust … TA DA!!! CHOCOLATE PIE!!! Oh, what I would give to have a picture of that pie.
Not so fast.
He almost dropped dead. I thought the stunned look on his face was surprise … amazed wonder that I could make a pie almost 10 inches high … and it was a monster! It was his birthday after all.
“This is not chocolate pie”, he said. To his credit, I will tell you that he did eat a slice before asking me politely to, “never make that again.”
Soon after that night, I received a cookbook in the mail ~ The Brookneal United Methodist Women’s Cookbook (1951) which included his great-grandmother’s prized recipe for real chocolate pie. I learned that chocolate pie is something to be fussed with … something that will melt the make-up right off your face, turn your straight hair curly, and quite possibly give you a third degree burn.
I’ve streamlined the recipe a bit since the first time I made it and it remains his favorite … his and everyone else’s. It’s no fail and don’t go scrutinizing the amount of chocolate … trust me … it’s enough!
For one pie:
1 crust – baked 2 Tbs Butter 2 oz. GOOD baking chocolate (semi-sweet). If you use Baker’s ~ use 3 oz 1/3 cup flour 1 cup sugar ¼ tsp salt 2 ½ cups milk 3 egg yolks (you can save the whites for meringue, if you want) 2 tsp vanillaMelt the butter and chocolate in a large pan and set it aside.
Put everything else in the blender and zap it a few times until its foamy. The original recipe calls for adding each ingredient one at a time which involves trying to keep the flour from clumping and the eggs from curdling … it ain’t worth it … use the blender.
Put the butter/chocolate on the burner on low and stir, stir, stir … DO NOT let it burn (and it will before you know it).
Once it’s all melted, add the mixture from the blender. Turn the heat up to medium and whisk like a wild woman/man … seriously, this is your workout for the day.
When the mixture boils, set the timer for 5 minutes and keep whisking the heck out of it until the bell rings.
Pour into the crust and refrigerate for about 5 hours.
Almost two decades later ~ it’s still the fastest way to his heart … and the jewelry store!
No recipe is perfect or lasts forever and in the recent past, everyone in my family has become obsessed with single serving desserts. Slices of pie are so passe. To make the mini pie crusts you can make your own pate sucre for two pies or use the kind from the refrigerator section at the grocery.
Roll out the dough and cut a circle about 6 inches in diameter. Put the cut-outs on a lined baking sheet and stick in fridge to rest for about fifteen minutes. Lay the circles over the back side of a jumbo muffin tin and press down to take on the shape. Score the bottom twice with a fork and bake at the temp required of your pastry. Allow to cool completely. (makes 6 – three from each crust preparation)
The kids love the chocolate pie filling sandwiched between pizzelles and layered with whipped cream.
I don’t have a pizzelle maker 
so I just buy them at the store. They are quite handy to have around and do just fine in the freezer. (another favorite pizzelle filling – pasty cream and sliced bananas … YUM)
Any way you serve it, you’ll get lots of love in return.
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Dream whip is the only pie I will attempt to make because the simplicity of it. You only dirty one bowl in the whole process.
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Don’t tell, but I really love the Dream Whip pie as well! Shhhhh!
That looks freakin’ amazing!
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I don’t know … I think your brownie-love-making boots look even better! Thanks P.P.
It is a funny story and thanks a lot for the recipe!
The funniest stories are always the ones that are true! Thanks & I hope you give it a try!
Hello, I’ve a question: I’m Italian, but I never see this type of biscuits (Pizzelle), so can you write me what kind of biscuits are this? Because I’d like cooking this cake!
Thank you
Go over to http://www.pizzelle.net or to http://www.marthastewart.com to find out more than you ever wanted to know about pizzelles. I think in America pizzelles are mostly known as “waffle cones” for frozen yogurt!
That was a darling story…I have something similar re: Sloppy Joes. I will have to try this during winter break.
ES
I would love to hear your story, Elisse! Give it a try! It’s delicious
What a wonderful story. I love and still love finding out about my husband’s food quirks… and learning about the things he likes. I’ve actually learned to cook quite a few things from him and vice versa. And I love your pictures! Thanks for posting. I found your story after looking for chocolate pie recipes — so strange to have found it after looking at another recipe that’s kind of weird and tasteless: http://apocalypsecakes.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/resurrection-day-self-rising-chocolate-cake/
Every day is an adventure … even after 16 years. I hope you give it a try. This pie is anything but tasteless!
