Hershey's Chocolate Pie Recipe -- Updated! (2024)

Fool your family and friends into thinking you’re a dessert chef with the super easy, but very decadent Hershey’s chocolate pie recipe. This is a longtime favorite recipe on Blog Chef, and for good reason.

When to make Hershey’s chocolate pie

Good reasons to whip up this creamy, delicious pie include:

• You have a crowd to impress.
• You’re craving chocolate and only a decadent dessert will suffice.
• You aren’t great with prepping desserts, but you’ve agreed to making one.

This recipe suits those occasions because it’s easy and quick to prepare and the flavor and texture combo is fabulous. The filling is essentially a homemade pudding or custard that comes together in a few minutes on the stove top. Truly, it’s a no-fail recipe. The hardest part is applying the whipped cream at the end without making a big mess.

Ingredients you need for Hershey’s chocolate pie

Here are the things you need to make this pie:

• 9-inch graham cracker crust
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup cornstarch
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 egg yolks
• 3 cups of milk
• 2 tablespoons of butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 bag of Hershey’s dark chocolate chips
• Whipped cream (for topping)

Substitutions and variations

Pie crust

You can use any pie crust you want! A graham cracker crust is the easiest, because it needs no prep. You only pop off the packaging and you’re ready to go.

Alternatively, you can use a roll out pie crust that requires baking. This will produce a flakier, richer crust. It’s probably worth the effort if you have the time and skill to get it done. Simply follow the instructions on the pie crust packaging. Once it’s baked, let it cool completely before adding the filling.

The last option is to make a pie crust. Consider this your high risk, high reward strategy. The result will be amazing, but homemade pie crust can be challenging if you’re not experienced with it.

Milk

Feel free to use your favorite type of milk — skim, nonfat, and nut milks work. I have made this pie with almond milk and loved the flavor and texture.

Chocolate chips

You could make this a generic chocolate pie by using generic chocolate chips — or Nestle chips, for that matter. Just stick with dark chocolate chips vs. milk chocolate.

The filling has sugar in it, so milk chocolate chips will likely produce a filling that’s too sweet. I say “likely” because I haven’t tried it. If you want to give it a go with milk chocolate chips, come back and let me know how it turned out.

Steps to make Hershey’s chocolate pie

The how-to on this recipe is short and sweet. Before you dive into making the pie filling, make sure your pie crust is ready to go, have some plastic wrap on hand, and separate 3 eggs. You’ll use the yolks only, so you can reserve the whites for breakfast tomorrow.

1. Make the filling

In a medium bowl, mix:

• 3 egg yolks
• 3 cups milk

You can set the eggs-and-milk mixture aside for a minute.

Now, grab a 2-quart saucepan. Add these ingredients and give them a stir:

• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Once the dry ingredients are mixed, you can pour the eggs and milk in slowly, whisking as you go.

Put the saucepan over a medium heat and bring the filling to a gentle boil, stirring constantly. It will get very thick and produce big, slow bubbles. Boil for 1 minute and then turn the heat off.

Drop in 2 tablespoons of softened butter and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extra. Stir gently.

Next, add in 1 3/4 cup chocolate chips. Stir until the chips are melted and the filling is smooth and creamy.

2. Add filling to pie shell

Next, scoop or pour the filling into the pie shell. At this point, you can smooth out the top of the filling using a plastic spatula if you’re a stickler for presentation. I obviously skipped this step.

See Also

Hershey's Chocolate Cake Recipe

Gently place a sheet of plastic wrap over the pie filling and press it down to make contact with the chocolate.

Place the pie in the refrigerator and leave it alone until it is chilled. I will usually let it chill overnight. Then you can pull off the plastic wrap, add whipped cream and a few chocolate chips, and enjoy.

More desserts to try

If you liked Hershey’s chocolate pie, then you will also enjoy these: Peanut Butter Chocolate Brownies,