Healthy Easy Chocolate Cream Pie

A healthy easy chocolate cream pie, insanely high in protein and full of a creamy nutritious chocolate filling that includes protein-rich nut butter! No tofu! An easy healthy chocolate pie that will make you and your loved ones feel great. Vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free.

Healthy Chocolate Cream Pie

And insanely healthy chocolate cream pie using using oats and almond flour for the crust instead of processed cookies. And filled with a simple mousse made with dairy free milk and rich dark chocolate, instead of a butter filling with a processed whipped cream.

This healthier version will provide you with protein, fiber and other nutrients that the traditional recipe doesn't. And thus this pie will make you feel great! And your loved ones! Isn't that a great idea, to feed your loved ones a pie that makes everyone feel great?

A Chocolate Cream Pie Perfect for Breakfast or Healthy Snack

Not only is this chocolate cream pie perfect for any occasion, I have eaten it for breakfast or mid-morning snack. That's because it has so much protein - 8g per slice in fact. That's better than some breakfast protein shakes!

And with a crust made of oats and almond or oat flour, you have 5g fiber. Dates provide tons of iron and magnesium, great for sleep and mood. And there are tons of other nutritional benefits to this pie thanks to all the whole food unprocessed ingredients.

How to Make This Easy Chocolate Pie Healthier

First, instead of fats such as butters and oils, I used sunflower seed butter, so nutritious. It is purely sunflower seeds. But any nut butter will do, just be sure it’s quality with only nuts or seeds as an ingredient.

A quality brand will be nutritious, with each serving containing around 7g of plant-based protein and essential vitamins & minerals. Try to use the more natural versions with no additives including sugar

Any type is fine, peanut butter, sunflower seed butter, walnut butter, almond butter or cashew butter would all be fine.

Next, I used whole food ingredients, such as gluten-free oats, almond flour, dates. This recipe is vegan, dairy-free, refined sugar free, and gluten-free.

And this easy chocolate cream pie recipe is not only healthier, it is nearly no bake.

I suggest you bake the crust for 15 minutes to give it a crunchy texture but you don't absolutely have to. You can also freeze it, perhaps a better choice in the summer months.

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Okay, so back to this recipe...

Steps to Make This Easy Chocolate Pie

1.First soak or boil the dates for 10 minutes to soften.

2. Make the crust in your blender or food processor. Press into a pan and bake.

3. Next make the easy chocolate cream filling. Microwave the chocolate to melt, and warm the milk. Blend up all ingredients. I used a high speed blender.

4. Pour into the crust, and chill for a few hours until ready to slice!

5. I topped mine with piped vanilla icing just for fun, but you can also drizzle a chocolate sauce or just dollop on whipped cream.

How Do You Make A Chocolate Cream Pie From Scratch?

It's easy! In general making a chocolate cream pie from scratch is just a matter of making a crust and filling. Oats and almond flour make a simple crust. And a filling with dates and milk and chocolate is easy to put together.

Chill and garnish and slice! I topped mine with frosting rosettes but I also have made it more festive with my sugared cranberries here.

My chocolate cream pie is very easy to make.

Q & A on this Healthy Chocolate Cream Pie Recipe

There are a few key questions answered and substitutions about a chocolate cream pie.

Can You Substitute the Coconut Milk in Filling?

Yes, you can use cashews. Soak 1 ½ cups of cashews, rinse and blend into a puree. Use that mixture instead of coconut milk in the filling. You could also test using a different higher fat milk such as cashew milk or oat milk, but then you'd need to triple the amount of cornstarch. I have not tested either of these options though, so do let me know how it goes!

How Do You Set Chocolate Pie?

To set a chocolate pie more firmly, add 1-2 teaspoons of cornstarch to the filling and then simply refrigerate the pie. I have, however, made this pie without the cornstarch and it is still quite firm so no worries if you want to leave off the cornstarch.

Why Is My Chocolate Cream Pie Runny?

If your pie is runny, you need to refrigerate or even freeze it longer. If you make it again, be sure to add cornstarch to the filling to stabilize it.

How Long Is Chocolate Cream Pie Good For?

