Everyone loves a creamy chocolate pie. How can you not? It’s a dessert should be on everyone’s top ten list. If you’re a chocolate lover it should be on your top 5 list. Or even better, if you’re a  dark chocolate lover then this pie should be on your top three list! We’ve made this for so many occasions and everyone loves it and asked if it’s homemade. Of course it is! The proof (recipe) is down below.

Slice of Creamy Chocolate Silk Pie on plate

Easy Chocolate Silk Pie Recipe (5 basic ingredients)

Our awesome pie recipe is so easy and only needs about five basic ingredients. There’s no reason to not make this chocolate dessert because it’s such a crowd pleaser. It’s so silky and creamy delicious. Everyone is going to ask you for the recipe they finish their slice. Make sure to send them back here to this site! This is one of our go-to’s when we don’t have a lot of time to spend making a dessert. Most of the time spent, is in chilling the pie. 

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Pie with a slice cut out

How to Make Chocolate Silk Pie (Tips)

You can this pie filling in two ways. The fluffy texture of the chocolate pie filling can be from using a quick prepared whipped topping or a homemade whipped cream.

  • The quickest way is by using whipped topping. It’ll usually be a little sweeter because the whipped topping is often sweeter than homemade whipped cream. But it has good structure to hold the filling firm, but still silky.
  • Another way takes an extra step to make homemade whipped cream. The extra effort is worth it. The texture is just as creamy delicious as whipped topping but it’ll be less sweet. By making your own whipped cream for the filling, you can customize the sweetness level to balance out with the sweet chocolate chips. 
  • Also, the better quality of chocolate chips you use, the more delicious the pie will be. We’ll often splurge on a nice dark chocolate chip when making this recipe. Totally worth it!
  • Adding an additional dollop of whipped cream or whipped topping during serving takes this chocolate silk pie to a whole new level.
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Creamy Chocolate Silk Pie

Yield: 10 servings
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Chill: 2 hours
Total Time: 2 hours 45 minutes
You can this creamy chocolate pie filling in vary ways of convenience or homemade. The quickest way is by using whipped topping and ready-made pie crust. It’ll be a little sweeter because the whipped topping is already sweet. Or you can go full homemade and make your own crust and homemade whipped cream. Both are fairly easy to do, but it just takes a little more time on your part. By making your own whipped cream for the filling, you can customize the sweetness level to your preference. Refer to the write up for step-by-step phootos.
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Ingredients

Pie Crust Option 1:

  • 9 inch (23 cm) prepared frozen deep dish pie crust

Pie Crust Option 2:

Filling:

  • 10 oz. (284 g) dark chocolate chips (or semi-sweet)
  • 3/4 cup (180 ml) whole milk
  • 8 oz. (227 g) container whipped topping or homemade whipped cream whipped to stiff peaks *see Note below recipe

Optional Toppings:

Instructions 

  • Thaw pie crust. Poke holes throughout the pie crust with a fork.
    Poking holes in pie crust
  • Blind bake according to manufacturer instructions.
    Blind baked pie crust
  • In bowl combine the 10oz. dark chocolate and 3/4 cup of milk. Microwave for about 1-2 minutes or until chocolate is melted. (Tip – Don't overheat the chocolate. It might seize up or get clumpy) Use a rubber spatula to mash and stir chocolate to make sure it’s smooth.
    Melting chocolate chips with milk
  • Allow chocolate to cool about 10-15 minutes on the counter, but don’t put it in the fridge or else it will harden too fast.
    Cooling chocolate
  • Once chocolate isn't too warm but is still creamy, fold in the 8 oz. of whipped topping. If needed, whisk the mixture to make it smooth and combined.
    Folding in whipped cream
  • Pour chocolate mixture into the pie crust. Chill for at least 2 hours to let the chocolate set before serving.
    Pouring chocolate into pie crust
  • Serve with optional whipped topping, whipped cream and/or chocolate shavings.

Notes

1 1/2 cups heavy cream whipped (makes @ 3 cups) = 8 oz whipped topping
Make sure to whip your heavy cream to stiff peaks. Feel free to sweeten it as much or little as you like with the powdered sugar. See this write up for making whipped cream. 

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Nutrition Information per Serving

Calories: 321kcal, Carbohydrates: 33g, Protein: 5g, Fat: 19g, Saturated Fat: 13g, Cholesterol: 3mg, Sodium: 134mg, Potassium: 247mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 16g, Vitamin A: 46IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 127mg, Iron: 1mg
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 321

Homemade Crust vs Store Bought Crust

Want to make homemade pie dough? Here’s how. We love a good homemade pie crust, but for this pie we’ll often use a good frozen store bough crust. The chocolate silk pie is so quick and easy to make, it is frequently a pie we turn to when have less time spend making dessert. There are so many great store bough frozen pie crusts that it is nearly every bit as satisfying with a fraction of the time spent making it.

  • Often the Trader Joe’s frozen crust tops people’s favorite store bought crust.  
  • But even the crusts at Safeway, Walmart, and the Marie Callender’s crusts were quite nice. Everyone has their favorite. No matter which pie crust is used (homemade or store bought), you’ll want to poke holes in the dough with a fork after placing it in your pie dish and then blind bake the crust.
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