Dark Chocolate Peppermint Cream Pie
Dark Chocolate Peppermint Cream Pie made with an Oreo cookie crust and filled with a creamy dark chocolate filling & topped with sweet cream! Rich and chocolatey homemade cream pie recipe with great peppermint flavor!
Servings: 8
Calories: 561kcal
Ingredients
- 25 Oreo cookies
- 4 Tablespoons butter melted
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 3 teaspoons butter
- ¼ cup milk
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup sour cream
- 4 ounces Cool Whip about half the tub
- ½ teaspoon peppermint extract
- ¼ cup crushed peppermints
Toppings
- More crushed peppermint
- Shaved dark chocolate
Instructions
- In a food processor finely crush your oreos.
- Add the melted 4 tablespoons of butter to the crushed oreos and blend again.
- Press the oreo crumbs into the bottom and sides of a 9 inch pie pan.
- In a medium microwave safe bowl combine the chocolate chips, 3 teaspoons of butter and milk and melt in the microwave in 30 second intervals until melted and smooth.
- Pour the chocolate mixture over the crust.
- Sprinkle ¼ cup of the crushed peppermints on top of the chocolate.
- In another bowl using an electric mixer beat the cream cheese, sugar, sour cream and peppermint extract until smooth.
- Fold in the cool whip.
- You can spread the cream mixture on top of the pie or put it in a piping bag and pipe it on.
- I top the pie with more crushed peppermints and some dark chocolate shavings.
- Refrigerate overnight! Don’t skip this step! This pie needs the overnight chill to come together perfectly. Serve & enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 561kcal | Carbohydrates: 60g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 34g | Saturated Fat: 19g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 47mg | Sodium: 313mg | Potassium: 276mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 44g | Vitamin A: 551IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 89mg | Iron: 5mg