It’s National Pi Day! So in honor of this fabulous day – I made a homemade chocolate pie.
Any reason to make a pie ❤️
To start, I made a Graham Cracker Crust. You can use a premade store bought Graham Cracker pie crust for this pie or make a homemade crust. Believe it or not, it’s not that hard to make a Graham Cracker pie crust. So much easier than the traditional pie crust!
Graham Cracker Pie Crust
Here’s what you’ll need for the crust: 12 whole Graham Crackers (crush in a food processor or blender. You can also put the crackers in a large gallon Ziplock bag and crush with a rolling pin – get your frustrations out and bang away!) + 1/4 Cup Granulated Sugar + 6 TBSP undated melted butter 🧈 Stir the graham cracker crumbs and granulated sugar together in a medium bowl and then stir in the melted butter. Crush away if you see any big Graham Cracker pieces. The mixture will be coarse. Did I mention to crush any large pieces??! Make sure mixture is like a granulated texture. As you can see…I still need to crush! Pour the mixture into an ungreased 8-inch, 9-inch, or 10-inch pie dish, Press lightly with your hands or a measuring cup. Don’t use too much force, muscle queens and kings! Pressing with too much force will make your crust hard. You want a nice delicious crust – no need to lose a tooth over it 😆
Stir together sugar, cocoa, cornstarch and salt in medium saucepan. Gradually stir in milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is thickened and bubbly. Boil 1 minute; remove from heat. Gradually stir about half of the hot filling into yolks.Mix the filling and yolks Return all to saucepan; heat to gentle boil. Cook and stir 1 minute.Remove from heat; stir in butter and vanilla.Pour into crust. Press plastic wrap directly onto surface. Cool. Refrigerate until set, about 4 to 6 hours.Garnish with whipped cream and strawberries, if desired. Cover; refrigerate leftover pie.
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