For the crust
- Cooking sprayfor pie dish
- 10 Graham crackers
- 6 tbsp Buttermelted
- ⅓ cup Granulated sugar
- Kosher Saltto taste
For the pie
- 3 cups Whole milk
- 4 Egg yolks
- ¾ cup Sugar
- ⅓ cup Cornstarch
- 1½ tsp Cinnamon
- ⅓ tsp Cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 2 cups dark Chocolate chips
For the topping
- 1 cup Marshmallow creme
- 1 cup Whipped topping
For garnish:
- Chocolate shavings
Mexican Hot Chocolate Pie
This Mexican Hot Chocolate Pie is such a delicious chilled dessert to make for your Cinco de Mayo party this year. It boasts all the flavors that make Mexican hot chocolate different to normal hot chocolate – namely cinnamon for spiciness and cayenne pepper for heat!
Start this cake by mixing crushed graham crackers with butter, sugar and salt. Bake until golden. Make the pie filling by mixing milk and egg yolks with sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, cayenne pepper and salt and bringing it to a boil before adding butter, vanilla and chocolate chips. Top with a whipped marshmallow topping and serve chilled. Yum!
To make Mexican Hot Chocolate Pie, you will need the following ingredients:
Steps to make Mexican Hot Chocolate Pie
1 | Heat oven | 5 |
Preheat the oven to 350 °F. Lightly grease a pie dish with cooking spray. | ||
2 | Make the pie crust | 3 |
Place 10 graham crackers in a food processor and pulse until they resemble fine crumbs. Transfer to a bowl and add 6 tablespoons of melted butter, ⅓ cup of granulated sugar and a pinch of kosher salt. Mix well until fully combined. | ||
3 | Bake crust | 10 |
Transfer the graham cracker mixture to the pie dish and press down to make a crust. Bake in the oven for 8 - 10 minutes until the crust is golden. Remove from the oven and leave to cool. | ||
4 | Combine milk and egg yolks | 2 |
Whisk 3 cups of whole milk and 4 egg yolks together in a bowl until fully combined. | ||
5 | Mix dry ingredients | 1 |
Mix ¾ cup of sugar, ⅓ cup of cornstarch, 1½ teaspoons of cinnamon, ⅓ teaspoon of cayenne pepper and 1 teaspoon of salt together in a small saucepan until fully combined. | ||
6 | Add milk mixture | 1 |
Pour the milk and egg mixture into the saucepan and whisk until there are no lumps remaining. | ||
7 | Bring to a boil | 3 |
Bring the pie mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 1 minute. | ||
8 | Add remaining ingredients | 3 |
Remove the saucepan from the heat. Add 2 tablespoons of butter, 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract and 2 cups of dark chocolate chips. Stir continuously until completely melted. | ||
9 | Add pie filling to crust | 2h |
Pour the pie filling mixture into the prepared pie crust. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours until firm. | ||
10 | Make marshmallow topping | 2 |
Mix 1 cup of marshmallow creme gently with 1 cup of whipped topping. | ||
11 | Serve | |
Spoon the marshmallow topping onto the center of the pie and spread it out evenly. Garnish with chocolate shavings and serve. | ||
Recipe Reviews
Heaven on earth with every bite I thought I was flying it's delish.
Becareful when adding vanilla extract people if you add to much it will taste aweful!!
Chocolate lovers dream right here along with the chocolate salami.
Never made anything like this in my life so going to try it out today.
Great recipe thanks so much for taking the time to share it with us.
Mexican hot pie? Well I'll be damned.
I swapped a few things around in this like the graham crackers I used normal vanilla crackers instead, dark chocolate was switched to milk chocolate and then I didn't add the pepper cause It didn't feel right.
Needed a tad more sugar and cinnamon but other than that fine.
Such a unique dish I'm astonished I've never even tried it before!
Takes a while to make it but it's worth.
A spicy cake isn't really my kinda thing but my Mexican boyfriend and ma were quite happy so i guess it's gonna stick around in my book until I get the taste for it too.
Okay so I just read the ingridents...what the heck? It looks amazing though.
Kinda expensive to make this but it was worth it, totally different and delicious dessert.
Why is there cayenne pepper in this?
Of course it would be Jelena with the most unique freaking dessert on the planet!
No thanks I think I'll stick with the churro apple pie and leave this for my crazy kids.
Did NOT like the pepper in this at all and I know that's the point but I will not be adding it the second time around.
Surprised that this was actually good like..graham crackers--sugar and then CAYENNE PEPPERS?! Looool.
Certainly weird tasting cause the pepper but it's not bad at all!
Wonderful dessert for any time of the week or even an event/birthday party though you'd have to make two cause the cake is kinda small.
Yummy-yummy! Chocola-a-ate!!!
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