This French Silk Pie starts with a graham cracker crust and is topped with an airy chocolate layer plus whipping cream and shaved chocolate. It's silky, light-tasting, and chocolaty; and my favorite pie ever. We save this one for special celebrations at our home!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword chocolate pie, french silk pie, graham cracker crust
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 40 minutesminutes
Servings 8people
Calories 513kcal
Author Sue Ringsdorf
Ingredients
For the crust:
1 1/2cupsgraham cracker crumbs- from about 1 1/4 sleeve of crackers
3Tablespoonssugar
6Tablespoonsunsalted butter-melted
For the pie:
1/2cupunsalted butter- softened to room temperature
3/4cupsugar
2ouncesunsweetened chocolate- melted
2largepasteurized eggs- I use Lucerne Liquid Eggs
8oz.cool whip
8oz.heavy whipping cream
1Tablespoonpowdered sugar
1teaspoonvanilla
shaved chocolate
Instructions
For the crust:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Mix the graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and melted butter. Press firmly in a 9-inch pie pan.
Bake for 10 minutes. Let cool completely.
For the pie:
Using a hand mixer (can also use standing mixer), cream the butter and sugar together until creamy. Stir in the melted chocolate.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating with a hand mixer for 4-5 minutes each.
Add cool whip and mix until very well combined. Pour mixture into cooled graham cracker crust and spread out evenly with a spatula.
Whip the heavy whipping cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla, until it forms stiff peaks. Add to top of pie, smoothing out evenly to all sides. Then add the shaved chocolate.
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Notes
Make sure you use softened butter when creaming it with the sugar.
When melting the unsweetened chocolate in the microwave, cook on 50% power in short increments (30 seconds to a minute). Stir in between. Avoid over-cooking the chocolate!
Use pasteurized eggs for this recipe because they are safe to eat in raw form.
When beating the eggs into the pie mixture, beat for 4-5 minutes for each egg. This will make the pie incredibly creamy. I used my hand mixer for this recipe, but you could use a standing mixer as well.