A delicious and creamy chocolate pie with homemade whipped cream and mini chocolate chips on top. This pie is super easy to make - the hardest part is waiting for the pie to chill!
Put the bottom pie crust in a pie pan and bake as directed on the package.
Put the cornstarch, cocoa, sugar, skim milk, egg yolks, vanilla extract, and salt in a medium saucepan.
Cook the chocolate mixture on medium heat for about 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Continue to stir and increase the heat to medium-high and cook for another 3 to 5 minutes until the chocolate mixture has thickened.
Let the chocolate mixture cool for a couple of minutes, then pour it into the baked pie shell.
Put the pie in the refrigerator for a couple of hours to set and cool.
Add the whipping cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract to a medium bowl. Beat on low speed and gradually increase to high until whipping cream has formed soft stiff peaks.
After the chocolate pie has chilled long enough, spread the whipped cream on top of the chocolate filling.
Then sprinkle the mini chocolate chips over the top of the whipped cream. This step is optional.
Notes
A pinch of salt is whatever you can pick up with your thumb and index finger.
You can put fresh berries on top of the chocolate pie and omit the whipped cream if you prefer to do so.
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