Delicious Chocolate Pie

A Delicious Chocolate Pie

I came across this recipe for the most amazing chocolate pie ever! What is unusual about it is that it is not your normal creamy chocolate pie that is reminiscent of chocolate pudding, but is instead more along the lines of the filling of a pecan pie, only without the pecans and chocolate.

In short, it is mind-blowing.

For one 9-inch pie:

• 1.5 cups of sugar
• 3 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder
• 4 tablespoons of melted unsalted butter
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 3/4 cup of evaporated milk
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Preheat the oven to 350 F and prepare a crust of your choice. I recommend real crust and not a graham cracker crust as the pie is quite rich and tastes better with a traditional crust. Bake the crust for 15 minutes, filled with dry beans. After 15 minutes, remove the beans and bake for another 5 minutes. Don't brown the crust.

In a bowl, mix all the ingredients. I found it worked best to add them together one at a time and mix them until smooth, taking special care with the cocoa powder to get it well dissolved. Otherwise, I found that the ingredients get clumpy and while it still tastes the same, it doesn't look quite as nice.

Pour the mixture into the cooked pie crust and bake for 45 minutes. When it is done, the center won't be solid--it will move around a bit as you take it out. You can also cover the edges of the crust with foil half-way through the baking, if you like, to keep the crust from burning. I didn't find this to be necessary, however.

That's it! Let it cool completely before serving, and you can serve with whipped cream if you like.