Chocolate Chess Pie is a spin on the classic, southern pie recipe. Sweet, sugar-custard filling with the addition of chocolate on a buttery pie crust. This is a super easy pie recipe that is best served cold!
If you love making pie, make sure to check out my Pie Crust Recipe. It’s the absolute BEST!
Chocolate Chess Pie Is An Easy Spin On A Classic!
Adding a bit of melted chocolate into classic chess pie filling adds a unique twist to a favorite! The silky chocolate, paired with the sweet filling of chess pie works perfectly together, cutting the sweetness o touch and adding richness. If you’ve never had Chess Pie before it’s absolutely delicious, and I like to cut a slice right out of the fridge and bite right in, no fork necessary!
What Is Chess Pie?
Chess Pie is a classic southern recipe that is a version of custard pie that originated in England. The difference between Chess Pie and Custard Pie is Chess Pie includes flour (or corn meal) which helps thicken the filling and makes it a little more sturdy. Essentially Chess Pie is a sugar pie, and originated in 19th Century Virginia, according the the Washington Post. Nuts were expensive and hard to come by so this pie was created out of necessity and a sweet tooth!
Ingredients for Chocolate Chess Pie
Make sure to scroll to the recipe card at the bottom of the post for the full recipe and ingredient list!
- Deep dish pie crust. You can buy a pre-made crust for this if you want to take a shortcut. The frozen kind or the kind that are sold rolled up in the refrigerated section of the supermarket work great. If you want to make your crust homemade use my Pie Crust Recipe. It’s an absolute no-fail pie crust with buttery, flaky layers!
- Eggs. Room temperature eggs are recommended for this recipe!
- Light brown sugar
- Granulated sugar
- Unsweetened chocolate
- Milk
- All purpose flour
- Vanilla
- Butter
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Chocolate Chess Pie
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Chill Time: 3 hours
- Cook Time: 40 minutes + 20 minutes to bake crust
- Total Time: 1 hour + chill time
- Yield: serves 10 1x
- Category: Pie
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: Dessert
Description
This sweet, old fashioned Chocolate Chess Pie is perfect served cold. Easy to make with simple ingredients and even more delicious served with a cup of coffee!
Ingredients
- 1 (9- inch) deep dish pie crust, baked, homemade or store-bought
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled slightly
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 1/2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
Instructions
- Bake the pie crust according to recipe or box instructions. Allow to cool.
- Preheat the oven to 325°F.
- In a large bowl whisk together the eggs, brown sugar, granulated sugar, melted chocolate, milk, flour, and vanilla until smooth. Slowly mix in the butter until smooth.
- Pour the mixture into the baked pie crust and bake for 40 minutes, or until the center is set and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. To prevent your crust from browning too much use a pie shield or cover the crust in foil.
- Allow the pie to cool completely and then cover and refrigerate for 2 – 3 hours, or overnight.
- Serve chilled.
Notes
Pie Crust recipe can be found here.
Store airtight in the refrigerator for upt 5 days. Freeze baked pie airtight for up to 30 days.
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I don’t understand why you would bake the pie shell first if it is going to be in the oven for another 40 minutes after you add the filling… is that a misprint?
This is probably really late since you posted in August, but I checked out another website for this recipe and they say to pour into an unbaked shell.