Chocolate Cream Pie

Name: Chocolate Cream Pie
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 25 Oreo biscuits (, whole with filling in tact (244g / 8.5 oz) (Note 1)); 60g / 4 tbsp unsalted butter (, melted); 1/4 cup cornflour / cornstarch; 2/3 cup caster sugar ((superfine sugar)); Pinch of salt; 2 cups milk ((whole or reduced fat, not zero fat)); 1 cup cream ((pouring or thickened/heavy), or sub with milk (Note 2)); 4 egg yolks; 2 tbsp / 30g unsalted butter (, cut into 1cm / 0.5" cubes); 1 tsp vanilla extract; 150g/ 5 oz dark 70% cocoa chocolate ( or bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped (Note 4)); 75g/ 3 oz milk chocolate (, finely chopped (Note 4)); 1 1/2 cups thickened / heavy cream (, for whipping); 2 tbsp white sugar; 1/2 tsp vanilla extract; Chocolate (, for grating (optional decoration))

Instructions

Prep:25minCook:25min

Recipe video above. This is a magnificent yet surprisingly straight forward pie that can be made days in advance of serving. A biscuit base, filled with a creamy pudding / chocolate custard filling and topped with clouds of cream that's made entirely from scratch. No pudding mix around here!

Updated at: Wed, 09 Jul 2025 04:07:16 GMT