A chocolate cream pie lasts one week in the refrigerator.

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Healthy Easy Chocolate Cream Pie

Created by Dee Dine

A healthy easy chocolate cream pie, unusually high in protein and full of a creamy nutritious chocolate filling that includes nut or seed butter. No tofu! An easy healthy chocolate pie that will make you and your loved ones feel great. Vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free.

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

Total Time 25 mins

Cuisine vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free

Servings 8

Ingredients

 

US Customary - Metric

Crust

• 1 ¾ cups gluten-free oats
• ¼ cup almond flour Or oat flour
• ¼ cup any nut or seed butter (I used sunflower seed butter here)
• 5 tbsp coconut oil melted
• 2 tbsp maple syrup

Chocolate Cream

• 1 ½ cups full fat coconut milk room-temp
• 6-8 medjool dates softened, pitted
• ¾ cup chocolate chips
• ¼ cup nut butter
• ¼ cup maple syrup
• Pinch of salt
• 2 tsp cornstarch (optional for a thicker texture)

Equipment

• 1 2-cup pyrex measuring cup I make so many of my recipes in this!
• 1 pie or tart pan
• Blender or food processor

Instructions

 

Prep Night Before

• Boil for 10 minutes to soften, or soak dates overnight. Rinse and pit.

Prep

• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• Grease an 9-inch pie or tart pan with coconut oil and set aside.

Make Crust

• Add oats and almond flour to your blender or food processor.
• Process until combined, then add maple syrup, coconut oil, and nut or seed butter, and process until you have a moist crumble.
• Press the dough into the pan, pressIng up on the sides. Use the bottom of a jar to flatten bottom. Flatten the top edge with thumbs to neaten the appearance.
• Bake for about 15 minutes until crust is crunchy and browned.
• Set aside to cool while you make filling.

Make Chocolate Cream Filling

• Make sure dates are softened, rinsed and pitted. Add to a blender with 3 tbsp water and purée into a paste. If using corn starch, add it here and blend again.
• Shake room-temperature cans of coconut milk so contents are blended. If you open the cans and they are separated, either warm quickly in a pan or blend to smooth out. Then measure out 1 ½ cups and add to a 2-cup Pyrex measuring cup.
• Microwave milk for 1 minute to warm. Add the warmed milk to a blender along with soaked, pitted dates. Warming helps dates break down further so you don't have clumps.
• Wash and wipe out the 2-cup Pyrex measuring cup (see how useful a 2-cup Pyrex measuring cup is?) and make sure it’s COMPLETELY dry. Not a spec of moisture. or the chocolate will seize.
• Add the chocolate chips to the dry measuring cup.
• Microwave chips 1 minute and stir until all are melted.
• Pour the warm melted chocolate into the blender with the milk and date mixture. Process until chocolate is combined.
• Add in the nut or seed butter and maple syrup, and process again until mixture is smooth.

Assemble the Pie

• Pour into baked crust. Tap on counter to level top.
• Refrigerate for at least 2 hours until filling has set.
• Top the pie with piped frosting rosettes or just dollop on whipped cream.

Store the Pie

• Store in refrigerator for up to one week. Does not freeze well, mixture cracks.

Notes

Time does not include the overnight soaking of dates, or the 2 hour chilling period after pie is made.

Nutrition

Calories: 448kcalCarbohydrates: 41gProtein: 8gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 20gSodium: 8mgPotassium: 264mgFiber: 5gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 27IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 85mgIron: 4mg

Keyword chocolate cream pie, chocolate mousse pie, vegan chocolate cream pie

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Dee Dine

Dee Dine is founder of Green Smoothie Gourmet, a plant based recipe blog, and author of the recent cookbook, Crazy Healthy with 4 Ingredients and another immunity-boosting smoothie shot book, 4-Ingredient Smoothies + Juices , due out in January 2021. On this blog you'll find incredibly easy recipes with hidden veggies for anyone wanting to eat healthier, regardless of diet. Dee has graduate degrees in sciences and  journalism, editor at The Feedfeed and a nutritional expert at WikiHow. More about Dee Dine here.