Frozen Chocolate Pie
For those hot, summer days, a cool, satisfying treat!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, Comfort Food
Graham Cracker Crust
- 1 3/4 cups graham cracker crumbs I recommend using my paleo graham cracker recipe
- 3 Tbsp. butter or ghee melted
- 1/4 cup maple sugar or coconut sugar
Pie Filling
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder unsweetened
- 7.4 oz. can sweetened condensed coconut milk see notes for alternative
- 7-8 oz. plain almond cream cheese room temperature, whatever size the container is - 7 or 8 oz. depending on the brand
- 1 pt. heavy cream use same amount of coconut cream for dairy free
- 4 Tbsp. maple sugar
- chocolate chips, chocolate curls or chocolate syrup for decoration optional
To make the crust
Preaheat oven to 350 degrees
Mix graham cracker crumber, melted butter and maple sugar until well combined.
Press mixture into the bottom and up the sides of a standard, deep dish pie plate.
Bake 8-10 minutes, until slightly browned.
Allow to cool completely before filling. You can chill the crust in the fridge or freezer if you want to hurry along the process.
To make the pie filling
In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until light and fluffy.
In a separate bowl, beat heavy cream or coconut cream with maple sugar until stiff peaks form. Set aside.
To the large mixing bowl with the cream cheese, add the cocoa powder, sweetened condensed coconut milk and maple sugar. Mix until thoroughly combined.
Fold in the whipped cream.
Pour this mixture into the prepared and chilled pie crust. Decorate the top with chocolate chips, chocolate curls or chocolate syrup swirled if desired.
If you do not have sweetened condensed coconut milk or simply want to have tighter control of your ingredients, you can make your own following this process: add one can of full fat coconut milk and 1/4 cup maple syrup to a heavy duty sauce pan. Heat over medium to medium high heat until the mixture has thickened and reduced to about 1 cup (8 oz.). You'll need to keep an eye on it to make sure it's still bubbling, but not overflowing your pan! This takes 45-60 minutes. You'll need to allow this to cool almost entirely before you can use it in your recipe. Keyword Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Paleo, Primal