Chocolate Raspberry Pie is a no-bake dessert featuring a chocolate cookie crust, a layer of raspberry puree and a layer of lightly sweetened cream cheese crowned with a chocolate ganache topped with more raspberries for garnish (optional, of course).
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Raspberry and chocolate is a great combination--kind of like peanut butter and chocolate or Lucy and Desi.
And a no-bake pie is a no-brainer, especially for warm weather months.
You'll have to use your stove top or microwave to reduce the raspberries with a bit of sugar and cornstarch.
I used a ready-made chocolate Oreo crust but you can make a graham cracker crust--no need to bake a graham cracker crust unless you want to.
But other than that you'll just be chilling the pie once you have it layered.
If you love chocolate and raspberry, you should try Best White Chocolate Raspberry Muffins, White Chocolate Raspberry Cookies and White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake. You might also like Raspberry Lemon cookies.
Why You'll Love This Pie
- Easy ingredients: frozen raspberries and ready-made pie crust make this a make anytime dessert.
- No bake recipe.
- Travels well perfect for taking to potlucks.
- Economical: create this raspberry chocolate pie for under $10.
- Make up to a week ahead and tuck into your freezer.
Chocolate Raspberry Pie Ingredients
- Ready made chocolate cookie or graham cracker pie crust or make your own homemade graham cracker crust.
- Frozen raspberries--she's the star baby
- Sugar-to sweeten the berries, which can be pretty tart
- Cornstarch-to thicken the berry puree
- Heavy cream--used in both the pie mixture and with the chocolate to make a chocolate ganache topping.
- Cream cheese-adds heft and richness to a no-bake pie
- More sugar-adds sweetness to the cream cheese
- Vanilla extract--flavor enhancer.
Tools to Make Chocolate Raspberry Pie
How to Make This No-Bake Pie
- Prepare raspberry puree by bringing raspberries, cornstarch and sugar to a boil in a sauce pan and then reduce heat and simmer for about 8 minutes or until mixture has thickened slightly and berries have largely broken down. Set aside.
- Prepare the cheesecake mixture. Beat heavy cream on medium speed using a hand mixer or stand mixer until soft peaks form. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat softened cream cheese, vanilla and sugar until thoroughly mixed and smooth with no little lumps of cream cheese remaining.
- Fold in the cream you've whipped and stir together.
- Pour raspberry mixture onto the prepared pie crust.
- Top the raspberry puree with the cream cheese topping. Spread with a spatula or an offset knife to the edges of the pie crust. Chill.
- Make the chocolate ganache topping while the chocolate raspberry pie chills.
- Heat 3 Tablespoons of heavy cream either in a small sauce pot on your stove top or in a microwave in a glass bowl until boiling.
- Pour the cream over 2 ounces of chocolate--either chocolate chunks or chips or disks.
- Stir the cream and chocolate together until the two combine and become glossy.
- Remove pie from chiller and pour chocolate ganache over the top. Spread into a thin layer with an offset spatula.
- Chill until ready to serve.
Chocolate Raspberry Pie Steps
You'll pour this over your cream cheese layer in the no-bake pie.
Recipe Tips
If you're unfamiliar with melting chocolate, this tutorial on how to melt chocolate will be useful.
I think melting chocolate is easier and more foolproof using a double boiler but if you want to go with the microwave method, I won't stand in your way!
Top with Chocolate Ganache
Do raspberries and chocolate pair well?
Yes. Because chocolate, especially dark chocolate is bitter, the candy matches wonderfully with sweet fruits like berries, including raspberries, strawberries and blackberries.
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Chocolate Raspberry Pie: No-Bake
Chocolate Raspberry Pie is a no-bake dessert featuring a chocolate cookie crust, a layer of raspberry puree and a layer of lightly sweetened cream cheese crowned with a chocolate ganache topped with more raspberries for garnish (optional, of course).
Ingredients
- 1 9-inch chocolate cookie crust or graham cracker crust
- Raspberry Puree Layer
- 2 cups frozen raspberries
- 3 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
- Filling
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup heavy cream
- Chocolate Ganache Layer
- 2 ounces of chocolate (semi-sweet or dark)
- 3 Tablespoons heavy cream
Instructions
Prepare raspberry puree by bringing raspberries, cornstarch and sugar to a boil in a sauce pan and then reduce heat and simmer for about 8 minutes or until mixture has thickened slightly and berries have largely broken down.
Set aside.
Prepare the cheesecake mixture. Beat heavy cream on medium speed using a hand mixer or stand mixer until soft peaks form.
Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, beat softened cream cheese, vanilla and sugar until thoroughly mixed and smooth with no little lumps of cream cheese remaining.
Fold in the cream you've whipped and stir together.
Pour raspberry mixture onto the prepared pie crust.
Top the raspberry puree with the cream cheese. Spread with a spatula or an offset knife to the edges of the pie crust. Chill.
Make the chocolate ganache topping while the chocolate raspberry pie chills.
Heat 3 Tablespoons of heavy cream either in a small sauce pot on your stove top or in a microwave in a glass bowl until boiling.
Pour the cream over 2 ounces of chocolate--either chocolate chunks or chips or disks.
Stir the cream and chocolate together until the two combine and become glossy.
Remove pie from fridge and pour chocolate ganache over the top. Spread into a thin layer with an offset spatula.
Chill until ready to serve.
Notes
You have choices for the chocolate in the chocolate ganache layer. Use either semi-sweet chocolate chips or dark chocolate disks or chunks. You could also use bittersweet chocolate chunks.
Garnish with fresh raspberries (optional).
Whipped cream is also an optional garnish.
Store pie, covered, in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
Freeze pie in a freezer-safe resealable container for up to a week. Thaw in fridge for a couple of hours before serving.
You might also like to try this Easy White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Pie
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Nutrition Information
Yield 8 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 207Total Fat 11gSaturated Fat 7gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 3gCholesterol 28mgSodium 35mgCarbohydrates 25gFiber 3gSugar 20gProtein 3g
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