VERY BEST Creamy Chocolate Pudding/Pie Filling


This is the VERY BEST chocolate pudding/pie filling I've ever tasted. It's creamy, has just the perfect amount of chocolate and sugarVicky Chamberlin shared the recipe with me when she was the featured cook in a column I used to write for The Reflector Chronicle (7/30/2013).
The recipe came from Craig’s mother, Rachel Chamberlin; it uses flour as a thickener, rather than the customary cornstarch, which results in a creamy texture. Vicky puts it in a baked All in the Pan Pie Crust that her husband Craig makes for her.

Want to know how good this pudding/pie filling really is? Vicky had a pie made for the photo shoot and offered me a piece. Of course, I said "yes." Then she offered to send a piece home to Barry. Needless to say, his piece never made it home!

I used Vicky's recipe as a pudding rather than pie filling adding it to a base of crushed graham crackers and sprinkling extra graham crackers and walnuts over the top.

Creamy Chocolate Pudding/Pie Filling   Filling for an 8-inch to 9-inch pie . . . or 6 large pudding cups
2 (1 oz.) squares unsweetened chocolate
3 cups (whole) milk
1 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon salt
3 egg yolks
2 tablespoons butter or regular margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla
Pie Topping:
Sweetened whipped cream
Grated semi-sweet chocolate for garnish, if desired for topping
Pudding Base & Toppings:
Crushed graham crackers
Chopped walnuts
  1. Combine unsweetened chocolate and milk in 2-qt. saucepan. Cook over medium heat until chocolate is melted. 

  2. Combine sugar, flour and salt in a small bowl. Pour some of the hot mixture into sugar-flour mixture. Beat until smooth, using a rotary beater. Then stir back into remaining hot mixture. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil. Cook 1 minute more.  Remove from heat.
  3. Beat egg yolks slightly, using a fork. Pour some of the hot mixture into egg yolks, blending well, immediately pour egg yolk mixture back into remaining hot mixture, blending well. Cook 2 minutes more over low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.

  4. Gently stir in butter and vanilla. Cool 10 minutes. Pour slightly cooled filling into baked pie shell.
  5. Cover and chill in refrigerator 2 hours until set. 
  6. For pie: Spread sweetened whipped cream over pie. Decorate with grated semisweet chocolate if desired.
  7. For pudding: Add graham cracker crust to custard cups. Fill with pudding and top with additional crushed graham crackers and chopped walnuts.
Recipe without photos . . .
Creamy Chocolate Pudding/Pie Filling   Filling for an 8-inch to 9-inch pie . . . or 6 large pudding cups
2 (1 oz.) squares unsweetened chocolate
3 cups (whole) milk
1 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon salt
3 egg yolks
2 tablespoons butter or regular margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla
Pie Topping:
Sweetened whipped cream
Grated semi-sweet chocolate for garnish, if desired for topping
Pudding Base & Toppings:
Crushed graham crackers
Chopped walnuts
  1. Combine unsweetened chocolate and milk in 2-qt. saucepan. Cook over medium heat until chocolate is melted.  
  2. Combine sugar, flour and salt in a small bowl. Pour some of the hot mixture into sugar-flour mixture. Beat until smooth, using a rotary beater. Then stir back into remaining hot mixture. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil. Cook 1 minute more.  Remove from heat.
  3. Beat egg yolks slightly, using a fork. Pour some of the hot mixture into egg yolks, blending well, immediately pour egg yolk mixture back into remaining hot mixture, blending well. Cook 2 minutes more over low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. 
  4. Gently stir in butter and vanilla. Cool 10 minutes. Pour slightly cooled filling into baked pie shell.
  5. Cover and chill in refrigerator 2 hours until set. 
  6. For pie: Spread sweetened whipped cream over pie. Decorate with grated semisweet chocolate if desired.
  7. For pudding: Add graham cracker crust to custard cups. Fill with pudding and top with additional crushed graham crackers and chopped walnuts.

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