Minny’s chocolate pie with a buttery flakey crust and a delicious chocolate fudge pie filling topped with whipped cream. This chocolate pie is inspired by the movie The Help.

You won’t be able to stop with just one piece! It’s easy to make with simple ingredients.

YES, it’s as good as it looks. This chocolate pie tastes like a brownie with a buttery and flakey crust.

If you have ever seen the movie The Help this pie is just like Minnie’s chocolate pie but without the terrible awful.

The Pie Crust

The pie crust is best if it’s homemade.

Store-bought pie crusts are not as flakey or buttery as homemade. However, if you are in a pinch for time, ingredients, or struggle to make pie crusts work store-bought is still a great alternative to save you.

Especially when it’s the holidays and you have multiple pies to make, why not save yourself from having to make a bunch of pie crusts?

Whether you use a homemade or store-bought pie crust, you will want to bake the crust separately first.

This helps crisp up the crust so you do not have a soggy pie at the end.

Ingredients for Minny’s Chocolate Pie

Pie Crust

A store-bought frozen or refrigerated pie crust also works!

All-Purpose Flour
Salt
Shortening
Water

Chocolate Pie Filling

Granulated Sugar
Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
Large Eggs
Evaporated Milk
Pure Vanilla Extract
Salt
Butter
Whipped Cream

The image above shows all of the ingredients you need for the chocolate pie filling, plus a pie crust and whipped cream for topping.

How to Make Minny’s Chocolate Pie

Begin by preheating the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

In a mixer, add pie crust ingredients and mix with the paddle attachment.

Remove from mixer and form a ball on a lightly floured surface. Roll out into a circle that is 1” larger around the entire pie pan.

Carefully transfer the pie crust to the pie pan. I have found it’s easiest to fold the pie crust in half for transferring and then unfold and position it so it is centered in the pan.

To see ways to crimp and decorate your pie crust edges check out Food 52’s tips for decorating.

Poke pie crust with fork to prevent air bubbles from forming as it bakes. If you have pie weights or dry beans, place them in foil and put the foil on to the pie crust.

This helps prevent bubbling as well. Bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit, remove from the oven and remove foil and pie weights.

While the crust bakes, cream butter and sugar together in a mixing bowl.

Add eggs, evaporated milk, salt, vanilla, and cocoa to the bowl. Blend well and pour onto the pie crust.

Place pie back into the oven and bake for 50 minutes. It may be slightly jiggly still, it will set once you remove it from the oven.

It may also have risen in the center but will fall slightly as it sets. This is normal.

Allow to rest for at least 1 hour. Serve with whipped cream.

Minny's Chocolate Pie in a pan and a slice on a plate

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Minny’s Chocolate Pie

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Recipe by Simply Happenings Course: DessertCuisine: American

Servings

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Prep time

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Baking Time

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The very best decadent chocolate pie inspired by the movie The Help. You won’t be able to stop with just one piece! It’s easy to make with simple ingredients.

Ingredients

Pie Crust
1 cup All-Purpose Flour
1/2 tsp Salt
1/3 cup Shortening
2 tbsp Water
Pie Filling
1 1/2 cups Granulated Sugar
3 1/2 tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
2 large Eggs
3/4 cup Evaporated Milk
1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
1/4 tsp Salt
4 tbsp Butter, softened
Whipped Cream

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
In a mixer, add pie crust ingredients and mix with the paddle attachment. Remove from mixer and form a ball on a lightly floured surface. Roll out into a circle that is 1” larger around the entire pie pan.
Place pie crust in pie pan and create ribbon around edges using fingers. Poke bottom of pie crust with fork to prevent air bubbles from forming as it bakes. If you have pie weights or dry beans, place them in foil and put the foil on to the pie crust. This helps prevent bubbling as well. Bake for 10 minutes, remove from oven, and remove foil and pie weights if used.
While the crust bakes, cream butter and sugar together in a mixing bowl. Add eggs, evaporated milk, salt, vanilla, and cocoa to the bowl. Blend well and pour into pie.
Place pie in to the oven and bake for 50 minutes. It may be slightly jiggly still, it will set once you remove it from the oven. Allow to rest for at least 1 hour. Serve with whipped cream.

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