Chocolate Silk Pie
30 minutes
Dessert
Easy Peasy
SERVES 6
INGREDIENTS
- 1 pie crust, prepared (if frozen, thawed)*
- ½ cup Idahoan® Buttery Homestyle® Flavored Mashed Potatoes, prepared, cooled
- 5 Tbsp butter
- 4 Tbsp cocoa powder*
- 1 ½ oz unsweetened chocolate*
- 1 cup sugar, granulated
- 2 eggs
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
- 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 1 cup sugar, confectioner’s
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 Tbsp cocoa powder*
Using mashed potatoes in this unexpected way lends body and moisture and helps keep this Chocolate Silk Pie gluten free.
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Combine the butter, cocoa powder and unsweetened chocolate into a small sauce and heat until everything is melted and fully incorporated.
- Take off the heat and combine it with everything else in a bowl and mix until smooth.
- Pour into an unbaked pie crust and bake for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to fully cool.
- Place everything into a mixing bowl and mix until light and fluffy. Spread on the top of the cooled fudge layer.
