Dark Chocolate Cream Pie-don’t let the lighter color fool you, this pie has all the rich flavor of dark chocolate in a creamy, cool pie!
I have the most amazing readers/fans/followers/friends! And yes I do consider you all my friends. We share stories, we share laughter, we may even share a tear or two.
You let me babble on about this or that. You try my recipes. You leave kind comments, or you let me know when I’ve made a mistake (typo usually) but always in a constructive way. I’ve never had a harsh or rude comment that I had to delete. You don’t always like my recipes (you can’t please everyone) and that’s ok.
There have even been a few times when someone didn’t agree with a post (the story) and I’m good with that too. We’re all entitled to our own opinions. Don’t even get me started on Bananas or fresh Tomatoes, yuk to the double yuk! I know I’m the odd ball on both of those and it’s all good.
I’ve heard from other bloggers about rude commenters on their Facebook pages but it had never happened to me. I always get the occasional “yuks”, “I don’t like this”, “not for me” and my personal favorites-“This is what causes diabetes” (no, eating too much of it, too often can cause diabetes. All things in moderation.) and “I can’t have this, I’m on a diet” (but it’s still nice to look at and drool over, isn’t it?)
I let those comments stay. I know when I go shopping with my girls, we’ll find items and make comments like “love this,” “this would look so cute on you,” “I have to have this,” but we also make the comments “no way would I wear this,” “That’s a terrible color” and even the “you won’t wear that as long as your living in my house” has been said a time or two. So I understand the “yuks”.
But last weekend, The comments went beyond yuk, into a crude, perverted sexual nature. On a FOOD post! It was the “haters” come out just to ruin everyone else’s fun. I even had to look up one word (shows that I live in a sheltered world.) I immediately deleted and banned the offenders from my facebook page. I’ve also set up filters for certain words on my page. But it still bugged me. So much so that I did a PSA on my page. You can see it here but I basically said, it will not be tolerated, I’m family friendly. End of story.
The outpouring of love and support from my facebook family had me in tears. Over 900 comments and still going. I tried replying and liking to all the comments, I have read all of them, but Facebook keeps putting me in a time out for liking too much. Know that I truly, from the bottom of my heart, treasure each and every comment.
We always hear about the bad in the world, but I’m here to tell you, there is 100 times more good than bad out there. I knew it but you all proved it!
And to the haters out there, you didn’t hurt me, or my feelings. I know exactly what you are. Some lonely troll with no friends, no life, just looking to make other people as miserable as you are. I feel sorry for you and hope that one day you will grow up (even though I’m sure you are probably already of an adult age) and learn the value in creating good content, good feelings and good relationships.
So let’s chat about this pie for a few moments. This pie is all about easy. The schools have got me pegged and when Pi (Pie) day is around the corner, you get the call. I made 5 different pies for Pi day This one, was so light, so rich in flavor, and so easy to make, I just had to share it first.
I used a premade crust, you can certainly make a graham cracker or Oreo crust from scratch if you want. It comes together in about 10 minutes and it freezes well. I made it a week before Pie day, took the photos the next day and then froze it until the 14th. Just as amazing that 7th day as it was the first.
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Dark Chocolate Cream Pie
Ingredients
- 1 ready made graham cracker crust
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 cups sweetened dark chocolate, chopped (or you can use the baking chips)
- 1/3 cup heavy cream (milk can be substituted)
- 8 ounce container of Cool Whip
Instructions
- Melt chocolate and cream in the microwave for about 45-60 seconds. Remove from microwave and stir until chocolate is completely melted, creating a chocolate ganache, if needed heat for an additional 10 seconds.
- With a mixer, cream softened cream cheese and powdered sugar together. Add chocolate ganache, reserving out about 1/4 cup for the drizzle on top of your pie, and mix again till all combined.
- Still using the mixer, on low speed, add in Cool Whip. Once combined, pour filling into crust.
- To drizzle chocolate. If chocolate has thickened, place back in microwave for 10-15 seconds to liquify. Place melted chocolate in a plastic bag and then cut a small hole in one corner of the bag. Drizzle chocolate over pie in the pattern of your choice.
- Refrigerate pie for at least 4 hours before serving.
Notes
this pie also freezes well, remove pie from freezer about 1 hour before serving
recipe source ChocoalteChocolateandmore.com
(and yes, all the pies had one slice missing)
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Kimberly P says
My husbands birthday is on Saturday (6.7.14) and he gets paid the day before but after rent and other bills we wont have much money until the next paycheck. Now i wanted to take him out to The cheesecake factory for dessert since he’s never been, but i decided to make him something new for dessert instead (to save money) and i came upon this recipe and let me tell you how EXCITED i am to try this out. lol thank you for sharing with us! I promise to come back and let you know how it turned out 🙂
Christine H.elton says
I have made this pie several times.It is best pie ever.The name of it should be changed to The Best Chocolate Pie in the World !!!!!!!
Fran S. says
Made this for my husband’s birthday – he is a true chocoholic! It instantly became a family favorite and I am making it again for him for Father’s Day!
