Pumpkin And Chocolate Pie Recipes

CHOCOLATE PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• In a food processor* combine your graham crackers, brown sugar, softened butter, and salt until it looks like sand. (13 graham crackers, 3 tbs brown sugar, 6 tbs softened butter, 1 tsp salt)
• Firmly press the mixture into the pie dish, along the bottom and up the sides.
• Bake for 15 minutes then remove from oven and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 425°F and set the rack at the lowest position.
• In a microwave safe dish, combine semi-sweet chocolate chips and butter. Microwave at 50% power for 30 seconds, stir, and repeat until nice and smooth. * (1 ½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, ¼ cup unsalted butter)
• In a medium bowl mix together sugar, cinnamon, salt and pumpkin pie spice. * (1/4 cup granulated sugar, ¼ cup brown sugar, ½ tsp cinnamon, ½ tsp salt)
• In a large bowl*, whisk the eggs until combined. Then add in your sugar/spice mixture, canned pumpkin, evaporated milk, and melted chocolate. Stirring until completely combined. (3 large eggs, 1 can pumpkin puree, and 1 can evaporated milk.
• Pour the mixture into the graham cracker crust.
• Bake for 15 minutes at 425° then reduce oven temperature to 350° and bake for 40-50 more minutes. You want the edges of the pie to be set and the center to be slightly jiggly. The top of the pie will be a fill dome. If there is still an indent in the middle of the pie bake for another 2-3 minutes then check it again.
• Once done remove from oven and let cool at room temperature.
• Top with whipped cream and enjoy!

TRIPLE-CHOCOLATE PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Make the crust: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine graham cracker crumbs, butter, sugars, salt, and cinnamon in bowl. Firmly press mixture into bottom and up sides of a deep, 9 1/2-inch pie dish. Bake until firm, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Remove from oven, and sprinkle bittersweet chocolate over bottom of crust. Return to oven to melt chocolate, about 1 minute. Spread chocolate in a thin layer on bottom and up sides. Let cool on a wire rack. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees.
• Make the filling: In a large heatproof bowl set over a pot of simmering water, melt semisweet chocolate and butter, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat.
• Mix pumpkin, milk, brown sugar, eggs, cornstarch, vanilla, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and a pinch of cloves in a medium bowl. Whisk 1/3 pumpkin mixture into chocolate mixture. Whisk in remaining pumpkin mixture until completely incorporated.
• Transfer pie dish to a rimmed baking sheet, and pour pumpkin mixture into crust. Bake until center is set but still a bit wobbly, 55 to 60 minutes. Let cool in pie dish on a wire rack. Refrigerate until well chilled, at least 8 hours (preferably overnight). Before serving, drizzle melted milk chocolate on top. Serve immediately.

CHOCOLATE-PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven at 350°F.
• Unroll pie crust on work surface. Press in bottom and up sides (about 1 inch) of 9-inch tart pan with removable bottom or pie plate.
• In large bowl, beat brown sugar and the eggs until thoroughly blended. Gently fold in pumpkin pie spice and pumpkin. Stir in whipping cream.
• Reserve 1 cup pumpkin filling. (I poured it into the measuring cup I had the whipping cream in so I didn't dirty another dish, or you can just leave it into the bowl.) Pour remaining filling into pie crust.
• With whisk, stir together reserved 1 cup pumpkin filling and baking cocoa until no lumps remain. Pour chocolate filling over pumpkin filling in pie plate. Slightly tap sides of plate so 2 fillings combine.
• Bake about 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Turn off oven and slightly open oven door; leave pie in oven about 1 hour 30 minutes to cool.
• Refrigerate pie 3 hours before serving. Serve with whipped cream.

PUMPKIN CHIP CREAM PIE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk milk and pudding mix for 2 minutes (mixture will be thick). Stir in the chocolate chips, pumpkin and pie spice. Fold in 2 cups whipped topping. Spoon into crust. Refrigerate for 4 hours or until set., Spread with remaining whipped topping; garnish with almonds and chocolate curls if desired.

