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Saturday, December 28, 2013

Chocolate Mint Cream Pie Oh My!


I made this pie for Christmas dinner and it was awesome! It is a thick creamy pie with wonderful flavor, so much better than anything you can buy in the store. It is worth the time to make it. Let's just say it went quickly!

Chocolate Mint Cream Pie

24 chocolate sandwich cookies
1/4 melted butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 package chocolate mint chips
2 egg yolks
3 oz cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 cups whipping cream
1 teaspoon vanilla

Put the sandwich cookies in a food processor and process into crumbs. Mix the melted butter into the crumbs and press the mixture into a pie pan. Chill the crust for an hour.


In 2-quart saucepan, mix sugar, cornstarch, and salt. Gradually stir in milk until well blended. Add chocolate chips and egg yolks; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture is thickened. Remove from heat. Beat in cream cheese with wire whisk until smooth. Cover surface with plastic wrap; refrigerate just until cool, about 1 hour.

In large bowl with electric mixer, beat whipping cream and vanilla on high speed until soft peaks form. Reserve 1 cup whipped cream for topping. Fold remaining whipped cream into cooled chocolate mixture. Spoon evenly into cooled baked shell. Refrigerate 6 to 8 hours or overnight. Spoon or pipe reserved whipped cream over filling. Store in refrigerator. I shredded some chocolate on the pie before serving, I just used a chocolate bar that I had. You can also use cookie crumbs too.




14 comments:

Bonnie G said...

Oh yummy! Now you made me hungry =) I will definitely have to try this recipe out very soon. Thanks for sharing.

Anonymous said...

Since I am already a fan of pie and of chocolate I know I would love this! I think I will try making this with my daughters next week! Thanks for the recipe!

Jayne said...

Tara, that looks exquisitely yummy! Pinned it. :)

Unknown said...

Looks deliciouuussss! I wish cream pies were faster to make, but I know they are worth it. Never had chocolate mint - sounds amazing!

Unknown said...

I made my son a similiar pie for his bday just not the mint have to try this variation.

Melissa said...

Oh that looks super yummy!

Dawn said...

I LOVE anything mint. This looks so yummy, I can't wait to try this. Thanks for sharing a great recipe.

Ascending Butterfly said...

Sadly I can whip up a gourmet multi-course dinner but I hate to bake! This looks super yummy, so you can come to my house with this and I'll make dinner! :-)

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Joanne said...

That looks delicious! Thanks for the recipe!

Tono said...

Delicious. thank you cooking recipes.

Aury said...

Oh my goodness. This is going straight onto Pinterest lol.. someday I'm gonna make a blogging week of trying out all my recipes that I have pinned up there! (And right after that I'm buying fat pants haha)

Jamie said...

MMMMmmmm - that looks yummy!! Tweeted!

Glamamama said...

This looks like a keeper...wow, I can't wait to make it.

Roxana | Roxana's Home Baking said...

My husband would go bananas over this pie! He loves chocolate and mint together!
Thanks for sharing your recipe to this month #chocolateparty

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