Good for you. My husband preferred pie to cake as well. If I’d had this recipe back then the challenged (the whisking) would have appealed to me. Now I think I’ll just take your word for it.
I hear you! I wasn’t joking about the work involved either. I have to pull the floor fan in while I whisk and sweat, whisk and sweat!
I LOVE chocolate cream pie! Yum! When I was a kid I had one that had bits of instant coffee in it (just a little bit) and it was DELISH!!!
My mom did the same thing as you when her and Dad were first married. She made him a Piano Cake, decorated it all amazing, even made the white and black keys and the sheets of music (he plays the piano, if you didn’t guess this already). The guests came over and she started serving out the cake and when she handed his piece to him he said “No thank you, I don’t like cake”. Woops! Haha!
Oh heavens! What a hilarious story. (probably not at the time for your Mom though) Woops!, indeed! Sometimes, I do whip up a little Kahlua into the whipped cream – yummmmmmy! Coffee & chocolate … soulmates.
That was a darling storyI have something similar re: Sloppy Joes. I will have to try this during winter break.
ESI would love to hear your story, Elisse! Give it a try! Its delicious
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MMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!
Yes, please!
{I think my husband may just love me forever and ever if I pull this one off!}
Thank you for the story and the recipe! That looks so scrumptious, and I will definitely be trying the recipe out soon, especially the ones with the pizzelle cookies!
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hmmm i want one now! made me even more hungry. nice
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nice story! your writing is wonderful! it was very easy and interesting to read your post! thanks for the recipe. i like sweets!
very interesting. I want to try do one for me and my wife
oh my gahhhh that looks so good. i always made the simple pie too. this year i made a pumpkin with a cinnamon cream cheese swirl, and it came out less than satisfactory…
That looks so good, and so easy to make.. I think im gonna’ try that one tonight and see what my family thinks of it. My key-lime is getting kind of old.
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Hoping some of the baked goods today will be half as delicious as yours totally look! Mmm! Happy T-day.
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lol Well out of every disappointments cometh good. Eventually you learn to make the real chocolate pie. How comes he was your best friend and you never know about his likes/dislikes. I will be trying this recipe soon.
Oh. My. God.
I am giving this recipe to my baker friend, and buying her a present.
Bribery always works.
Oh my gosh to a chocolate lover like me that looks delicious! I shall have to try the recipe sometime. Thank you for sharing this!
Your husband: luck guy.
The post title definitely caught my eye and I like your tale of romantic asking your husband what dessert he likes! Thankfully, in my husband’s and my very brief courtship, I gladly learnt that he is the wannabe chef. Which suits me as I don’t have a clue when it comes to cooking!
Aww, I rather liked your blog story- personally I like the idea of ten inch high cake. Good call to your husband on calling chocolate pie the bestest.
I note your recipe and have a bit of fun in the kitchen methinks.
Your 10″ high pie sounded truly amazing! Funny story. Thanks for the recipe
I’ve seriously had dreams about that last photo since I read this post a few days ago. Torturous.
Bud can’t say but wow…
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sounds amazing, but i have no idea what dream whip is.
i like chocolate pie too, but i would geuss the type i’ve had is still the dream whip equivalent.
by looking at the picture Seems to be very testy.
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yummy!
Oh goodness, that looks so amazingly delicious!!
Great Pie
I wanna do home baking someday.
Love chocolate pie- I also recommend melting the chocolate and butter in the microwave- you don’t have to stand there and nurse it and it melts like a dream.
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this looked really yummy!
Oh my goodness. This is the last thing I should be reading…and now I have to make this. Those pictures are amazing.
Hi, I loved your story and your pie sounds sooo good. And to tell you the truth, the Dreamwhip pie sounded just as good, too. I think I’ll try both of them.
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I’m so hungry..
I would have settled with your pie.. but for sure, i will try baking the other one..
it sounds and looks delicioso!
I love that chocolate pie pizzelle sandwich idea. I make mini pizzelle’s that I sell in my etsy shop. Definitely going to have to make some of those for my little on on Christmas eve.
this is great feeling looking pie like that…. l am feeling hungry now… waoooo….sssss..