Two-Bite Chocolate Cream Pies

Name: Two-Bite Chocolate Cream Pies
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters chopped bittersweet chocolate; 1 Tbsp butter; 30 About chocolate cookies, such as Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers; 1 teaspoons coarse salt; 2 Tbsps cornstarch; 5 teaspoons Dutch-processed unsweetened cocoa powder, divided; 1 large eggs separated); 118 milliliters heavy whipping cream; 237 milliliters milk; 177 milliliters sugar, divided

Two-Bite Chocolate Cream Pies might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe covers 58% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 1. One portion of this dish contains around 46g of protein, 153g of fat, and a total of 3441 calories. If you have bittersweet chocolate, eggs, coarse salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

Spray 2 mini-muffin trays (12 muffin cups each) with cooking spray. In a food processor, whirl cookies into fine crumbs. Measure; return 1 1/2 cups crumbs to food processor, along with 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp. sugar, the salt, and 1 egg white. Pulse to blend evenly.

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Cooking Spray

Egg Whites

Sugar

Salt

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Food Processor

Muffin Liners

Spoon 1 tbsp. crumb mixture into each muffin cup. Press crumbs over bottom and up sides of cups.

Bake until set, 15 minutes.

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Oven

Put chocolate and butter in a microwave-safe container and heat in 30-second intervals, stirring often, until melted.

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Chocolate

Butter

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Microwave

In a small bowl, combine 1/4 cup sugar, the cornstarch, and 4 tsp. cocoa.

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Corn Starch

Cocoa Powder

Sugar

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Bowl

Pour in a few tbsp. of the milk and whisk into a smooth paste; whisk in remaining milk.

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Milk

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Whisk

Transfer to a small saucepan and cook over medium heat until thickened and large bubbles appear, about 3 minutes.

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Sauce Pan

Put reserved yolk and remaining egg into a medium bowl.

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Egg Yolk

Egg

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Bowl

Whisk in about 1/2 cup hot milk mixture. Scrape egg-milk mixture into milk mixture in pan and cook, whisking, until just starting to boil, about 30 seconds.

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Milk

Egg

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Whisk

Frying Pan

Whisk in melted chocolate and butter.

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Chocolate

Butter

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Whisk

Spoon hot filling into chocolate shells. Press plastic wrap over surface of mini pies to prevent a skin from forming. Chill until set, at least 1 hour and up to 2 days.

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Chocolate

Pasta Shells