Vegan Chocolate Fudge Pie

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I don’t bake a lot of pies.

My middle daughter is actually a far better baker than I am, and she bakes all the pies around here.

I love to eat pie, but for whatever reason, I have never been a fan of baking them.

The problem is, she and I don’t love the same pies. I don’t like apple pie. As weird as that may seem, I just don’t like cooked apples. She and her dad adore apple pie, and that is what tends to get baked in our house.

I love chocolate everything, including pie. So when I recently stumbled upon a beautiful chocolate cream pie recipe in a non vegan magazine, I knew I wanted to try and make a vegan version. The recipe included 4 eggs so I decided I would try and substitute starch to bind it. I also decided to add some chocolate chips to bump up the chocolate in the recipe. I mean, the more chocolate the better I always say.

I did ask my daughter to make us a pie crust for this recipe, but many frozen pie crust are vegan. Just be sure to check the label. If it were up to me alone, I would have just gone and bought one. Just being honest here.

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So after cooking up the filling and letting it bake, I was actually really pleased with the outcome. The only thing is, it was more fudge like than silky, but I wasn't even mad about it! I love all things fudge! I will call it a happy accident! This pie is so easy to make, I think I will baking it up fairly often.

I also topped this pie with our sweet aquafaba whip recipe. You can use it as is, OR you can top the pie with the whip, and pop it in the oven on broil for a few minutes to toast up a perfectly golden meringue. If you are not in the mood to whip up some perfectly sweet aquafba, then use whatever vegan whipped topping you like. They even make a vegan cool whip these days, or use canned coconut or almond whipped cream, or you could whip up some coconut milk whipped cream if you like. I personally find making aquafaba whip the easier and tastiest option. One can of chickpea liquid will give you big, beautiful, fluffy batch of the tastiest vegan whipped topping around. If you have never made it before, I strongly suggest giving it a try! All you need is an electric hand mixer, or a stand mixer.

So If you are in the the mood for a simple, tasty, vegan chocolate pie recipe, this is the one. Bake it for yourself. Bake it for a friend. Bake it for a party. Bake it on a Monday because Monday’s are not the most fun day of the week, but pie would be help. I don’t care why you bake it, I just really think you will be happy if you do!

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INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 9 inch vegan pre-made or homemade pie crust

  • 1 1/4 cup granulated sugar

  • 1/2 cup all purpose flour

  • 1/4 cup dark cocoa powder

  • 1/4 cup tapioca starch

  • 2 cups almond or oat milk

  • 1/4 cup vegan butter

  • 1/2 cup vegan chocolate chips or chopped vegan chocolate

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

  • 1 batch Sweet Aquafaba whip, or any other vegan whipped topping you prefer

INSTRUCTIONS:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees

  1. Pre-bake the pie crust for 10 minutes. Remove from oven.

  2. In a medium sauce pan add all of the dry ingredients and whisk together. Add the butter and milk and heat over medium low heat, whisking continuously until the mixture thickens and the chocolate has melted.

  3. Once the mixture is thick and silky, whisk in the vanilla extract and remove from heat.

  4. Pour the filing into the crust and place on the middle oven rack for 25-30 minutes. Bake just until the center seems set.

  5. Allow pie to cool at room temperature for a bit then transfer to the fridge to finishing cooling.

  6. Top with whipped sweet aquafaba or any vegan whipped topping you prefer to serve. You can also add shaved chocolate on top for garnish.

  7. Store leftovers covered in the fridge.

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