Chocolate Pumpkin Cream Pie

I hope yall are not sick of the pumpkin craze yet! It's only September, after all! I live with a chocolate lover. And a pumpkin lover. And the lover of anything pumpkin-chocolate. So once the fall season rolls around, it's pumpkin everything in this house. It isn't quite cold enough yet thought to not enjoy a good cold cream pie. I found this pie is perfect with a cup of coffee, and of course, for breakfast!

The recipe:

For the crust

2 cups of crushed Chocolate Graham crackers

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup melted butter

Combine ingredients and press into pie tin. Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes.

For the Filling:

2/3 cup sugar

2.5 squares of unsweetened chocolate

1/2 cup corn starch

2 cups almond milk

1/3 cup heavy cream

Tbsp pumpkin pie spice

1/2 cup pumpkin

3 egg yolk

In a dutch cooker, heat sugar, chocolate, corn starch, pie spice and slowly stir in almond milk and cream. Stir for 10 minutes constantly, and then once combined, cook for another 10 minutes, only stirring occasionally. Temper your egg yolk (make sure you wisk them first) with a few spoonfuls of the hot chocolate filling, and then combine eggs, stirring for another 5 minutes until fully combined, after you take it off the heat, stir in pumpkin and spices. Spoon into baked (and cooled) pie crust and refrigerate for 3-4 hours. {you can use whole milk instead of almond milk, but because of my intolerance to milk, I tried to make this so I could at least enjoy a few bites!}

For the Cream:

1 1/2 cup heavy cream

2/3 cup confectioners sugar

vanilla bean

nutmeg

cinnamon

Whip cream and sugar and spice to your liking until peaks form and your cream stiffens. Refrigerate for 30 minutes before topping your pie.  

I am so happy I have been making more time to bake and make desserts lately. I love it more than just about anything, and I can't wait to make it a bigger part of our life soon....

{The coffee mug is from Jade Flower, a gift from Danielle, and the tea towel is from our booth neighbor at Renegade, Ktaadn, the plate is vintage.}

Do you like cream pie? What's your favorite kind? If you try this recipe, link up to me and let me know how it comes out! I have a list full of things to do today, so back to it. Enjoy your Thursday!

xo,

Beca