Angus Barn Chocolate Chess Pie

5 from 3 votes

Angus Barn Chocolate Chess Pie is a Southern classic dessert. This recipe is a copycat of the most popular pie at Angus Barn Steakhouse in Raleigh, NC. The top has a brownie texture and the middle is creamy chocolate custard. It's served with whip cream and chocolate shavings on top.

Prep Time15

Cook Time55

Total Time1 10

Course: Desserts

Cuisine: American Southern

Servings:

Calories: 182kcal

Author: Kelly Bloom

Equipment

Ingredients

1 pie crust store bought
¼ cup Hershey Cocoa Powder
¼ cup white granulated sugar
¼ cup all purpose flour
4 tablespoon butter melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 large eggs
5 oz evaporated
pinch of salt
chocolate bar to shave for garnish optional
whipped cream for garnish optional

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Instructions

Set the oven rack to the middle of the oven. Preheat your oven to 325° F. Get your pie pan if you are using a pie crust you unroll fit it to the pie pan and crimp the edges. If using a store bought pie crust in a pan, set it out to fill.
1 pie crust
In a medium sized bowl, whisk the cocoa powder and flour together so the cocoa lumps break up. Add the sugar and the pinch of salt, whisk together to blend.
¼ cup Hershey Cocoa Powder, ¼ cup white granulated sugar, ¼ cup all purpose flour, pinch of salt
Break the three eggs into a small bowl, which lightly. Add the melted butter, evaporated milk, and vanilla and whisk to blend.
4 tablespoon butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 3 large eggs, 5 oz evaporated
Pour the liquid ingredients into the bowl of dry ingredients and whisk together to blend.
Pour the chocolate mixture into the prepared pie crust. Only fill ⅔ full if using a shallow pie shell, pour all of it if using a deep crust pie shell. Bake in the middle of the oven for 55 minutes.
Using a tooth pick, check to see if the pie is set in the middle. The tooth pick should come out clean. If there is pie filling on the tooth pick bake in 5 minute increments until it is done.
When the pie is done, turn off the oven and let the pie remain inside to cool down. This will let the pie cool down at the rate the oven cools and prevent the top of the pie from cracking. I crack the oven open so both the pie and the oven cool down at the same time, just faster.
Once cooled, slice and plate. Serve with whipped cream and shaved chocolate.

Notes

If using salted butter, omit the salt from the recipe.
You do not par bake (blind bake) the crust for chess pies. The baking is long enough to cook the crust and prevent it from being soggy.
Be sure to sift the cocoa powder and flour, it breaks the cocoa lumps up best.
Use a pie shield if the crust edges start to get too browned.