Best Chocolate Crisp Pie Crust Recipes

CHOCOLATE PIE CRUST

Steps:

• Add flour, cocoa powder, sugar and salt in a mixing bowl and mix thoroughly with a whisk. Transfer flour mixture to a food processor fitted with the dough blade, or a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or simply leave it in the bowl if making pie dough by hand.
• Add cubed cold butter to the flour mixture. Pulse the food processor several times until butter is about pea and bean size. Variations in size are okay.
• Turn the food processor to "on" position and drizzle cold water over the dough mixture through the water hole, as soon as the dough starts to pull together turn the food processor off. You may need to stop the food processor in between and get a spatula to mix up the flour at the bottom.
• Turn the dough out on the counter or cutting board lined with a piece of plastic wrap, and shape into a disk. Wrap well and rest in the refrigerator for at least an hour.
• Add cubed cold butter to the flour mixture. Turn the stand mixer on low to beat the butter into the flour. You will see the butter pieces flatten and get smaller. Variations in size are okay.
• Once the butter pieces are no longer in their original cube shape, drizzle cold water over the dough mixture while the mixer keeps going on low speed. Stop the mixer once you see larger clumps of dough start to pull together.
• Turn the dough out on the counter or cutting board lined with a piece of plastic wrap, and shape into a disk. Wrap well and rest in the refrigerator for at least an hour.
• Add cubed cold butter to the flour mixture. Use a pastry blender to cut the butter into the flour mixture or pinch it together with your fingers until none of the butter pieces are larger than pea or lima bean size.
• Drizzle cold water over the dough mixture and mix with a spatula. Grab a chunk of dough and press it in your hand, if the dough holds it is done. You may need up to 6 tablespoons of cold water to get the dough to clump together in this method.
• Form a ball in the bowl, place it on a piece of square plastic wrap and flatten into a disk. Wrap well and rest in the refrigerator for at least an hour.
• At this point, you can use the dough as you please for a single crust pie, hand pies, tart, etc. Continue on with the following steps to prepare and par-bake the pie crust to use in recipes with a custard type filling.
• Take the disk of pie dough out of the fridge and roll into a circle about 2" larger than your pie dish. Use extra cocoa powder/flour to keep the dough from sticking to the counter and roller. You could also roll out the dough on a piece of parchment paper.
• Carefully place the dough over the pie dish, lightly press the dough into the bottom and side of the pie dish, let the excess dough hang over the side.
• Trim some of the excess dough if necessary to create an even edge, leaving just enough to fold under and create a fluted edge.
• Cover the pie dish with plastic wrap and keep refrigerated or freeze for 15 - 30 minutes.
• Once the pie dough has frozen solid, preheat the oven to 425°F.
• Dock the bottom of the pie dough and on the sides using a fork.
• Place a large piece of parchment paper over the frozen pie dough, place pie weights on top or pour dry beans on top to fill the whole pie crust. Make sure the parchment is large enough to cover the edges of the crust entirely.
• Bake pie crust for 25 minutes with pie weights or beans.
• At this point you can remove pie weights and parchment paper.
• Fill the pie crust with whatever filling you're using and continue baking according to that particular recipe instructions.
• Or continue baking the crust to completion, an additional 5 - 10 minutes, to be used in pie recipes that don't require further baking of the filling, such as cream pie.
• Remove from the oven and let cool on a wire rack.

CRISP COCONUT AND CHOCOLATE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place the butter and a third of the coconut in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Process until mixture forms a ball, 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer to a medium bowl. Sprinkle remaining coconut over mixture, and combine with your fingers.
• Place an 8-inch tart pan with a removable bottom on a baking sheet. Press coconut mixture into bottom and up sides of pan to form a crust, leaving top edges loose and fluffy. Place a ring of aluminum foil over edge to prevent burning. Bake until center begins to brown, 10 to 15 minutes; remove foil, and cook until edges are browned, 4 to 6 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Place chocolate in a medium heatproof bowl. Bring cream just to a boil in a small saucepan, and pour over chocolate. Let sit 10 minutes, and stir until chocolate is melted and combined. Let cool, and pour into coconut crust. Cover with plastic wrap, and transfer to refrigerator until filling is set, at least 1 hour. Cut into wedges, and serve.

CHOCOLATE GRAHAM CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Crumble graham crackers in a food processor with sugar and cinnamon.
• Place butter in a microwave-safe bowl and melt in a microwave oven, about 1 minute. Add to the mixture in the food processor and blend until combined into the dough.
• Roll dough out into a crust and place into a pie plate.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 7 minutes. Let cool completely before filling, about 30 minutes.

