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No-Bake Chocolate Cream Pie

An easy-peasy no-bake pie calls for a chocolate cookie crust sweetened with Domino® Brown Sugar and a chocolate filling that is sweetened with Domino® Dark Brown Sugar and assembled in the food processor. The pie is topped with lots of billowy whipped cream.

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Ingredients

For the crust

  • 1 1/2 cups Finely ground chocolate cookie crumbs, from about 30 cookies

  • 2 tablespoons Domino® Light Brown Sugar
  • 5 tablespoons Unsalted butter, melted and warm
  • 1/2 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract

For the filling

  • 1 cup (8 ounces) Softened cream cheese

  • 3/4 cup Domino® Dark Brown Sugar
  • 1/2 cup Dutch process cocoa powder
  • 1 cup Heavy cream
  • 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • 1 tablespoon Pure vanilla extract

For the topping

  • 3 cups Heavy cream

  • 1/3 cup Domino® Powdered Sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Pure vanilla extract

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Instructions
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Prep Time: 40 minutes / Cook Time: chill for 6 to 8 hours / Yields: 8 slices

Prepare the crust

Step 1

To make the crust, combine the chocolate cookie crumbs (use this chocolate cookie recipe), Domino® Light Brown Sugar, butter and vanilla in a large bowl and mix with a flexible spatula (or your hands) until fully incorporated. Or you can place all of the ingredients in a food processor and process until combined.

Step 2

Transfer to a 9-inch pie plate and, using your hands (or the back of a one cup dry measuring cup), evenly press the crumbs into the bottom and up the sides of the plate. Transfer to the freezer while you make the filling.

Prepare the filling

Step 3

To make the filling, add the cream cheese and Domino® Dark Brown Sugar to the bowl of a food processor and process just until smooth. Do not over mix or the cream cheese will lose its structure.

Step 4

Add the cocoa powder, heavy cream, salt, and vanilla and process until smooth, scraping down the bowl if necessary.

Step 5

Transfer the filling to the frozen crust, using an offset spatula to smooth the top, and place in the refrigerator for 6 to 8 hours until firm.

Prepare the topping

Step 6

To make the topping, add the heavy cream, Domino® Powdered Sugar, and vanilla to the clean processor bowl and process until stiff and “whipped,” about 2 to 3 minutes.

Step 7

Spread the whipped cream over the pie and serve.

Additional Tip
  • The pie will keep in the refrigerator lightly wrapped in plastic wrap for up to 3 days.
  • Make sure you finely grind your crumbs for your cookie crust. A food processor works best, but you can also place the cookies in a zippered plastic bag and crush them with a rolling pin. When making the filling, do not over process the cream cheese or it will lose structure.
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Jessie Sheehan

Meet the Chef:

Jessie Sheehan

@jessiesheehanbakes

Jessie Sheehan is a celebrated cookbook author, recipe developer, baker, and host of Cherry Bombe’s baking podcast, She’s My Cherry Pie. She is the self-proclaimed queen of “easy-peasy baking;” and has contributed recipes and writing to The New York Times, The Washington Post, Epicurious, Food52, Bon Appetit, and more. Her third cookbook, Snackable Bakes: 100 Easy-Peasy Recipes for Exceptionally Scrumptious Sweets and Treats was a New York Times best cookbook of 2022. And its savory sibling Salty, Cheesy, Herby Crispy Snackable Bakes, was published in the fall of 2024.
 

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