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Chocolate Silk Pie


Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Chill Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 30 minutes
Servings 12 people
A slice of chocolate french silk pie on a blue plate.
French Silk Pie is velvety, decadent, and ridiculously easy to make! This chocolatey dessert is made with a buttery crust and a mousse-like filling that's piled high with homemade whipped cream!

Ingredients  

Oreo Crust

Filling

Topping

Instructions

Oreo Crust

  • Add 22 regular Oreos to a food processor and pulse until fine crumbs form.
    Overhead photo of a bowl of Oreo crumbs.
  • Add 4 tablespoons salted butter and ⅛ teaspoon salt and pulse until fully combined.
  • Transfer the mixture to a 9-inch pie dish and press into the bottoms and sides.
    Oreo crumbs pressed into a pie dish.

Chocolate Filling

  • Break the 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate bars up into pieces and microwave at 20-second intervals, stirring between each one, until fully melted. Set aside.
    Chocolate bars in a white bowl.
  • In a medium bowl, beat 1¼ cups heavy cream and ¼ cup powdered sugar together with a hand mixer until stiff peaks form. Transfer to the refrigerator to chill.
    Heavy cream and powdered sugar in a bowl ready to be whipped.
  • Whisk together 1 cup granulated sugar and 4 large eggs constantly in a small saucepan over medium heat and cook to 160°F.
    Egg and sugar in a pot.
  • Remove from heat and add in the melted chocolate. Set aside.
    Melted chocolate being poured into a pot with eggs and sugar.
  • In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the ¾ cup unsalted butter and 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste for 3 minutes.
    Eggs and
  • Switch to a whisk attachment, and slowly add in the cooled chocolate and egg mixture while the mixer mixes on the "stir" setting.
    Melted chocolate being added to butter in a mixing bowl.
  • Once all of the mixture is added, increase speed to medium-high and beat for an additional 5 minutes.
    Chocolate pie mixture in a mixing bowl.
  • Fold the chilled whipped cream into the mixture with a rubber spatula.
    Whipped cream being poured into a chocolate pie mixture.
  • Pour the filling into the prepared pie crust and transfer to the refrigerator to set for at least 6 hours, preferably overnight.
    Chocolate pie filling in a oreo crust in a pie dish.

Whipped Topping

  • Just before serving, whip 1 cup heavy cream, 2 tablespoons powdered sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in a stand mixer until soft peaks form.
    Whipped cream in a bowl.
  • Spread the whipped cream over the top of the set pie. Top with chocolate curls.
    Chocolate curls on a whipped cream topped pie.

Notes

  • I love adding just a touch of almond extract to my French Silk Pie, but if you don't enjoy the flavor, simply omit it. 

Nutrition

Calories: 511kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 41g | Saturated Fat: 25g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 147mg | Sodium: 98mg | Potassium: 179mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 30g | Vitamin A: 1222IU | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 55mg | Iron: 2mg
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