Homemade Chocolate Pudding Pie

You can buy it at a store, or, you can make it at home. It is not really that difficult to make. If you want to make it with an already made pie crust, you can do that as well.

Homemade Chocolate Pudding Pie

Crust:
1 1/2 cups crushed graham crackers (you can crush them using a rolling pin, or you can put them in a blender/food processor and grind them)
4 Tablespoons melted butter

Pie Filling:
2 cups milk
2 egg yolks
2 Tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 cup sugar (I use coconut, but organic cane is good too)
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla

Topping:
whipping cream
stevia, xylitol, or powdered sugar
chocolate sprinkles (optional)

  To make the crust, combine the melted butter with the graham cracker crumbs and pat into a pie plate (9" pie plate is good). Bake at 350 degrees for about 5 minutes or so. Make sure crust doesn't burn. Remove from oven and let cool.
  Make the pie filling by combining the pie filling ingredients in a blender or by using a mixer. Heat on medium or medium high, being careful to not let mixture get too hot too fast. When it comes to a boil, let it boil for a minute and then remove from heat.
  Pour the mixture into the prepared pie shell. Place in refrigerator and in the mean time, whip the whipping cream until it forms stiff peaks. (Stiff peaks look like a mountain that stands up when you pull the beater out of the cream). Add the sweetener of your choice and mix well. Place mixture on top of pie filling and add sprinkles if desired.

Here are some sources for some of the ingredients if you are looking for a good brand:

Amazon has this at a good price

I use this *all* the time!

I try to find coconut sugar for $5 a pound or less

I like the fact that this is made in America