This Homemade Dark Chocolate Pudding Pie is the dessert for chocolate lovers! It is rich, smooth, creamy and made from scratch — perfect for your holiday dessert table!
Happy Monday friends!
If you’ve been following me here for any length of time, you might find this post here a little odd. You might be thinking to yourself, “but, um — Ashley doesn’t do pie.”
And it’s true, in a sense. I am not a pie fanatic like a lot of people are.
It’s not that I dislike pie, it’s just that I would probably take a cookie, brownie, piece of cake, bowl of ice cream, or slab of cheesecake before I would go for the pie.
There’s one exception though (okay, two — this Banana Cream Pie is right up there): Chocolate Pie.
Because I know you know how much I love my chocolate. I mean, I haven’t exactly tried to hide it. (Though I do try to balance my obsession out with healthy meals like this Skillet Lasagna and this Oven Fried Chicken).
And not that we need a reason to celebrate with chocolate (it is Monday), but you should know that August is Chocolate Heritage Month in Saint Lucia! Have you ever heard a more beautiful thing?
I’m not sure that anyone ever needed an excuse to want to visit Saint Lucia (it is definitely on my bucket list!), but if you do, a month-long celebration of chocolate would do it for me.
Many of the island’s resorts offer unique and delicious experiences to celebrate, including chocolate welcome packages, spa treatments, cocktails, chocolate tastings and even the opportunity to harvest, ferment, dry, roast and create your own chocolate truffles — it is bound to be an incredible adventure! And definitely one I hope I get to participate in someday.
So since I’m unable to celebrate Chocolate Heritage Month in Saint Lucia with a warm chocolate oil massage with beach views, I am consoling myself with chocolate pie!
When I was planning this recipe, I really wanted to use eggs for that rich, creamy texture but I didn’t want the extra step of tempering them. Basically, I wanted all of that homemade chocolate pudding flavor without any of the work.
And I won.
I decided to stir everything together before cooking, and strain it afterward and it worked better than I ever could have thought! I had my hopes up, but I just wasn’t sure if I was going to succeed. I’m happy to say that this chocolate pie is impressive enough to serve at your holiday gatherings this fall and winter, but without a lot of the stress that homemade chocolate pie or pudding can bring.
It’s easy, quick, and so rich and chocolatey, thanks to Saint Lucian chocolate!
*This post is sponsored by the Saint Lucia Tourism Board in honor of Chocolate Heritage Month — because we needed another excuse to eat chocolate pie, right?!
Homemade Dark Chocolate Pudding Pie
written by Ashley Fehr
Ingredients
- 1 pie crust baked according to package directions and cooled (or make your own from scratch!)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 tablespoons corn starch
- 2 eggs
- 2 1/2 cups milk
- 1 cup chopped dark chocolate
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup powdered icing sugar
Instructions
- In a large skillet, combine sugar, cocoa powder and corn starch and whisk until smooth.
- Add eggs and milk and whisk until smooth.
- Cook over medium heat, whisking often, until it comes to a simmer.
- Continue cooking over medium heat, whisking constantly, until thickened (should coat the back of a spoon and will look like thin pudding).
- Remove from the heat, stir in chopped chocolate and stir until melted.
- Pour through a fine mesh sieve into prepared pie crust and smooth with a spatula. Place a piece of wax paper over top and press onto the surface of the pudding to prevent a film from forming while it cools.
- Refrigerate until set, about 4 hours or overnight.
- Whip cream with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Add vanilla and icing sugar and beat on high until stiff peaks form. Spread over pie once set. Garnish with chocolate shavings if desired.
Nutrition Information
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Carie Saad says
Hershey’s makes a dark chocolate cocoa powder. The Hersheys Special Dark cocoa powder. I would use that.
Ashley Fehr says
That’s a great idea!
Kathleen says
Can this pie be frozen.
Ashley Fehr says
I don’t often freeze custards or puddings so I’m not sure, though I probably wouldn’t. It can be made ahead and kept in the refrigerator for a day or two though.