MOCK CHOCOLATE COOKIE CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Whisk sugar, flour, cocoa powder, and salt together in a bowl until thoroughly combined. Pour melted butter into the mixture and stir to incorporate. Press dough into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie pan.
• Bake crust in preheated oven until the sides are firm and the bottom bubbles slightly, about 10 minutes.

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE PIE CRUST

Steps:

• Put the cookies in a food processor and pulse until finely ground; transfer to a bowl. Add the brown sugar and cinnamon and mix to combine. Pour in the melted butter and stir until the cookies are evenly coated with the butter.
• Press the mixture into a 9-inch pie plate to form a pie crust, making sure that all surfaces are even. If you're making a no-bake pie, bake the crust before adding the filling: Bake at 375 degrees F until the crust is dry, about 10 minutes; the time will vary depending on how crispy the cookies are. If the pie you are preparing is baked, do not pre-cook the crust. Add the filling and cook the pie according to the recipe instructions.

CHOCOLATE CREAM PIE WITH OREO CRUST

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Add Oreos to the bowl of a food processor and process until fine crumbs form. Add melted butter and salt, and process until crumbs are evenly moistened. Tip mixture out into a 9-inch pie plate, and press crumbs evenly into bottom and sides of pan. Bake until crust is fragrant and set, about 12 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool.
• Set a fine mesh sieve over a medium bowl. In a medium saucepan, whisk together granulated sugar, cornstarch, cocoa powder and salt. Pouring just a little at first, whisk the milk into the sugar mixture until you have a smooth paste. Gradually add remaining milk, whisking constantly. Whisk in egg yolks. Cook mixture over medium heat, whisking constantly, until it has thickened and just come up to a low boil, about 8 to 9 minutes. Continue to cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute.
• Pour custard through sieve, pushing it through with a rubber spatula. Discard any solids. Stir in chocolate, butter and vanilla, and let it stand for 1 minute. Stir until smooth. Pour mixture into prepared crust. Let cool slightly, then cover loosely with plastic wrap and chill until firm, at least 6 hours.
• To serve, whip cream and confectioners' sugar until soft peaks form. Top with whipped cream and sprinkle with crushed Oreos, if using.

CHOCOLATE COOKIE CRUST

Steps:

• Put the cookies in the container of a food processor; process them until they are finely ground.
• Transfer crumbs to a mixing bowl; combine crumbs, butter, salt, and vanilla; stir until the crumbs are moistened.
• Press mixture evenly across the bottom of a 9-inch pie plate and all the way up the sides of the pan; pack tightly so crust is even and compacted.
• Bake in a 350° oven for 6-8 minutes or until crisp.
• Let cool completely before filling.
• May wrap crust in plastic wrap and freeze for 1 month.

CHOCOLATE CRISPY PIE

Steps:

• For crust:.
• melt butter in saucepan over medium heat.
• Add chips and melt.
• add rice cereal and mix til well coated.
• place in greased 9" pie plate and press well to bottom and up the sides.
• chill 30 minutes or until firm.
• For pudding:.
• In saucepan, combine first 3 ingredients.
• whisk in cold water until thick paste forms.
• gradually whisk in boiling water.
• cook over medium heat, whisking all the while, until the mixture thickens.
• about 10 minute.
• remove from the heat and stir in the butter and vanilla.
• transfer to a bowl.
• place a piece of cling wrap on surface to pervent a skin from forming.
• cool pudding
• pour into cooled pie shell and refrigerate for 2 hours or until set.
• top with whipped cream.
• Cook time includes the 2 hour chill time.

COCONUT CREAM PIE WITH CHOCOLATE CRUST

Steps:

• Make crust: Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a food processor, combine cookies and salt; process until fine crumbs form. With machine running, slowly pour butter through feed tube and process until mixture resembles wet sand. Stir in coconut. Press crumbs in bottom and up side of a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate. Bake until crust is set, about 25 minutes. Let cool completely in pie plate on a wire rack.
• Make topping: Increase heat to 350. Spread 1/2 cup coconut on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake until golden, 10 to 12 minutes, tossing occasionally.
• Make filling: In a small saucepan, whisk together milk, egg yolks, sugar, cornstarch, vanilla, and salt. Cook over medium-high, whisking constantly, until bubbles form at the edge and mixture thickens, about 5 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a large bowl and stir in 1 1/4 cups coconut. Pour filling into cooled crust and smooth top. Refrigerate until filling is chilled and completely set, about 2 hours (or wrap tightly with plastic and refrigerate, up to 2 days).
• To serve, whip cream until soft peaks form. Top pie with whipped cream and toasted coconut.