Rich and decadent, a Classic Chocolate Cream Pie is what dreams are made of. Homemade dark chocolate pudding is topped with silky whipped cream and chocolate shavings and tucked inside of a sweet pie pastry.
Make the pie crust. It needs to be rolled out and blind baked first.
Step 2
Gather all of the ingredients since the filling comes together quickly.
Step 3
Chop the chocolate. If you don't have a bar of chocolate, you can use high-quality chips.
Step 4
Whisk together cornstarch, sugar and salt. Whisk in egg yolks and milk until fully combined. Add in the chopped chocolate.
Step 5
Cook, whisking constantly, and occasionally taking a spatula and scraping up any thickened pudding in the edges of the pan until the pudding has completely thickened and large bubbles are forming and popping
Step 6
Pour the pudding through a fine-mesh strainer, then stir in the vanilla extract and butter. You can let the pudding chill in a bowl, or pour it directly into the baked pie crust.
Step 7
Meanwhile make the stabilized whipped cream.
Step 8
Once pudding is chilled, top the pie with stabilized whipped cream and chocolate shavings.