2 Recipes For Making Chocolate Pie

Making a chocolate pie is very easy and takes less time than you might think, so anyone can make it whenever they want. This led to the existence of many variants to make that delicious dessert that you love so much.

Chocolate pie is the favorite of sweets lovers and children alike, mainly for its flavor and aroma, but also for its consistency and texture.

The recipes we propose below play with the best flavor of chocolate and allow you to obtain a spongy dessert. You can prepare them 12 to 14 hours in advance so that when you serve them, they are simply delicious.

homemade chocolate pie

This recipe is the most traditional, so we can prepare it at any time or when we have a guest who is more conservative with the flavors. From a certain point of view, this recipe can serve as a basis for preparing many others.

For example, you can fill it with berries or make a pineapple topping in syrup with peanut pieces.

Ingredients

for the pie

• Milk sweet.
• 3 cups of flour (540 g).
• 1 cup of oil (200 ml).
• 3 medium eggs (180 g).
• 1/2 tablespoon of salt (2.5 g).
• 1 cup of powdered chocolate (100 g).
• 2 cups of sugar (320 g).
• 3 scoops of baking powder (12 g).
• 2 cups of boiling water (480 ml).

for the chocolate sauce

• 1/4 cup of butter (50 g).
• 1/4 cup of water (50 ml)
• 1 cup of sugar (200 g).
• 1 scoop of cocoa powder (10 g).

How to prepare the pie

1. Place the oven to preheat to 180 ºC while preparing the ingredients.
2. In a bowl, place the dry ingredients. In other words, flour, powdered chocolate, sugar, powdered yeast and salt.
3. Make a hole in the center and add the oil and eggs and stir slowly with a wooden spoon.
4. As the dough needs more liquid, add boiling water until the mixture has a smooth, even consistency.  Don’t worry if you don’t use all the water.
5. Sprinkle a pan with butter and flour to prevent the pie from sticking. Pour the mixture and place in a medium oven.
6. After 45 minutes, stick with a toothpick and test if it comes out clean; if so, the pie will be ready. 
7. Remove the pie from the pan, fill with dulce de leche and add the chocolate syrup.

How to prepare the chocolate syrup

1. Place all ingredients in a bowl.
2. Mix them while dissolving them in a bain marie.
3. Once the mixture is ready, remove from heat and let it cool for 5 minutes at room temperature.
4. Little by little, cover the pie with the mixture.

If you want, you can decorate with dried fruit (in pieces or whole), raspberries or other fruits, caramel, homemade jam, whatever you like and have at home.

chocolate pie with lemon

This chocolate pie recipe can be prepared with a base of chocolate biscuits (for this you can use stuffed biscuits processed with melted butter) and a lemon foam filling, perfect to make a contrast between the bitterness and the candy.

Ingredients

for the lemon foam

• 1 small lemon (20 g).
• One lemon zest (20 g).
• 1 packet of unflavored gelatin (7 g).
• 1 cup of heavy cream (200 g).
• 1/2 can of condensed milk (100 g).

for chocolate cream

• 2 cups of cream cheese (200 g).
• 1 packet of unflavored gelatin (7 g).
• 2 cups of heavy cream (200 g).
• 1 cup of powdered chocolate (100 g)
• 1/2 can of condensed milk (100 g).

to the base

• 1 cup and 1/2 of melted butter (150 g).
• 2 and 1/2 packets of chocolate chip cookies (250 g).

Method of preparation

1. Process the chocolate chip cookies with the melted butter and place them in a mold and then in the refrigerator.
2. Hydrate the gelatin with the juice of a lemon for a few minutes.
3. Heat this juice in the microwave for 30 seconds and mix well. Mix with 1/2 can of condensed milk and cream.
4. Put the cream in a bowl and beat until just right.
5. Mix this cream with the lemon zest and mix well.
6. Pour lemon cream over the base of processed biscuits. Then place another layer of chocolate chip cookies on top of it.
7. To prepare chocolate cream, mix and beat all ingredients. Pour over cookie layer.
8. Place the pie in the refrigerator and let it rest for at least 3 hours.
9. Help yourself and enjoy your chocolate pie.

Regardless of which chocolate tart recipe you choose, try to maintain a balance between the amount of ingredients with added sugar (such as dulce de leche, chocolate for fillings, etc.) and the sugar you are going to add to the base mixes. If this is not taken into account, the result can be cloying and not recommended for health.

As you can see, this delicious dessert can be prepared in many ways. Go ahead, look for other recipes and choose your favorite!