Pies Recipe ⊶ Chocolate Silk Pie

This is adapted from the secret recipe that for decades was known only to chefs at Miller and Rhoads, a premier department store in Richmond, Virginia that closed back in 1990.

Ingredients

• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• ½ cup butter, softened
• 2 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened baking chocolate (such as Baker's®), melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 1 (9 inch) prepared graham cracker crust
• ½ (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping (such as Cool Whip®), thawed, or more to taste

Cooking Directions

1. Beat confectioners' sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy; mix in melted chocolate and vanilla extract until smooth. Add eggs, 1 at a time, to creamed butter mixture, beating for 5 minutes before adding the next one; spread into the graham cracker crust.
2. Refrigerate pie until chilled, at least 3 hours. Top pie with whipped topping.

Nutrition Facts

• calories409.3
• carbohydrateContent40.6 g
• cholesterolContent77 mg
• fatContent27.4 g
• fiberContent1.6 g
• proteinContent4 g
• saturatedFatContent14.5 g
• sodiumContent275.2 mg
• sugarContent30.3 g