Reviewed: May 18, 2012

Wow, I am so bummed. I tried so hard to make this recipe. I totally destroyed it! :( I will try again though, when I have more time.

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bluebee

Reviewed: Apr. 22, 2012

Good recipe. Found it too sweet though. I would only use half a cup of sugar, using half of it for the egg white meringue. I would also make sure to thoroughly mix the sugar into the butter mixture so that there is no grainy texture.

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jkittycat

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Mar. 12, 2012

Sugar-ier and heavier than I'd hoped. Still on the prowl for the perfect French silk chocolate recipe.

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Reviewed: Mar. 7, 2012

Great recipe. But there are some things to consider. If you are going to ad a layer of whip cream doubling the recipe may not be necessary. If you do double it only add 1 cup of sugar total other wise it is way too sweet. It is not necessary to double the butter however leave that at 1/2 cup. I also had the problem of the pie tasting granular. And just when I was about to toss it out and start over with powdered sugar the granules went away. The key is to beat it on high not medium for 5 minutes each egg. I didn't use real eggs either I used the stuff in the box. Turned out great. If you don't have a stand mixer I would say to use powdered sugar off of the bat. If you do have a stand mixer make it!! It is a great pie but beat the living daylights out of it so its not grainy!!

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Lovetobake918

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Rosemount, Minnesota, USA

Living In: Bay City, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 4, 2012

I followed the directions exactly and got a runny pie that never set. It seemed like it was missing ingredients.

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mnyrac

Reviewed: Feb. 23, 2012

This pie was really easy to make! But it came out way too sweet because I doubled the recipe like many of the reviews suggested. My suggestion - if you don't want to be eating granules and crunching on every bite of your 'silk' pie, leave the sugar to about one cup. Other than that, it would have been perfect.

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samanthamiku

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Feb. 16, 2012

Super easy to make and my husband loved it!

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Nicci Van Cleve

Reviewed: Feb. 4, 2012

I only had a hand mixer, so that may have contributed, but overall, had to add an extra egg, and the sugar remained grainy in the end product :(

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emb.osu

Reviewed: Jan. 25, 2012

This did not set up at all. It had the consistency and taste of melted chocolate ice cream in a pie shell. Don't go through all the trouble of making this when you can get the same results by melting ice cream...I followed the recipe, beat the eggs for as long as it said and it still didn't work. And I agree it didn't make all that much either.

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Cake-batter-nevermore

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Iowa Park, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 23, 2012

This is presented as a dump recipe, with all ingredients dumped together. It is NOT a dump recipe. Take all of the sugar and process in a food processor, or buy ultra fine sugar at the store. 1/4 cup of that sugar keep aside. Use 3 eggs. Separate the eggs, reserve the whites. Heat the chocolate, but don't add it to the butter until everything goes together. Take the egg whites and the reserved sugar and make a meringue. Now add the warm chocolate to the cold butter-mix, mixing well. now fold in the meringue, not mixing, not beating, you want the air to stay in the egg whites. Chill this quickly, the butter thats in this needs to only be warm enough to work with the whole time for this recipe. If the butter runs, it's ruined. Hope this helps all of you. remember, yolks with the butter, whites with the sugar, this will help keep things as light-textured as possible. enjoy

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