Chocolate Meringue Pie Paula Deen
Chocolate Meringue Pie by Paula Deen is a delicious treat. This pie is a surprisingly great balance between a sweet chocolatey treat, but not overly sweet. The pie is also unique, in that it has a tasty meringue topping. Check out the details on how you can make this tasty pie, easily at home.
Paula Deen’s Rich Chocolate Meringue Pie
If you are looking for an easy, rich, perfect combination of sweet and savory, this chocolate pie recipe is the one for you. It is very hard to get the perfect taste with chocolate pie, one that is not super sweet, versus one that is too bitter. This recipe, from Paula Deen, makes a delicious dessert that tastes amazing with the perfect flavor.
Chocolate Cream Pie with Swiss Meringue
This chocolate cream pie is made with Swiss meringue. It’s not your average pie. However, this chocolate pie is absolutely the best. This pie is made from your basic crust, then an amazingly sweet and savory combination of chocolate richness, topped with some light, fluffy, meringue that is baked on top. This pie is very difficult to beat.
Paula Deen Chocolate Pie Recipe
Chocolate Meringue Pie made with Paula Deen’s recipe is great because it is quick and easy to make and is unique. This pie will not overload you with sweetness, but at the same time will satisfy your sweet tooth and chocolate cravings. It is like a lemon meringue pie, only full of chocolatey goodness.
Old Fashioned Chocolate Meringue Pie
Chocolate meringue pie made from Paula Dean’s recipe is like a classic old fashioned chocolate meringue pie. This recipe will take you back to the good old days and allow you to enjoy the amazing goodness found in classic chocolate. Old fashioned chocolate meringue pie is created by pre-making your crust and baking it, then preparing your chocolate filling. Finally whisk in your meringue, placing it on top of your pie, and baking for a short amount of time. The process of making the pie is easy, and the result is a delicious taste.
Homemade Chocolate Pie Paula Deen Recipes
There are many pies that can be purchased from the store, but none of them can compete with a homemade pie. Chocolate meringue pie is a great pie to make from scratch. The pie can be used for many different occasions, or it can be made simply to enjoy for your after-dinner treat. Let’s look at what ingredients you will need in order to make this pie.
Ingredients For The Chocolate Cream Pie Recipe:
Granulated sugar
Cocoa powder
All-purpose four
Salt
Eggs
Milk
Butter
Vanilla
Cream of tarter
Prepared pie crust
Now that you have your shopping list of ingredients, let’s jump into the recipe for how to make this pie!
Paula Deen’s Rich Chocolate Meringue Pie Recipe
Details
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15-20 minutes
Bake Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 35-40 minutes
Serving: 8 (ish) slices or a 9-inch pie plate
Ingredients
1 9-inch pre-baked pie crust
Filling
1 cup sugar
3 Tbsp cocoa powder
4 Tbsp all-purpose flour
1/8 tsp salt
3 egg yolks
2 cups milk
1 Tbsp butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
Meringue
3 egg whites
1/4 tsp cream of tarter
4 Tbsp sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
Preparation
Step 1: Pie Crust
Prepare and pre-bake your pie crust. Set aside to allow it to fully cool.
Step 2: For Filling
Start off making your chocolate filling by taking a medium-size saucepan, and placing it over low heat. In your saucepan combine sugar, cocoa powder, all-purpose flour, and salt. Stir until combined.
Add and yolks, and milk. Whisk thoroughly until all ingredients are combined. Stir whisking continually, until your mixture begins to thicken.
Once thick, remove from heat, and add butter and vanilla. Stir to combine. Cover with plastic wrap directly on the chocolate mixture, and set aside to cool.
Step 3: For Meringue
While your chocolate mixture is cooling, it’s time to make meringue. In a mixing bowl, add egg whites. Whisk on high speed until stiff peaks form.
Add cream of tartar and continue whisking at high speed.
Add sugar, and vanilla extract. Stir just to combine.
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Spoon the meringue to cover the entire pie. With a rubber spatula, create peaks, then place into the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the meringue starts to turn a golden brown in color.
Serve right away, or chill first then serve.
Optional Toppings
If desired, you can decorate your pie a bit by topping it with chocolate shavings, or a drizzle of chocolate sauce before serving.
Note
Please note that this recipe is from Paula Deen’s website and has been slightly adapted.
This recipe is intended for serving only after the meringue has been baked. If you wish to prepare the meringue without baking the pie in meringue, you will want to use either pasteurized egg whites or place your egg whites into a double boiler to pasteurize them as you are whisking them.
Nutrition Facts
The nutritional facts for this recipe are based on the assumption that the above recipe makes one pie which is divided into eight slices. One slice equals one serving. One slice is estimated to contain 404 calories. Each serving is also estimated to contain 9 g total fat, 140 mg cholesterol, 160 mg sodium, 76 g total carbohydrates, and 4.9 g protein. Please note that these nutritional facts may change, depending on the specific ingredients used in creating this pie recipe.
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FAQs
How do you make a chocolate cream pie?
Chocolate cream pie, is different from chocolate meringue pie, in that it is higher in its cream content. Chocolate cream pie also has whipped topping instead of meringue. To make chocolate cream pie, combine sugar, milk, egg yolks, corn starch, butter, chocolate chips, and vanilla. Mix them together and bring them to a boil until the mixture begins to thicken. Remove from heat and pour into a prepared pie crust. Make your whipped topping from heavy cream, vanilla, and powdered sugar. Place on top after it has cooled. Serve chilled.
How to make a chocolate pecan pie recipe?
Chocolate pecan pie is made by melting together butter, and chocolate. Then in a mixing bowl, combine your melted chocolate and butter mixture, with corn syrup, eggs, brown sugar, cocoa powder, and salt. Pour into a prepared crust, top with pecans, and bake until the center is no longer jiggly. Serve once cooled completely.
