Irresistible Chocolate Mousse Pie

Name: Irresistible Chocolate Mousse Pie Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 20 Chocolate Creme Filled Oreos; 1 Tbs. Butter; 1/2 Cup Heavy Cream; 1 Cup Chocolate Chips (Milk Chocolate or Semi-sweet); 1 tsp Vanilla Extract; 1/4 tsp Salt; 1 Cup Heavy Cream; 1/8 Cup Powdered Sugar

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Who wants a recipe for an no bake chocolate pie that needs only 7 ingredients and takes just 15 minutes to make? The silky smooth filling that melts in your mouth, in an Oreo crust cannot be beat!

Slice of chocolate mousse pie topped with whipped cream. — Beautiful slice of this no bake chocolate mousse pie!

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Why You'll Love This Recipe
Ingredient Notes and Substitutions
Things I personally use for this recipe!!!
Step by Step Instructions
Recipe FAQs and Expert Tips
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Irresistible Chocolate Mousse Pie Recipe

Why You'll Love This Recipe

Easy recipe! No Bake! Elegant look!
Addicting smooth chocolate flavor that's ideal for the chocolate lover in your life!

Ingredient Notes and Substitutions

Heavy Cream - aka...heavy whipping cream. If you want to substitute cool whip for the fresh whipped cream you can. You will need 2 (8oz) containers.
Oreos - This recipe calls for the chocolate crème filled Oreo cookies. The chocolate filling in those slightly different than the white crème filling. However, regular Oreos are fine you will just need to add 2 tablespoons of butter to hold the crust together. OR for a gluten free pie you can use the new gluten free oreos! You will need to add the additional butter for that kind of oreo as well. Purchasing a pre-made oreo pie crust is an option as well, however, you will only need ½ to ⅔rds of the amount of filling this recipe makes so I would buy 2.
Butter - both unsalted butter and salted butter work fine for this recipe.
Chocolate Chips - You can use milk chocolate chips, semi-sweet chocolate chips, or dark chocolate chips. If you prefer to use Baker's chocolate instead you will need 6 ounces.
9 Inch Pie Dish - You can use an 8 inch springform pan in place of the pie dish.

Ingredients for chocolate mousse pie. — The short ingredient list to make this easy chocolate mousse pie!

Things I personally use for this recipe!!!

Step by Step Instructions

Place 20 chocolate crème filled Oreos in the base of a food processor.
NOTE - You can also place them in a ziploc bag and crush them with a rolling pin.
Process the Oreos into fine crumbs.
Add the butter to the cookie crumbs and pulse until blended in.
Press the crumbs into a 9-inch pie plate to create the Oreo pie crust.
Set Aside.

Crust ingredients crushed and pressed into a pie plate. — Make the chocolate cookie crust with Oreos!

Measure chocolate chips into a microwave safe bowl or measuring cup. I LOVE these silicone melting cups for melting chocolate!
NOTE - you could also use a double boiler.
Add ½ cup heavy cream and salt to the chocolate.
Microwave 20 to 30 seconds at a time to melt the chips until the mixture whisks smoothly together.
IMPORTANT -Heat only enough to just melt the chips. If you overheat the chocolate can scorch. Also heating more than necessary makes it take forever to cool.
Cool the melted chocolate mixture to room temperature.
TIP - You can speed this up by placing the container in the fridge or freezer for a few minutes stirring here and there to cool faster. Keep an eye on it though because you don't want it to become too cold.

Chocolate chips, cream and salt heated until melted. — Combine chocolate chips, cream and salt. Carefully melt.

Beat 1 cup of heavy cream, vanilla extract and ⅛ cup powdered sugar in a medium bowl (or in my case a 4 cup measuring cup) until stiff peaks form.
You can do this with hand beaters or and immersion beater with the whisk attachment.
See this tutorial if you're unsure of the difference between soft peaks and stiff peaks.

Whip the cream, vanilla, and powdered sugar to stiff peaks. — Beat more heavy cream to stiff peaks.

Carefully fold the whipped cream into the chocolate mixture.
Make sure to fold, not stir. See this tutorial if you're unsure how.
Scoop the chocolate mousse filling into the Oreo pie shell.
Use a rubber spatula or the back of a spoon to smooth the filling into the crust.
Refrigerate for at least 6 hours.
Garnish the top of the pie with additional whipped cream and chocolate shavings or jimmies if you would like.

Fold cooled chocolate in the whipped cream and pour into the crust. — Fold the cooled chocolate into the whipped cream. Pour into the crust.

Recipe FAQs and Expert Tips

Why did my chocolate mousse separate?

It is really, really important to let the chocolate mixture cool to room temperature before folding in the whip cream. If your chocolate mousse separated, odds are you got impatient and added the whipped cream too soon.

Why fold instead of stir?

I mentioned above that it's super important to fold in the whipped cream instead of stirring it in. This is because stirring the whipped cream breaks all the tiny air bubbles you just beat into the cream causing your pie to not be fluffy creamy. Stirring will leave you with a dense, heavy and probably runny pie.

How long is this pie good for?

Two to three days kept in the fridge. After that the crust starts to get soggy.

How to store:

With garnish on the top you may need to get a little more creative than plastic wrap on the top for this pie. I often put a large mixing bowl upside down over the top. Remember to keep this pie in the fridge.

How do I adjust this to have a chocolate peanut butter or mint chocolate flavor?

Easy! Due to popular demand I have two recipes with these flavor variations! Check out my Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse Pie and my Grasshopper Pie!

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