CHOCOLATE PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• For the pie crust: Combine the flour, sugar, salt and butter in a food processor and pulse until coarse, with small marbles of butter remaining. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of the ice water, then pulse until crumbly and the dough holds together when squeezed. (If too dry, add another sprinkle of water, but do not over mix.) Transfer the dough to a plastic bag, press into a disk and refrigerate for one hour.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Roll out the dough on floured surface, then press it into a deep 9-inch pie plate. Trim the edges to leave 1 inch of overhang, fold it under and flute the edges. Cut a piece of parchment or nonstick foil to the size of the pie plate and use it to line the pie crust. Fill with pie weights and bake until golden, about 15 minutes. Remove the pie weights and return the pie dough to the oven to dry out, about 8 minutes.
• Lower the oven to 325 degrees F.
• For the filling: In a double boiler, melt the semisweet chocolate, bittersweet chocolate and butter, stirring frequently until smooth. Remove from the heat.
• In a large bowl, mix together the pumpkin puree, evaporated milk, light brown sugar, eggs, cornstarch, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and salt. Fold in the melted chocolate mixture. Set the pie plate on a baking sheet and pour the filling into the crust. Bake until the center of the pie has just about set but still has a slight jiggle, about 1 hour. Let cool completely before serving. Top with chocolate shavings.

CHOCOLATE PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Prepare the Crust: Preheat oven to 325°F. Stir together graham cracker crumbs, butter, sugar, salt, and pumpkin pie spice in a medium bowl. Press crumb mixture into bottom and up sides of pie plate. Bake in preheated oven until firm, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer pie plate to a wire rack to cool while preparing filling.
• Prepare the Filling: Combine chocolate chips and butter in a large microwavable bowl. Microwave on MEDIUM (50% power) until melted and smooth, 2 to 3 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds; set aside.
• Whisk together pumpkin, eggs, half-and-half, sugar, cornstarch, vanilla, salt, and pumpkin pie spice in a medium bowl until thoroughly combined. Whisk one-third of pumpkin mixture into melted chocolate mixture until combined. Whisk in remaining two-thirds pumpkin mixture until thoroughly combined.
• Place prepared piecrust on a rimmed baking sheet. Carefully pour pumpkin mixture into piecrust. Bake in preheated oven until center is set but still a little jiggly, 50 to 55 minutes. Transfer pie to a wire rack and cool completely, about 2 hours. Cover and chill until completely chilled, at least 4 hours or up to 24 hours. Serve with sweetened whipped cream, if desired.

PUMPKIN-CHOCOLATE SLAB PIE

Steps:

• Make the crust: Preheat the oven to 350˚ F. Combine the cookies, granulated sugar and salt in a food processor. Pulse until finely ground, then add the melted butter and pulse again until the mixture looks like wet sand. Transfer to an 11-by-17-inch rimmed baking sheet and press the mixture evenly into the bottom and up the sides. Bake until set and crisp, about 12 minutes. Transfer to a rack and let cool completely.
• Make the filling: Place the chocolate in a large bowl. Heat 1 cup heavy cream in a small saucepan over medium heat until steaming. Pour the cream over the chocolate and let stand until most of the chocolate melts, about 10 minutes, then gently stir until smooth. Spread the chocolate evenly over the bottom of the crust; let set, about 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, whisk 2 1/2 cups heavy cream, the pumpkin puree, granulated sugar, eggs, pie spice, vanilla and salt in a large bowl. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a separate bowl and pour over the chocolate layer. Bake until the pumpkin is set around the edges and puffs slightly in the middle, about 25 minutes. Transfer to the rack and let cool 20 minutes, then refrigerate until completely cooled, at least 2 hours.
• Make the topping: Beat the remaining 3/4 cup heavy cream and the confectioners' sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until stiff peaks form. Cut the pie into 15 squares. Dollop some whipped cream onto each square and sprinkle with crushed cookies.

