# Chocolate Pie

This is an amazing chocolate pie recipe perfect for the holiday season.

- Total time: 12 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 pie crust Marie Calendars crust
- 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa
- 4 heaping tablespoons flour
- 3 cups regular sugar
- 4 cups whole milk
- 6 egg yolks
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Cool Whip

## Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Poke holes in the pie crust with a fork to prevent it from blowing up.
3. Add four heaping tablespoons of cocoa and four heaping tablespoons of flour to a boiler.
4. Add three cups of regular sugar to the boiler.
5. Stir all the dry ingredients together with a wooden spoon, getting out most of the lumps.
6. Add four cups of whole milk to the dry ingredients.
7. Add six egg yolks to the mixture.
8. Turn the stove on to a setting of 8 or 9 (more high than medium).
9. Stir the mixture constantly until it is thick.
10. Once thick, turn off the heat.
11. Add two tablespoons of butter to the mixture.
12. Add two teaspoons of vanilla extract to the mixture.
13. Pull the pie crusts out of the oven.
14. Let the pie crusts sit for a couple of minutes until they are not sizzling anymore.
15. Pour the pudding mixture into the deep dish pie crusts.
16. Let the pies come to room temperature.
17. Refrigerate the pies overnight.
18. Top with Cool Whip before serving.

## Equipment

- oven
- boiler
- wooden spoon
- fork

## Tips

- Use Hershey's cocoa.
- Whole milk is preferred over 2%.
- Stir the pudding mixture constantly until thick.
- Use deep dish pie crust.
- Let the pies come to room temperature before refrigerating overnight.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8y5K75h/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/bb1161a8-86ad-442b-87e6-2044f7b23096
- Extracted: 2025-12-25

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