Classic Betty Crocker Chocolate Cream Pie Recipes

CHOCOLATE CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Heat milk, marshmallows and chocolate in 3-quart saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly, until chocolate and marshmallows are melted and blended. Refrigerate about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally until mixture mounds slightly when dropped from a spoon.
• Beat whipping cream in chilled medium bowl with electric mixer on high speed until soft peaks form. Fold chocolate mixture into whipped cream. Pour into pie shell. Refrigerate uncovered about 8 hours or until set. Garnish with milk chocolate curls and whipped cream if desired. Immediately refrigerate any remaining pie after serving.

CLASSIC BETTY CROCKER CHOCOLATE CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Bake pie shell. Stir together sugar, cornstarch, and salt in saucepan. Blend milk and egg yolks; gradually stir into sugar mixture. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir 1 minute. Remove from heat; blend in melted chocolate and vanilla. Immediately pour into baked pie shell. Press plastic wrap onto filling. Refrigerate at least 2 hours. Serve with sweetened whipped cream, if desired.

FROZEN CHOCOLATE PIE

Steps:

• In small bowl, combine 1 cup of confectioner's sugar with the butter on the low speed of a mixer until fluffy.
• Blend in the chocolate and vanilla.
• Then, on high speed, beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition.
• Pour into the prepared pie shell and cover with plastic wrap.
• Freeze for at least 6 hours or until firm.
• For easier cutting, remove the pie from the freezer 10 to 15 minutes before serving.
• When ready to serve, remove the plastic wrap.
• Then, in a chilled bowl, beat the whipping cream and 2 tablespoons of confectioner's sugar until stiff.
• Pile decoratively onto the pie, and top with garnish if desired.
• NOTE: I have found my small hand-held mixer works better for this than my stronger tabletop model.
• If you use a tabletop mixer, be careful you don't overmix.
• This pie should be thick, dense and creamy, and overbeating the eggs will give it a more mousse-like texture.
• It's by no means bad that way, but it is much better when the consistency is thick.

CHOCOLATE CREAM PIE I

Steps:

• Combine 1/2 cup sugar, flour, milk, and chopped chocolate in a 2-quart saucepan. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, until mixture begins to bubble. Reduce heat; simmer and continue stirring for 2 minutes more.
• Remove pan from heat. Whisk remaining 1/4 cup sugar into egg yolks.
• Pour the hot milk mixture into the egg yolks in a slow stream, whisking constantly. Return filling mixture to the saucepan and cook over medium heat for an additional 90 seconds, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, and stir in butter and vanilla.
• Pour filling into pie shell, and chill until set, about 4 hours. Top with whipped cream and a little grated chocolate before serving.

CHOCOLATE MOUSSE BROWNIE SHOTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Make and bake brownie mix as directed on box for cakelike brownies for 8-inch square pan. Cool completely on cooling rack, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Meanwhile, in medium bowl, beat dry pudding mix and milk with whisk about 2 minutes or until thick. In chilled small bowl, beat whipping cream with electric mixer on medium speed until soft peaks form. Fold whipped cream into pudding. Cover and refrigerate until ready to assemble.
• In medium bowl, coarsely crumble a 6x4-inch rectangle of the baked brownies (about 2 1/2 cups). Reserve remaining brownies for another use.
• In each of 22 (2-oz) shot glasses, place 1 heaping teaspoon crumbled brownies; top with rounded 1 tablespoon chocolate mousse. Repeat layers ending with 1 teaspoon crumbled brownies.
• Serve immediately or refrigerate up to 4 hours before serving.