Chocolate Cream Pie*

By srumbel

The perfect no bake chocolate cream pie recipe! With an OREO cookie crust, delicious layer of hot fudge, and a creamy chocolate mousse filling, this Easy Chocolate Cream Pie is heavenly!
from delightfulemade.com

Ingredients

• Crust:
• 22 chocolate sandwich cookies (like OREO's)
• 5 Tbsp. butter, melted
• 1/2 c. hot fudge ice cream topping, warmed
• Filling:
• 1 (8 oz. pkg.) cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/2 c. powdered sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 (16 oz.) carton, thawed whipped topping, divided
• 1 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
• Topping:
• 1 milk chocolate bar, for chocolate curls
• remainder of whipped topping

Preparation

Step 1

Crush the chocolate cookies in a food processor. Add the melted butter, and pulse a few more times to mix into the crumbs. Pour the cookie crumb mixture into a pie plate, and firmly press into the bottoms and sides to make a crust. To the bottom of the crust, pour and evenly spread the hot fudge topping. Chill the crust.

For the pie filling: Melt the chocolate chips according to package directions. Set aside. Using a hand or stand mixer, cream together the room temperature cream cheese and powdered sugar. Add the vanilla extract and mix together until creamy and smooth. There should be no lumps. Gradually add in half of the thawed whipped topping (make sure to reserve the other half for the top of the pie.) Stop the mixture often to scrape down the sides of the bowl. With the mixer running on the lowest speed, gradually add in the melted chocolate, stopping often to scrape down the sides of the bowl. Mixture will be thick and fluffy, resembling chocolate mousse.

Add the chocolate filling to the chilled crust. Spread the filling evenly to all sides of the crust. Top the chocolate filling with the remaining whipped topping. Sprinkle the chocolate curls/shavings to the top of the whipped topping. Chill pie for at least 2 hours before slicing and serving.

Crust: If you don't have a food processor, using a resealable plastic bag and a rolling pin to crush the cookies works well. Be sure the cookies are crushed finely.For Chocolate Curls: You can quickly and easily make chocolate curls by using your vegetable peeler. Simply run the peeler slowly and firmly down the edge of the chocolate bar.

Yields 8 servings