Jennifer Lopez says
My husband was just reminding me how much he loves chocolate pie (he lacks subtlety) . Looks like I have a go to recipe. And you don’t like pie? My goodness, someone has never had a seasonal apple pie…
Ashley Fehr says
Haha! Oh I have! It’s just not my FAVORITE thing 😉
Kristine | Kristine's Kitchen says
This pie! It looks soooo good, Ashley! It’s been way too long since I’ve had a slice of chocolate pie. I need to fix that soon. 🙂
Zainab says
We need any excuse to eat more chocolate. I love the sound of enjoying chocolate, this pie on a beach our there. Yummm!!
Alyssa @ My Sequined Life says
Oh sign me up! For this pie..and uhh for a trip to Saint Lucia for Chocolate Heritage Month! Does that sound heavenly or what?? 🙂
Nicole @ Young, Broke and Hungry says
I can definitely get behind a whole month dedicated to chocolate! That sounds like my dream as does this pie. It looks so rich and creamy.
Annie @ The Garlic Diaries says
This pie made me instantly hungry – it seriously looks like the best thing ever! I am DEFINITELY adding it to my dessert list. Yum :).
Alice @ Hip Foodie Mom says
This pie is brilliant and the most beautiful dark chocolate pudding pie ever!!!!
Serene @ House of Yumm says
It must have been pie day!! I never post pie either and shared one today 🙂 So I of course had to come check yours out too! Love how easy it is! And the pics look great too. Pie is definitely challenging!
Ashley Fehr says
Thanks Serene! We are samers this week!
Kelly says
I am not much of a pie person but would totally make an exception for this silky smooth and beautiful pie! It looks out of this world! Chocolate Heritage Month in Saint Lucia sounds awesome too!
Rachel @ Bakerita says
Holy cooooow, this looks like one seriously swoon-worthy, rich, beautiful, totally delicious pie! I love dark chocolate, and I would gobble a slice right up. And now I want to go to St Lucia for chocolate month! So fun.
Shashi at RunninSrilankan says
Chocolate Heritage Month – why yes, I haven’t heard of a more beautiful thing – I say we make it Chocolate Heritage Month everywhere and break out this pie! My idea of swoonworthy indeed!
Laura @ Laura's Culinary Adventures says
Sounds like a great month to visit San Lucia! The pie looks so rich and decadent!
Dorothy Dunton says
Hi Ashley! Chocolate pie has always been one of my favorites and the way you make the pudding makes it simpler to do! Gary just finished off the plum pie I made, so the timing is perfect!
Cheyanne @ No Spoon Necessary says
I’ve never been to St. Lucia, but it’s on my travel bucket list as well! I had no clue they dedicated an entire month to celebrating chocolate, my husband will be thrilled with this fun fact. 😉 And he will flip his lid over this pie! He is chocolate pudding OBSESSED, so clearly I need to make this pie for him! Looks seriously delicious, Ashley! Cheers!
Ashley Fehr says
Isn’t it the most fabulous thing you’ve ever heard?! Because there weren’t enough reasons to go there in the first place! Thanks Chey!
Jen | Baked by an Introvert says
I haven’t had a chocolate pudding pie in ages. Like, probably a couple years. Your version looks so scrumptious and has me wishing I had a slice for breakfast!!
Ashley Fehr says
Thanks Jen! I actually don’t know if I’ve ever made a chocolate pudding pie until now — is that crazy?! Pie was never my job! Lol. But I think it may be this holiday season 😉
Sarah @Whole and Heavenly Oven says
Oh my goodness, yes, yes, YES to everything about this gorgeous pie! I’m a HUGE dark chocolate fan and just looking at this pie beauty is giving me serious chocolate envy. I need a slice NOW and possibly an entire half. 😉
Ashley Fehr says
Haha! Well, there are grains, dairy, eggs for protein…. I would say it is a perfectly acceptable breakfast! Thanks Sarah!
Medha says
I love pudding pies and chess pies, definitely my favorites! And a good pie honestly, for me, usually needs to have chocolate or peanuts/peanut butter in it. I love fruit pies, but they just can’t compete with chocolate 😉 This pudding pie looks so silky and delicious!
Gayle @ Pumpkin 'N Spice says
I love pie, but it has to be a certain kinds in order for me to enjoy it. My favorite fruits and chocolate pie definitely rank up there! Pudding pies are SO good, and this dark chocolate one looks fantastic! I’d say this is the perfect pie!