How do you make a German chocolate pie?
German chocolate pie is made by melting chocolate and butter together, then mixing in evaporated milk and stirring. Next add in sugar, corn starch, salt, egg yolks, vanilla, almond extract. Top with coconut and pecans, before baking. Allow pie to cool completely before serving.
How to make Mile High meringue with Paula Deen?
To make mile-high meringue is surprisingly easy. Making this meringue will require more egg whites, and also include cream of tartar, sugar, and vanilla extract. To make this, you will begin by adding only your egg whites to a mixing bowl. You will want to use at least 5 egg whites for this recipe. Beat the egg whites at high speed, until they become foamy. Next whisk in cream of tartar to stabilize the eggs. Continue beating until the egg whites form soft peaks. Gently stir in sugar and vanilla extract. Add meringue to the top of your cooled pie and use a spatula to form peaks in the meringue. Bake at 350°F until your meringue begins to turn golden on top. It should take between 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from the oven, serve, and enjoy.
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Chocolate Chip Pie (THE DEEN BROTHERS)
Chocolate chip pie can easily be made, simply by using your favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe and pouring the cookie into a pie crust then bake it. Once your cookie pie is completely baked, top with whipped cream then serve and enjoy.
Chocolate Pecan Pie
Chocolate pecan pie is made by using butter, chocolate, corn syrup, eggs, brown sugar, cocoa powder, and salt. Top it with pecans and whipped cream if desired, all inside of a prepared pie crust. To make this, start by melting together butter, and chocolate. Then in a mixing bowl, combine your melted chocolate and butter mixture, with corn syrup, eggs, brown sugar, cocoa powder, and salt. Pour into a prepared crust, top with pecans, and bake until the center is no longer jiggly. Serve once cooled completely.
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Lemon Meringue Pie (Paula Deen) Recipe
Paula Dean’s recipe for lemon meringue pie uses the same meringue recipe as instructed above. The only difference is to replace the chocolate filling with a lemon filling. To make the lemon filling, you will start off by combining egg yolks, lemon zest, and lemon juice, in a medium saucepan.
Cook over low heat until mixture reaches 160°F. Stir in sweeten condensed milk and remove from the heat. Pour into a prepared pie crust and top with meringue. Bake at 325°F for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the meringue begins to turn a golden brown color. Remove from the oven and allow to cool before serving.
Chocolate Silk Meringue Pie
To make chocolate silk pie, begin by adding sugar and eggs to a saucepan. Whisk continually over medium heat until the mixture reaches 160°F, or begins to coat the back of a metal spoon. Remove the saucepan from the heat, and add chocolate chips, and vanilla. Set aside. In a mixing bowl, beat room temperature butter until it is creamy. Add heavy cream, and whisk on high. In a separate mixing bowl add heavy cream, and whisk until stiff peaks begin to form. Mix butter and cream mixture together. Next fold in the chocolate mixture. Pour into prepared pie crust and chill.
Paula Deen’s Sweet Potato Pie
Sweet potato pie tastes much like pumpkin pie. To make a sweet potato pie, you will want to mix baked and peeled sweet potatoes, sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla, and spices such as cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg. Pour the mixture into your prepared pie crust. Bake at 350°F for 35 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the pie comes out clean. Remove from the oven and top with meringue recipe from above. Placed back in the oven and bake again for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the meringue turns in golden brown color on top.
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Chocolate Meringue Pie Paula Deen
Ingredients
- 1 9- inch pre-baked pie crust
Filling
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 Tbsp cocoa powder
- 4 Tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 3 egg yolks
- 2 cups milk
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Meringue
- 3 egg whites
- ¼ tsp cream of tartar
- 4 Tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract optional
Instructions
- Prepare and pre-bake your pie crust. Set aside to allow it to fully cool.
Filling
- Start off making your chocolate filling by taking a medium-size saucepan, and placing it over low heat. In your saucepan combine sugar, cocoa powder, all-purpose flour, and salt. Stir until combined.
- Add and yolks, and milk. Whisk thoroughly until all ingredients are combined. Stir whisking continually, until your mixture begins to thicken.
- Once thick, remove from heat, and add butter and vanilla. Stir to combine. Cover with plastic wrap directly on the chocolate mixture, and set aside to cool.
Meringue
- While your chocolate mixture is cooling, it’s time to make meringue. In a mixing bowl, add egg whites. Whisk on high speed until stiff peaks form.
- Add cream of tartar and continue whisking at high speed.
- Add sugar, and vanilla extract. Stir just to combine.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Spoon the meringue to cover the entire pie. With a rubber spatula, create peaks, then place into the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the meringue starts to turn a golden brown in color.
- Serve right away, or chill first then serve.
Optional Toppings
- If desired, you can decorate your pie a bit by topping it with chocolate shavings, or a drizzle of chocolate sauce before serving.
We made this for dinner tonight. It was perfect and delicious. We loved the rich but not too sweet flavor!
This pie is great! I substituted Splenda for sugar and served at the church pot luck! They loved it!!❤️
Hi Mechelle,
Church potlucks are a great place to try new recipes! Glad your people enjoyed it! Thanks for letting us know!
Does the pie filling cool in the pan (w plastic wrap), or do does in go in the pie shell immediately after thickening and cools in it?
Hi Nancy,
You can do it either way. If your pie shell isn’t cooled off completely, I’d let the filling cool off for a little bit in the bowl before adding it to the pie crust. But if your pie crust has cooled, it will work to pour the filling into the pie crust and let it cool there. Either way, you will want to transfer it to the cooled pie crust before the filling is completely set.