Chocolate Cream Pie
This chocolate cream pie is made with a rich and creamy chocolate cream filling, a homemade whipped cream topping, and sprinkled with chocolate shavings, and Oreo cookies, is a chocolate pie crust. A chocolate lover's dream.
Servings: 8 Servings
Calories: 616kcal
Ingredients
- 1 premade chocolate pie crust
Chocolate Cream Pie Filling
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 3 large eggs
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons water
- 8 ounces milk chocolate, melted and cooled
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup butter, cut into small pieces and softened
Whipped Cream Topping
- 1 ½ cups heavy whipping cream
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Chocolate shavings for topping
- Oreo pieces for topping
Instructions
Chocolate Cream Pie Filling
- Using a hand mixer, whip heavy cream until stiff peaks form and then cover bowl and place in refrigerator to chill while preparing filling.
- In a large glass bowl, whisk together eggs, sugar, and water.
- Place the bowl over a medium saucepan that is filled with 1-2 inches of lightly simmering water, making sure that the water is not touching the bottom of the glass bowl. Use a hand mixer to beat egg mixture on low-medium speed until thickened, about 10-12 minutes.
- Remove bowl from heat and continue to beat egg mixture with hand mixer until thick, fluffy, and cooled (about 8-10 minutes).
- Add cooled, melted chocolate and vanilla to egg mixture and beat until well mixed.
- Beat in butter pieces until completely incorporated.
- Fold in chilled whipped cream until fully combined and no streaks of whipped cream are visible.
- Pour filling into pie crust, place in refrigerator and chill for at least 3 hours but ideally, overnight.
Whipped Cream Topping
- Once pie has chilled, make whipped cream topping by beating heavy cream, sugar, and vanilla with a hand mixer until fully combined and stiff peaks form.
- Spread whipped cream over the entire pie and pipe dollops of whipped cream around edge of pie. Top with Oreo pieces and chocolate shavings.
Notes
Nutritional values are approximate.
Please note that these values can change with different brands and any modifications made to the recipe. For the most accurate information, use a nutritional calculator with the exact brands and measurements.
Chocolate pie filling from Cook's Country
Nutrition
Calories: 616kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 48g | Saturated Fat: 30g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 176mg | Sodium: 136mg | Potassium: 182mg | Sugar: 42g | Vitamin A: 1537IU | Calcium: 83mg