Chocolate Cream Meringue Pie

Carole Reu's Note:

Chocolate

• Total Time: 54 mins
• Prep Time: 35 mins
• Cook Time: 19 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 1 pie shell , pre-baked

FILLING

• 1 cup sugar
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 cups milk
• 3 egg yolks , slightly beaten
• ½ cup butter or ½ cup margarine
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

MERINGUE TOPPING

• 4 egg whites
• ½ teaspoon cream of tartar
• 6 tablespoons sugar

Directions:

1. FILLING:.
2. Combine sugar, flour, cocoa, and salt in medium saucepan; stir in milk.
3. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture boils; remove from heat.
4. Stir half of the mixture into beaten egg yolks; return egg mixture to saucepan.
5. Continue cooking and stirring over medium heat until mixture boils; boil and stir for 1 minute.
6. Remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla.
7. Cool for 10 minutes.
8. Pour into pre-baked pie shell.
9. MERINGUE TOPPING:
10. Heat oven to 350°F.
11. In small mixing bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar until foamy.
12. Gradually add sugar and beat until stiff peaks form.
13. Spread this on warm pie filling, carefully sealing to the edges of crust.
14. Bake 5 to 8 minutes or just until meringue is lightly browned.
15. Cool to room temperature; chill for several hours.

Reviews

[Chef #730763]

I didn't put the Meringue on top of the pie because we don't like it, but make it as a Chocolate Cream Pie... We LOVED this pie! Thick and rich chocolate. Perfect with some Cool Whip on top... Yum!

[Jes32]

This turned out really good and was a big hit with our resident chocolate lovers at Christmas dinner. A couple notes: I made it the night before and left it in the fridge overnight. I used 4 egg yolks instead of 3 in the filling and 1% milk. The finished pie had a little bit of syrupy liquid in it. Apparently this is from the meringue and is completely normal, it did not change the taste of the pie at all. I also used a store bought graham cracker pie crust which worked just fine. It set almost immediately and cut into real slices. Great recipe.

[Bay Laurel]

I needed something chocolatey and didnt have any cream for silk pie so I decided to try something different and this recipe worked perfectly. I used Crumb Crust and it was awesome. I got my fix. Thanks for posting Carole Reu!!