CHOCOLATE PUMPKIN PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Mix pumpkin puree, eggs, sugar, cornstarch, vanilla extract, pumpkin pie spice, ginger, and salt in a large bowl until well combined. Set aside.
• Place baking chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds, then stir. Continue to microwave chocolate at 30-second intervals until melted. Measure out 1 cup of pumpkin mixture and stir into chocolate mixture. Set aside.
• Mix melted butter, brown sugar, dark corn syrup, egg, vanilla extract, and salt in a bowl until well combined. Stir in chopped pecans.
• Place frozen pie crust on the baking sheet and pour in chocolate-pumpkin mixture. Carefully pour pumpkin mixture on top. Pour the pecan layer over the top. Arrange pecan halves around the outside perimeter of the pie.
• Bake in the preheated oven until pie is set, 55 to 65 minutes.

CHOCOLATE PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and place rack on lower 3rd of the oven. Transfer pie dough to a 9-inch pie plate and crimp edges. Refrigerate until firm and well chilled, at least 30 minutes.
• In a medium bowl, melt chocolate and butter, stirring until smooth. Whisk in 1/2 cup maple syrup, cocoa powder and 1 egg until well combined; set aside.
• In a separate bowl, whisk pumpkin puree, heavy cream, pumpkin pie spice blend, 1/4 cup maple syrup, vanilla extract, pinch salt and remaining 3 eggs until well combined. Spoon about 1/4 cup pumpkin mixture into chocolate and whisk to combine.
• Pour half of the pumpkin mixture into the prepared pie crust, then pour in the chocolate mixture. Top with remaining pumpkin and use the back of a knife to make swirls through the layers.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes until filling has a slight jiggle when moved and crust is browned. Cool pie on a wire rack completely before slicing.
• In a small saucepan, heat caramel sauce and pecans over medium low heat. Drizzle over slices of pie to serve.

TRIPLE-LAYER PUMPKIN-CHOCOLATE PIE

Steps:

• Place the butter in the top of a double boiler set over barely simmering water.
• When the butter is partially melted, add the chocolate.
• Heat for 5-7 minutes, or until melted; then whisk until smooth.
• Remove the top of the double boiler and set aside to partially cool.
• Add the cream cheese to a large bowl; cream using an electric mixer on medium speed, gradually adding in 1 1/4 cups sugar.
• Beat in the eggs, one at at time; then blend in the pumpkin, vanilla, spices, and salt until well blended.
• Pour slightly less than half of the filling into a separate bowl and stir in the melted chocolate until well blended.
• Poor the chocolate filling into the pie shell; gently shake the pan to settle the filling.
• Put the pie on the center rack of a 350°F oven; bake for 20 minutes; transfer to a wire rack and let cool 15 minutes.
• Gently ladle the remaining plain pumpkin filling over the cooled chocolate layer; shake the pan gently to settle the filling.
• Return to the oven, placing the pie so that the part that faced the back of the oven now faces the front; bake 35-40 minutes or until the pumpkin layer is set (When done, the perimeter of the filling will have puffed some but not so much that it develops large cracks).
• Transfer pie to a wire rack and let cool until the filling settles down and flattens--about 30-45 minutes.
• Combine the sour cream and remaining 1/4 cup sugar in a small saucepan over very low heat, stirring constantly for 2-4 minutes or until warmed.
• When the sour cream is fairly thin and slightly warmer than body temperature, carefully pour it over the top of the pie.
• Immediately shake and tilt the pie to cover it with the topping.
• Return the pie to the rack and let cool completely.
• Cover loosely with foil and refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
• Note--the chocolate layer is partially prebaked to maintain its integrity when the plain pumpkin layer is added; the prebaking firms up the chocolate and the short cool down allows a slight skin to form, which helps keep the pumpkin layer from sinking into the chocolate.To enhance the breakdown between layers, you might want to sprinkle a fairly dense layer of chopped walnuts or pecans over the chocolate as soon as the pie comes out of the oven, pressing them gently to embed them in the chocolate.