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Mini Chocolate Chess Pie

A decadent chocolate dessert! Warm, gooey, melt-in-your-mouth rich chocolate filling wrapped around a thin layer of flaky crust. It's also the perfect treat for parties, showers, holidays, or any day!
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 345kcal
Author: MinShien

Ingredients

  • 2/3 cup unsalted butter
  • 2 oz dark chocolate 60%-70%
  • 1/2 cup evaporated milk
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 1/2 tbsp flour
  • 2 pre-made unbaked pie crusts
  • 1/2 cup whipped cream

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Make sure pie crust is completely defrosted if it was frozen. Using a 4-inch cookie cutter, cut out circles.
    Cutting up pie crusts for Mini Chocolate Chess Pie
  • Using a rolling pin, roll each small pie crust out to ~5 inches in diameter. Or, use fingers/palms to press and flatten dough. This is to slightly thin out dough and to fit the dough into muffin tin.
  • Insert small pie crusts into muffin cups. Fold the sides of the crusts and fit crusts into each muffin cup . 
    Unbaked pie crusts for Mini Chocolate Chess Pie
  • Bring unsalted butter and dark chocolate to a bowl. Melt unsalted butter and dark chocolate together by microwaving them at 50% power at 30 seconds intervals. Every 30 seconds, bring bowl out and stir - repeat until all the chocolate is melted. Do not short cut this to avoid burning chocolate.
  • Add evaporated milk, vanilla extract, and egg. If mixture is too warm, wait to let it cool before adding eggs (to avoid making scramble eggs! :) )
  • Mix dry ingredients together - sugar, flour, unsweetened cocoa powder
  • Combine dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Mix well
  • Add filling into each muffin cup.
  • Bake for 25 minutes. Let it cool for 15 minutes. Remove pies.
  • Serve with whipped cream and enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 345kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 46mg | Sodium: 135mg | Potassium: 126mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 380IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 46mg | Iron: 2mg
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