Baked Chocolate Pie

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Who doesn’t love chocolate pie? But if you’ve only had store-bought chocolate pie, you don’t know what you’re missing. This old-fashioned baked chocolate pie recipe will quickly become a favorite of your family; a dessert your kids will tell their kids about.

Ingredients

  • ▢ — 1 cup sugar
  • ▢ — 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
  • ▢ — 3 eggs
  • ▢ — ½ cup butter
  • ▢ — 2 (1 oz) blocks baker’s chocolate
  • ▢ — 8 (¼ oz) blocks baker’s chocolate
  • ▢ — 1 tsp vanilla
  • ▢ — 1 cup milk


Note:

  • “Baker’s unsweetened chocolate no longer comes in squares. They have downsized their product and made it into ¼ inch rectangles. From my research, this recipe calls for 8 of the rectangle or 2 ounces.” ~ Janet Dietz

Instructions

  • ▢ — Melt butter in a saucepan at low to medium-low heat.
  • ▢ — Break up first block of baker’s chocolate and stir into butter until melted; repeat with second block.
  • ▢ — Stir in the rest of the ingredients, one at a time and mix well.
  • ▢ — Pour into pie crust.
  • ▢ — Bake for 45 minutes at 350 degrees.

Comments


  • Janet Dietz's Gravatar Image
    Janet Dietz
    November 22, 2018 12:29 pm

    Important update: Baker’s unsweetened chocolate no longer comes in squares. They have downsized their product and made it into 1/4 inch rectangles. From my research, this recipe calls for 8 of the rectangle or 2 ounces.


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    tammy riffe
    September 12, 2018 2:51 pm

    Does anyone have the recipe for Chocolate Chess Pie?


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    Karen
    January 6, 2018 4:20 pm

    What a wonderful site. Reminds me of my childhood when times were so simple and fine. Your memories and tribute to Mama share the feelings I have for my Grandmother who cook and bake and always made any shared event wonderful for us all. My Mom could cook too and so many lovely meals and such fun with family. Thank you for this site, you have made my heart so happy today! I’ll be checking in again. 🕊🎂🍰🥧🍪🍯😍


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    Kayla
    November 5, 2017 1:28 pm

    So glad I finally found this recipe most results for chocolate pie are for custard or brownie based pies. I absolutely love this version!

    • Alex's Gravatar Image
      Alex
      Reply to Kayla November 11, 2018 10:31 pm

      Hey did you use two full 8oz blocks of chocolate for this?


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    Debbie Benson
    August 1, 2016 2:04 pm

    My Grandmother and Mother and Aunt Mag all three made this pie and made sure I knew how to make it. I made pie crusts from scratch and baked them before putting the pie filling in it. We also saved the whites of the eggs to make a meringue topping. After putting the topping on the pie you put it in the oven until the meringue topping is cooked with golden brown tips on the top.


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    Jamie
    July 10, 2016 11:47 pm

    Love Peggy’s recipes. This sounds yummy.


  • Linda Leathers's Gravatar Image
    Linda Leathers
    July 29, 2015 12:31 pm

    How much chocolate? Are you saying two entire bars of baking chocolate or just break off two squares of a 4oz bar?

    • Kevin's Gravatar Image
      Kevin @ MamaPeggy.com
      Reply to Linda Leathers July 30, 2015 7:50 pm

      Only Mama could answer this one for sure, but I’m pretty sure she meant two entire bars of baking chocolate.

      • Scotty's Gravatar Image
        Scotty
        Reply to Kevin May 30, 2016 7:00 am

        I make a similar chocolate pie but use cocoa…my guess would be that she used 2 squares and not two whole bars. Chocolate goes a long way! Yes, bake the crust first. I save the egg whites to put a meringue on top too.

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          Kevin
          Reply to Scotty August 24, 2015 5:10 pm

          That gives me a good reason to bake a chocolate pie! Gonna find out. Thanks, Scotty. 🙂

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            Scotty
            Reply to Kevin May 12, 2024 9:08 pm

            I just read that Peggy is from Kings Mountain, my home town. My chocolate pie recipe is from my KM grandmother, Veda Moore. I thought these recipes looked familiar!

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              Kevin
              Reply to Kevin May 13, 2024 10:12 pm

              So cool to hear you’re from Kings Mountain. I wouldn’t be surprised if Mama knew your grandmother. She seemed to know just about everybody. Funny how all those old school cooks made their dishes the same way, but so few people know how to do them these days. We really are losing a lot of that old-school knowledge.

        • Kristi Purvis's Gravatar Image
          Kristi Purvis
          Reply to Scotty April 28, 2016 4:16 pm

          Hey do you know how much Hershey Cocoa unsweetened it takes to be the same amount as two squares of Bakers unsweetened?