Dolly V. says
OH, MY!!! This is absolutely the one pie I am going to make!! I have been off sweets for a while now…I crave chocolate and just a sliver of this pie will do it for me! Thank you so much for this and all of your wonderful recipes! God Bless!
teresa Birch says
I have been looking for something new to make for my family reunion and this chocolate pie is going to be it. Thanks for sharing your recipes. Looking forward to something chocolaty….
Angie says
The pie looks wonderful. I am a dark chocolate lover. I think I will try this but with a homemade crust and sweetened whipped cream- I find the store bought crusts and Cool Whip to have an odd flavor to me. Thank you for sharing.
Julie G says
Your dark chocolate cream pie looks amazing. I’m a new visitor to your blog and love it. I can’t wait to try this recipe and many others. Great Job!
Jamie says
I made this pie yesterday and it was super fast and easy. While it was delicious, I found it to be a bit too sweet for me. Crazy, right? Do you think I could cut out the powdered sugar and still get a good result? Or reduce it? Or maybe use some unsweetened chocolate instead of all sweetened. I have no idea the best way to fix it but will definitely be making it again.
Joan Hayes says
You can certainly cut back on the sugar if you feel it’s too sweet.
Emily says
How amazingly simple!! Adding the ingredients to my T-day shopping list! THANK YOU 🙂
Salvatore says
hi very appetizing recipe, I’ll definitely try that if I can get a substitute for cool whip.
About your policy I totally agree except on calling good manners “family friendly”. Respect, or a respectful behavior at the very least, should be ubiquitary and a basic requirement on any level.
Kelli's Kitchen says
I just got orders from Mr. Picky Eater to make this tomorrow for Thanksgiving instead of his normal Mrs. Field’s Apple Pie – he doesn’t like homemade apple pie. IT does look fantastic so I understand why he passed by and started drooling on my head! Second, I’m so sorry you had those comments, I’ve seen them on other people FB posts and it always makes my stomach tighten – I got blasted once by what Holli calls “flamers” for painting something. It was on my Hometalk page instead of Face Book but it was horrible so I understand a bit of how you feel. Thank goodness you were able to get a handle on it as quickly as you did! xoxoxo
Linda says
Looks fantastic and easy to make! Do you think that real whipped cream could replace the Cool Whip or would it not have enough volume to hold together?
Joan Hayes says
Yes, you can substitute real whipped cream, your pie will be a little denser as the real whipped cream dies maintain it’s fluff as well as cool whip does when folded into the rest of the ingredients. It will taste just as good and maybe even better!
Jen @ SavedbytheKale says
Just came across your blog and this pie looks amazing! Wish I would have seen it yesterday because I would have made this for Thanksgiving! Will have to make it soon though. I am also from a small town in GA. South Ga! Nice to meet a fellow Ga blogger 🙂
Joan Hayes says
Nice to meet you too Jen!
Debbie @ Deliciously Inspired says
Just put your pie together using whipped cream sweetened with 1/4 cup sugar (used 3 cups whipped) and semi-sweet morsels. The filling is divine. Not sure if you’ll be online – but wondered if I’m serving this for Christmas dinner – would you suggest freezing after the 4 hour set-up and then defrosting Christmas day – if so how long will it take to defrost (refrigerator or counter) or will it be fine in fridge for a day and half? Thanks.
Debbie+@+Deliciously+Inspired says
Joan – I went back and carefully read your recipe and guess what I found the information on defrosting – even people with their own food blogs don’t read like they should – 🙂 Thanks for sharing such a great recipe. Of course I licked the spoon before filling the crust – amazing. My son-in-law is a chocolate lover and I’ve been showing him pictures of the pie for Christmas. He is looking forward to it.
Kari says
Hello 🙂 this recipe looks amazing! I’m planning on making this tonight but wondering if I need to cook my homemade graham crust or just prepare it and put in the filling without baking it first. Thanks!!
Joan Hayes says
No need to bake the crust first.
Angela says
I have a question about the Dark Chocolate Cream Pie when you microwave the chocolate and cream what cream do i microwave the heavy cream or the cream cheese please let me know
Joan Hayes says
You microwave the heavy cream with the chocolate.
marsha says
thank u Joan for all of your fantastic stories and recipes. Just know that there are many more nice people out there Than not nice. We support u and look forward to receiving more delicious recipes every day. I love to bake, but I’m not a creator so I love to follow (and maybe) and sometimes change up something in a recipe. So thanks again and keep them coming.
Joan Hayes says
Thanks Martha!
Caroline says
Hello, I am English living in France and I often see USA recipes with cool whip. What is it and can you recommend any substitute please?
Joan Hayes says
If you don’t have cool whip, you can use Dream Whip which is a dry boxed sweetened whip cream like product, or you can just make fresh whipped cream using whipping cream. Make sure to add some sugar to taste as cool whip is sweet.
Debra S says
Oh YES.. oh wow I MUST make this pie this week. LOL I might even share it.. I do think it has the right name.. it really does sound dreamy. I always sub real whipped cream for anything that calls for Cool Whip.. I’m a purist that way. YUM oh yes, I am making this asap.
Joan Hayes says
It turns out just as delicious using fresh whipped cream, enjoy!