This mini chocolate pie recipe is among the greatest simple chocolate desserts ever! A chocolate cookie crust and chocolate pie filling guarantees loads of chocolate taste. Prime with recent whipped cream and chocolate shavings for further pizazz! A terrific dessert recipe for events or picnics!
Mini Chocolate Cream Pies
This recipe is the whole lot you like about my basic chocolate cream pie… however mini! Mini desserts are enjoyable to make and ideal for events or vacation gatherings. Not like baked chocolate pie, these mini pies require ZERO baking! And you’ll even make them as much as 3 days prematurely and retailer them within the fridge till wanted.
However the actual purpose you’ll fall in love with these mini chocolate cream pies? They’re completely scrumptious: loaded with wealthy chocolate taste and tremendous creamy…. they’re heaven with whipped cream on high. I made these final Christmas for a simple dessert deal with, and my household completed them inside minutes!
Straightforward Chocolate Pie Recipe
Not like chocolate pudding pie, there’s no egg whites or egg yolks on this recipe! Heck, you gained’t even want unsweetened cocoa powder or vanilla extract! This recipe requires a complete of 5 fundamental components. And is fast and simple to make.
- Make the Pie Shell: Line a muffin pan with paper liners, then fill the liners with the Oreo cookie crust combine. Freeze the crust when you make the filling. No have to cowl them with plastic wrap.
- Make the Chocolate Pie Filling: Basically, you’re making chocolate ganache. You’ll chop the chocolate and place it in a big bowl. Warmth cream over medium warmth, then pour it on high of the chocolate. Whisk in butter, and viola, you might have chocolate pie filling.
- Let it Chill: You’ll pour the chocolate filling on high of the chocolate crust, then pop the entire pan into the fridge for two to 4 hours. Or you possibly can chill them for as much as 3 days!
Should you’d like so as to add vanilla extract, you possibly can add it with the butter. Full recipe and ingredient record within the recipe card under!
Best Selfmade Pie Crust
You may skip the shop purchased crust as a result of making this selfmade pie crust couldn’t be simpler!
- You’ll want a meals processor or high-powdered blender to crush the Oreo cookies into superb crumbs. You don’t need any giant chunks of cookie in your pie shell.
- You don’t have to take away the cream filling from the Oreo cookies. This helps the pie crust bind collectively, and sweetens it.
- Should you choose a graham cracker crust, you should use this recipe from my key lime pie.
- I don’t counsel making these and not using a crust, because the crunchy facet provides lots to the recipe general.
Add Whipped Cream and Chocolate
To make your life simpler, you possibly can definitely use store-bought whipped cream. However this recipe is SO simple, I counsel utilizing selfmade whipped cream and chocolate shavings or chocolate squares. My recipe will yield about 1 and 1/2 cups of whipped cream.
Whipped cream will start to weep after an hour or two. Possibly sooner relying on the temperature the place you reside – so make it proper earlier than you intend on serving. And if you happen to make these mini chocolate cream pies prematurely, undoubtedly retailer them within the fridge with out the whipped cream.
How you can Retailer Mini Chocolate Cream Pies?
You may retailer these mini pies in an hermetic container, within the fridge, for as much as 3 days. You may also freeze them, in an hermetic freezer-safe ziplock bag, for as much as 2 months.
When serving them from the fridge, you’ll wish to allow them to sit at room temperature for 20 minutes. This enhances their creaminess and makes them extra satisfying to eat. If serving them from the freezer, allow them to thaw in a single day within the fridge. Then allow them to sit at room temperature one other 20 minutes earlier than serving.
