Black Forest Pie
"Ooh, I remember this being really good! Chocolate and cherries are the best combination. This was "the" pie for my family one year in the early 80's. No event was without one of these pies. Then we sort of lost track of the recipe, and when I recently unearthed it I just had to post it. The times listed don't include cooling and chilling."
photo by SashasMommy
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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8-10
ingredients
- 1 package pillsbury all ready pie crust (or make your own if you're good at pie crust!)
- 1 teaspoon flour
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 1⁄3 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1⁄4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
- 1⁄3 cup milk
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling
- 1 (9 ounce) container Cool Whip or (9 ounce) container similar whipped topping, thawed
- 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate, coarsely grated
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Prepare pie crust according to package directions for filled 1-crust pie, using 1 tsp flour.
- In a saucepan combine sugar, cocoa and 2 tbs flour, then add butter and milk.
- Cook until mixture begins to boil, stirring constantly; remove from heat.
- Add a small amount of the hot mixture to the eggs and then return the mixture to the pan.
- Fold half the can of pie filling into the mixture in the pan.
- Pour into the crust.
- Bake 35-45 minutes or until center is set but still shiny.
- Cool and then chill at least one hour.
- Combine 2 cups of Cool Whip with the grated chocolate and spread over the cooled pie.
- Top with the remaining pie filling and then the remaining Cool Whip.
- Chill 1/2 hour.
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Reviews
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I made this for Mother's Day and it was a hit. Instead of using cool whip I made my whipped cream by whipping about 1 cup of heavy cream and adding the shaved chocolate. The topped the pie with remaining cherries around the edge of the pie and then filled in the center with the remaining cherry juice. This recipe is easy and doesn't take a lot of time, I will definitely make this again. -
This is really YUMMY! I would have given it 4.5 stars if that were an option, I just didn't love the chocolate shavings in the cool whip ( my opinion, the chocolate turned a little grainy/weird) But I made it a second time with regular whipped cream and it was perfect. That chocolatey cherry filling is so rich and smooth! I will definitely keep this recipe and make it again. -
At last minute, I decided I was bored of cherry pie, and looked for another recipe that used the cherry pie filling I had on hand. Anyways, the bottom layer of chocolate and cherries was pretty good, (That would have been rated a 4.) but no one liked the rest of the cherry pie filling between the 2 layers of whipped cream. However, truthfully, we probably would have preferred a run of the mill cherry pie. -
This was sooooo good... I didn't add the last layer of Cool Whip because I liked the look of the cherries on top. Oh, and I forgot to mix the grated chocolate in, so I just put it on top. -
Pick your Chef entry also as I love chocolate and cherries together and Black Forest anything is an all time favorite! Another winner ReeLani and this goes together quickly and makes a great tasting simple pie. PS try it with a chocolate crust, think you died and went to heaven then!! TY
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I made this for Mother's Day and it was a hit. Instead of using cool whip I made my whipped cream by whipping about 1 cup of heavy cream and adding the shaved chocolate. The topped the pie with remaining cherries around the edge of the pie and then filled in the center with the remaining cherry juice. This recipe is easy and doesn't take a lot of time, I will definitely make this again.
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<p>Greetings from the palm of the Mitten State! I'm a 40-somthing gal with an awesome husband, Todd, and step-son, David. And I had the great privilege to be mom to the world's best cat, Bentley, for almost 12 years. As of 3/10/09 he's now free from all the ailments that plagued his past few years and is now a soft and gentle spirit who will be with me always. He was my best friend and the first real love of my life and leaves a cat-shaped hole in life.</p>
<p><span style=color: #000000;>February 4, 2010, 2 new kitties joined our family. Nick and Nate were adopted from our local humane society and fill our home with purrs and laughter and lots of fur. We're lucky to have these two sweet kitty boys with us.</span></p>
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<p>I'm a certified medical coder but currently enjoying being a stay-at-home cat mom. In past work lives I've been a corporate travel consultant, an auto claim assistant, a loan clerk, a secretary and an usher.<br /><br />I like to cook and LOVE to bake. It's great to share the gift of good food with my sweet wonderful husband, family and friends and co-workers. And I try to enter a couple different baked goods in my county fair each year.<br /><br />When I'm not working in the kitchen I enjoy reading, walking, scrapbooking, genealogy, and visiting with family and friends. I also love animals, and was a cat care volunteer at a local shelter for many years.</p>
<p> <br /><br />R?E'S STAR RATINGS (effective for 2007 ratings and beyond) <br />5 -- Amazing! Incredible! Want to eat it or drink it all the time! Obviously this wowed us. Maybe it?s too decadent to make very often, but we can dream. <br /><br />4 -- Great! We loved it and will probably be having this frequently. <br /><br />3 -- Good . We liked it and might have it again, possibly with some changes. <br /><br />2 -- Passable. We ate it but won?t eat any leftovers and won?t be making this again, at least not as written. This will probably be due most often to one flavor being too strong. <br /><br />1 -- Inedible. There?s a critical error in the recipe. <br /><br /><img src=http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/DUCHESS13/berriesblinkie.gif alt=Image hosted by Photobucket.com /> <img src=http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/DUCHESS13/Animation1.gif alt=Image hosted by Photobucket.com /> <br /><br /><img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/purplechefhat.gif alt=Image hosted by Photobucket.com /> <img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/projects/chef3.jpg alt=Image hosted by Photobucket.com /> <br /><br /><br /><img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/beartag_1_1.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting /> <img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/adopted_1_1.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting /> <br /><br /><img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/projects/pacbanner.jpg border=0 alt=Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket /> <img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/projects/200_PACpic.jpg border=0 alt=Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket /> <br /><br /><br /><img src=http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj81/HokiesLady65/totmtaggame-1.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket /> <br /><br /><img src=http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z205/jubespage/stacky5.jpg alt= /> <br /><br /><img src=http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg271/MrsTeny/CookathonforKarensticker.jpg alt= /> <br /><br /><img src=http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/vjuhl/MEPcookathon.jpg alt= /></p>
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