Reviewed: Dec. 16, 2008

I made this pie as one of my desserts for Thanksgiving. It looked beautiful. The filling was perfect, The Meringue made up wonderfully and baked wonderfully. I took it out of the fridge a couple of minutes before serving and when I cut into it....it was pure WATER!!!!!! Nothing from this pie could be saved. I have been cooking for 15+ years and this just suprised me. I would not make this again. The filling was great reminded me of pudding.

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PurposelySuprina

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Eakly, Oklahoma, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 1, 2008

This pie was not very good. The chocolate did not set properly and there was not nearly enough filling at least for a deep dish pie crust. If I were to make this again I would double the filling and cook for double the amount of time until it is extremely thick.

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staceywatts

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Living In: Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 30, 2008

Wonderful pie and I gave it 5 stars becuase all the other reviewers had success but must have done something wrong. The meringue turned out great and the flavor is wonderful but my custard didn't set properly. This is the first meringue pie recipe I've tried to make. Any ideas or hints for the amatuer?

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Debs Kitchen

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: May 27, 2008

Awesome! Just like grandma used to make. This is the first time I have made a homemade chocolate pie and it turned out great. Followed recipe exactly. YUMMYYYY!!!!

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Yummy 4 Tummy

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Cookeville, Tennessee, USA

Living In: Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Reviewed: May 5, 2008

This turned out well, except I personally would have preferred the taste of smooth rich chocolate opposed to the taste of the cocoa powder in this recipe. Despite that, this was a good dish. Although I decided to make my own Short pastry and made the pies into miniature individual sizes rather than one large pie. Turned out good. Thanks.

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Alimay

Cooking Level: Professional

Home Town: Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Reviewed: Nov. 11, 2007

This is very good, just what I've been looking for. I usually make a cream pie so I'm used to a lot more filling and meringue. Next time I'll double the recipe which will take care of both problems for me. Definitely a keeper!

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goddess

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Campbell, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 4, 2007

I loved this recipe. I did add more merigue then the recipe called for. Also if I make this recipe again I will prbably put it into a graham cracker crust instead of a regular pie crust. The filling was excellent!

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Erica

Reviewed: Jan. 30, 2007

I ended up having to triple this recipe to fill the pie crust. I added extra egg whites because we like our meringue piled high. The pie tasted good and I will make this again. I gave it 3 stars only because I had made and poured the first batch before I realizes that I would need more filling.

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TRACEYE58

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Macedon, New York, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 28, 2006

I made this pie tonight, I haven't tasted the finished product, however, the chocolate custard is very good. One BIG note, however, if you are trying to fill a 9" pie crust you MUST TRIPLE the recipe. I wound up making 2 batches, one regular (which only filled about 1/2" of the bottom of the crust) and one double batch. Tripled this recipe fills the pie to the edge of the crust.

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OMyStarz

Reviewed: Nov. 10, 2005

The pie was very good but since I've worked in kitchens all my life I knew that this recipe needed some tweaking. when making the meringue the recipe doesn't specifically tell you how many egg whites. and two will hardly do the job if you like meringue. If I am going to go through the trouble of making this masterpiece I want it to be spectacular. so I used 5 egg whites. if you've never made anything with stiff egg whites. whip them like crazy. make sure they are stiff peaks, you should be able to turn the bowl upside down with out them so much as moving. The meringue will fail if you do not get the whites whipped correct. I did not have a problem with the filling it was very good. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is the issue of the egg whites. that was quite confusing in the recipe especially if someone has never made anything like this. These are fun pies to make! good luck and good eating!

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