Easy Chocolate Mousse Pie
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4.9
Easy Chocolate Mousse Pie
Description
This pie begins by gently melting butter, milk, semi-sweet and bittersweet chocolate chips, and mini marshmallows together to create a smooth, slightly sweet chocolate base. Once cooled to room temperature, whipped heavy cream is folded in to create a light yet rich mousse. The mixture is poured into a pre-made Oreo cookie crust, providing a crunchy, chocolatey foundation.
After chilling in the refrigerator for several hours to set, the pie is topped with freshly whipped cream sweetened with granulated sugar and garnished with chocolate shavings. The marshmallows contribute a subtle sweetness and slightly different texture to the mousse, distinguishing it from classic chocolate mousse.
Serving this pie chilled maintains its creamy and airy texture and highlights the contrasting crunchy crust. It offers a satisfying dessert that balances sweet chocolate with smooth whipped cream and a touch of bitterness from the dark chocolate chips.
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp (28g) butter diced into 4 pieces, salted
- 1 cup (6 oz) semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup (3 oz) bittersweet chocolate chips (or another 1/2 cup semi-sweet if you don't want it quite as rich)
- 2 cups (104g) mini marshmallows
- 1/3 cup (80ml) milk (whole or 2%)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 cups (415ml) heavy whipping cream
- 1 (6 oz) pie crust store-bought Oreo
Topping
- 1 cup (235ml) heavy cream
- 2 Tbsp (25g) granulated sugar
- chocolate for garnish, shavings
Instructions
- Add butter, milk, semi-sweet chocolate chips, bittersweet chocolate chips and marshmallows to a large saucepan.
- Heat over low heat, stirring constantly until chocolate and marshmallows have melted (it will take a while for the marshmallows to melt, keep stirring).
- Remove from heat, stir in vanilla pour into a large mixing bowl and let cool, about 45 - 60 minutes (it should be about room temperature).
- Whip 1 3/4 cups heavy cream (preferably in a chilled bowl) until very stiff peaks form. Fold into cool chocolate mixture.
- Pour chocolate mixture into Oreo crust and spread into an even layer (if you don't want it as tall as mine is you can just reserve some of the mousse chilled in cups for later).
- Chill in refrigerator 3 hours.
- For the topping, whip remaining 1 cup cream with sugar (preferably in a cold mixing bowl) using an electric hand mixer until stiff peaks form.
- Spread over pie, garnish with chocolate then cut into slices. Store pie in refrigerator.
- *I've also made this successfully with 1 cup milk chocolate chips and 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips for more of a milk chocolate flavor vs. the regular dark chocolate flavor it has.
- **To make chocolate shavings just run a vegetable peeler down the sides of a bar of chocolate.
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Overall Rating
4.9
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