Death By Chocolate Pie

 
Death By Chocolate Pie is a chocolate lovers dream with its Oreo cookie crust and a creamy chocolate filling loaded with homemade brownie pieces and chocolate whipped cream. Try my Chocolate Cheesecake for another decadent dessert.
Death By Chocolate Pie
If any dessert will make chocolate lovers unite this is it! Its a dessert that is loaded and that is not an exaggeration with chocolate! From the Oreo crust to the chocolate and brownie filling this is the richest most chocolatey cheesecake pie you will ever taste!

Death By Chocolate Pie Recipe
With chocolate as the main ingredient in this pie it certainly fits in the death by chocolate category! There are a few steps to this recipe but it is not as difficult to make as it looks. Plus its an impressive dessert that is fun to show off and share!
Make the Brownies
The first thing you are going to need to make for this recipe is the brownies. They will need time to cool before you cut them into pieces to add to the filling. Prepare brownies in a parchment paperlined 99inch pan and bake according to the recipe below.
Remove brownies and allow them to come to room temperature. You can chill the brownies for about 30 minutes in the freezer after they have come to room temperature. I found that not only does this lock in flavor but it is easier to cut chilled brownies.
How to Make the Crust
If possible make your own crust for the Death By Chocolate Pie. The storebought crusts are okay but they just arent up to par with the homemade ones. To make the Oreo cookie crust you could buy it or crush about 20 of the sandwich cookies with the filling removed.
If you have to crush your own cookies add them to a food processor and process until you have a fine crumb. You could also use a rolling pin to roll over the cookies that are in sealed plastic baggies to get them into fine crumbs. A hammer also works but just gentle taps!
Combine the crushed cookies and melted butter in a medium bowl until the mixture is combined. When mixing together the ingredients with a fork make sure every single crumb is coated in butter. The butter acts as the binding agent so when you see recipes that have piles of crumbs left on the plate it is usually because they were not