The Best Chocolate Cream Pie
The Best Chocolate Cream Pie Ever! This recipe uses pure chocolate and vanilla extract which add that extra layer of richness, flavor and goodness! This pie is so good! I hope you try it!
Author: hipfoodiemom.com.
Ingredients
For the Oreo cookie crust:
- 24 Oreo cookies with filling, crushed into crumbs
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter melted and cooled
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
- pinch of salt
- 2 1/2 cups half-and-half
- 6 egg yolks at room temperature
- 1 5.3 oz. semisweet chocolate baking bar, finely chopped
- 1 5.3 oz. 60% cacao bittersweet chocolate baking bar, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon Nielsen-Massey pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon Nielsen-Massey pure chocolate extract
- For the whipped cream topping:
- 1½ cups cold heavy cream
- 1½ tablespoons granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon Nielsen-Massey pure vanilla extract
For the Oreo cookie crust:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine the Oreo cookie crumbs and the melted butter in a medium bowl and toss until the crumbs are evenly moistened. Transfer the crumbs to a 9-inch pie plate.
- Press the crumbs evenly into the bottom and up the sides of the pan, forming a crust. Refrigerate the lined pie plate for about 20 minutes.
- Bake for 10 minutes, until the crust is set. Cool on a wire rack while you make the filling.
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