Death By Chocolate Pie

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No dessert celebrates the holidays, friends, and family quite like a pie! Equal Exchange’s chocolate supply chain coordinator, Laura Bechard, can attest to that. She grew up in the pie business and from an early age was rolling out pie dough, crimping crusts, and piping whipped cream at her family’s restaurant. The Norske Nook is a quaint family-style restaurant with several locations in Wisconsin. It thrives on the small-town crowd and its regulars who enjoy it for the comfort food and warm coffee. Over the years, it has gained quite a reputation for its stellar, homemade pies, and now attracts tourists and travelers who go out of their way to make a pit stop for pie.

A few years ago, the Norske Nook began using Equal Exchange’s Organic Baking Cocoa because restaurant owner Jerry Bechard noticed that it adds a richness and depth to their chocolate pies that couldn’t be tasted with conventional cocoa powder. 

One of Laura’s favorite recipes from the restaurant unites her love of pies with her passion for sustainably sourced chocolate: Death by Chocolate. The chocolate cookie crust, chocolate cheesecake base, and chocolate pudding make a delectable triple threat.


Death by Chocolate Pie

This decadent pie is a chocolate lover's dream. Organic baking cocoa and chocolate chips give it a depth of flavor.

Ingredients

For Crust:

  • 2 cups (or about one package) chocolate sandwich cookies, crushed fine

  • ¼ cup butter, melted

For Chocolate Cheesecake Layer:

For Chocolate Pudding Layer:

  • 1 cup (one large package) stovetop chocolate pudding mix

  • 3 cups milk

For Topping and Garnish:

Instructions

  1. Mix crumbs and butter together and press into an 11” pie tin

  2. Preheat oven to 290°F

  3. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth

  4. Add sugar, cocoa, and vanilla extract

  5. Mix until blended. The mixture will be thick. Add one egg at a time. Stir in chocolate chips

  6. Pour into the chocolate cookie crust you prepared. Leave about one inch of space. If your pie tin is smaller than 11”, you may have filling left over!

  7. Put in the oven and bake until golden brown, about 20-25 minutes

  8. Let cool completely before putting the pie together

  9. Put the chocolate pudding mix and milk in a saucepan and cook over medium-high heat, stirring continuously until pudding is thick and boils in the middle

  10. Pour into a container and refrigerate until cooled and set

  11. When everything is cool, layer the pie! Mound chocolate pudding on top of crust and top with whipped cream or topping, piping it around the edge

  12. Drizzle chocolate in straight lines in the middle of the pie, if desired

  13. Sprinkle shaved chocolate on top

  14. Enjoy!


Learn more about the Norske Nook and check out their cookbook available for sale online.

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