Chocolate Mousse Pie

5 from 4 votes

Learn how to make this rich, creamy and decadent chocolate mousse cake, which is sure to become a crowd-pleaser at your next party or holiday get-together.

Prep Time10

Servings:

Calories: 534kcal

Author: Karin and Ken

Ingredients

Chocolate Base

½ cup butter
1 ½ cups chocolate crumbs

Filling

30 large marshmallows
½ cup milk
1 cup chocolate chips
⅓ cup brown sugar packed
1 cup whipping or heavy cream

Optional Toppings

¼ cup toffee bits or caramels, chopped
¼ cup pecans, walnuts or peanuts chopped
¼ cup M&M's, Rolos or your favorite chocolate candies mini or chopped if necessary
drizzle chocolate, caramel or strawberry sauce

Instructions

Chocolate Base

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat. Add chocolate wafer crumbs. Stir until blended.
Use cup or measuring cup to press crumbs into 9 or 9 ½ inch pie plate.
Bake for 10 minutes and set aside on rack to cool.

Filling

Combine marshmallows, milk, chocolate chips and brown sugar in a large saucepan on medium-low. Stir continuously until everything is melted and smooth.
Pour contents into a bowl and refrigerate, scraping down sides of bowl and stirring regularly. Mixture needs to thicken. Once chocolate mixture will pile up without losing its shape prepare whipping cream.
Beat cream in a small bowl until stiff peaks form.
Remove cold chocolate mixture from fridge. Gently fold whipping cream into chocolate mixture.
Once blended pour into your cooled pie shell.

Topping

Sprinkle toffee bits, pecans or your candies of choice all over the top of the pie, if desired.
Refrigerate and serve cold with a drizzle of sauce, if desired.

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Notes

Whip right: Make sure you don’t over whip the cream. Whipping it too much can cause the cream to split and become grainy.
Fold, don’t mix: When combining the chocolate and the cream mixture, remember to use gentle folds to incorporate the batter. This will help keep the pie light and airy.
Quality matters: Chocolate is the hero ingredient here, and the quality you use really makes a difference in how the pie turns out. Use the best quality chocolate chips you can find.
Chill it: Use cold whipping cream to get the perfect mousse-like consistency. Also make sure the marshmallow-chocolate mixture has cooled down too, before you mix it with the cream.

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