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          Janie
          Reply to Scotty May 14, 2016 3:23 am

          Can you post yours made with cocoa? Thanks.

        • frankye robb's Gravatar Image
          frankye robb
          Reply to Scotty May 31, 2016 4:45 pm

          How much cocoa if you use that instead of the squares?

          • Jmarie's Gravatar Image
            Jmarie
            Reply to frankye robb January 3, 2017 7:11 am

            4 heaping Tbsp

        • Deborah Bockes's Gravatar Image
          Deborah Bockes
          Reply to Scotty June 15, 2016 10:50 am

          My mom made what my grandma called a lazy man’s chocolate pie. She used cocoa. Mix ingredients together pour into pie shell and bake. No meringue.

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            Sylvia Stallings
            Reply to Deborah Bockes May 1, 2017 6:27 pm

            Sounds great to me…had a wonderful older lady in our church and she made these with cocoa and would bring 2 to all covered dish meals….I took half of one before I even at regular food….she made me one once for my birthday….can you tell I am starving for one.

        • CarolinaBlueMom's Gravatar Image
          CarolinaBlueMom
          Reply to Scotty July 20, 2016 8:42 am

          If you are familiar with Baker’s Chocolate, you’ll know that each 8 oz package is divided into 8 individual 1 ounce sections. I’m sure that’s what she meant. A little goes a long way.

          • Janet Dietz's Gravatar Image
            Janet Dietz
            Reply to CarolinaBlueMom November 22, 2018 12:31 pm

            Bakers has redone their packaging making it ½ the size and using ¼ oz rectangles. Therefore you will need 8 of these……

      • Jennifer Bersaglia's Gravatar Image
        Jennifer Bersaglia
        Reply to Kevin April 23, 2020 9:31 am

        Yes, I made this last night. She did indeed mean two entire blocks (bars) of baking chocolate. It was the best pie I’ve ever fixed, incidentally.

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          Rose
          Reply to Jennifer Bersaglia May 12, 2020 8:42 am

          My mother made this pie for my dad. They have both passed.

          Best chocolate pie you will ever taste.

    • Jane Wells's Gravatar Image
      Jane Wells
      Reply to Linda Leathers December 18, 2015 1:27 pm

      2 – 1 oz squares of Baker’s (Baker’s is a brand) unsweetened (bitter) chocolate. I add pecans.

    • Debra's Gravatar Image
      Debra
      Reply to Linda Leathers June 12, 2016 2:04 pm

      I think she meant 2 individually wrapped pieces of baking chocolate.

    • Rosemary P Hill's Gravatar Image
      Rosemary P Hill
      Reply to Linda Leathers August 2, 2024 9:44 am

      2 squares would be a gracious plenty!

    • Juliann McCraney's Gravatar Image
      Juliann McCraney
      Reply to Linda Leathers May 29, 2018 10:56 am

      I think it means squares. Two entire blocks of chocolate would require much more sugar.


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    Lynn
    June 18, 2015 10:13 am

    most pies with a wet filling are prebaked. Then you cover the exposed crust while baking the center. Otherwise, the bottom remains white and soft, and if the pie isn’t consumed quickly, it becomes mushy from the moisture that collects as the center dries. I have not made this pie yet, so I don’t know how it would come out following your directions, just going by experience.

    • Jmarie's Gravatar Image
      Jmarie
      Reply to Lynn January 3, 2017 7:17 am

      If you brush your baked pie shells with a little of the egg whites, the crust on the bottom won’t get soggy. I do this everytime I make this type of pies. I also use the eggs whites to make a Meringue. My g’mother called this Chocolate Fudge Pie. Her recipe dated back to 1905.


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    Carmen M Steen
    April 24, 2014 10:05 am

    I remember this pie. It was super delicious. Best pie ever! I really miss my sweet friend so much.

    • Sheila Bryson's Gravatar Image
      Sheila Bryson
      Reply to Carmen M Steen June 11, 2015 11:26 pm

      Do you cook the pie crust before putting the chocolate in it?

      • Kevin's Gravatar Image
        Kevin
        Reply to Sheila Bryson June 11, 2015 11:33 pm

        The pie crust usually bakes along with the pie, I think. I suspect a pre-baked pie crust would be awfully dry and crumbly.

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          Patty
          Reply to Kevin July 29, 2015 3:20 pm

          Kevin, do you have Mamma Peggy’s pie crust recipe?

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            Kevin
            Reply to Lynn July 30, 2015 7:57 pm

            Mama usually used store-bought crusts for convenience, but I DO know that she made ’em from scratch, too (especially when I was a kid). I thought a recipe was posted on the web site, but I couldn’t find it. I’ll poke around in her un-posted recipes and see what I can come up with.

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