Cocoa Cream Pie

"From the Hershey's Cookbook. This is a family favorite at Christmas and Thanksgiving. I usually top it with merangue instead of whipped cream, but it is delicious either way!"
 
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Ready In:
30mins
Ingredients:
11
Serves:
8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Prepare pastry shell; cool.
  • In medium saucepan, stir together sugar, cocoa, cornstarch, and salt.
  • Gradually stir in milk.
  • Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is thickened and bubbly.
  • Boil 1 minutes; remove from heat.
  • Gradually stir about half of the hot filling into yolks.
  • Return all to saucepan; bring to gentle boil.
  • Cook and stir 1 minute. Remove from heat; stir in butter and vanilla.
  • Pour into pastry shell.
  • Press plastic wrap directly onto surface.
  • Cool.
  • Refrigerate until set.
  • Garnish with whipped cream and strawberries, if desired.

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  1. Thanks for posting this incredibly easy recipe. I love that I could whip up something this special from ordinary ingredients that I keep on hand. I loved it and so did my husband and daughter! I'll save this one to make again when we want chocolate pie. I followed the directions exactly except for the whipped cream and strawberries. I'm sure those would be nice additions but we had the pie both without topping and with a little Coolwhip on top. YUM!
     
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