17 Chocolate Pies So Good, You’ll Need a Second Slice
When a chocolate craving strikes (it’s inevitable) the options are endless. Beyond chocolate bars, you could dabble in chocolate cakes, chocolate cookies, chocolate brownies, and arguably the most underrated, chocolate pies. Let’s make one.
While typically cakes are tender and cookies crisp, pies give you the best of both words. Whether it’s chocolate coconut or chocolate buttermilk, you can look forward to a crunchy-crumbly crust and custardy-creamy filling, the sort of bite that mandates you go back for more, more, more.
This list shows off chocolate’s many friends in the form of pie, from peanut butter to Greek yogurt to cookie dough. Cookie dough! Here are our 17 favorite chocolate pie recipes.
Photograph by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Mieko Takahashi1/17Chocolate Pie With Press-In Crust
A mix of cocoa powder and bittersweet chocolate yield the intensest flavor in this chocolate pie recipe from chef Elizabeth Falkner.
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Photograph by Isa Zapata, food styling by Judy Kim, prop styling by Beth Pakradooni2/17Chocolate and Coconut Cream Pie
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Photo by Noah Fecks. ©The Twisted Soul Cookbook: Modern Soul Food with Global Flavors by Deborah VanTrece, Rizzoli New York, 2021.3/17Chocolate Buttermilk Pie
Photo by Ted + Chelsea Cavanaugh, food styling by Rebecca Jurkevich, prop styling by Kalen Kaminski4/17Chocolate Pudding Pie
Photograph by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Taneka Morris, Prop Styling by Maya Rossi6/17Peanut Butter Pie With Hidden Fudgy Center
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Drew Aichele, Prop Styling by Beatrice Chastka10/17Frozen Greek Yogurt Blackout Pie
A no-bake pie you can make up to a week ahead. Greek yogurt adds lots of welcome tang, while extra-virgin olive oil brings fruity richness.
Photo by Alex Lau, food styling by Susie Theodorou, prop styling by Elizabeth Jaime14/17Chocolate Ganache Tart
Photograph by Rana Duzyol, Food Styling by Jesse Szewczyk, Prop Styling by Marina Bevilacqua16/17Hazelnut Butter Cup Tart
