Reduced-Fat Chocolate Cream Pie

Name: Reduced-Fat Chocolate Cream Pie
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 8 whole, chocolate graham crackers, broken into 1-inch pieces; 3 tablespoons, granulated sugar; 3 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted and cooled; 1 ounce (28 grams), neufchatel cheese, softened; 1/2 cup (3 1/2 ounces/99 grams), granulated sugar; 3 tablespoons, cornstarch; 2 tablespoons, Dutch-processed cocoa; 1/8 teaspoon, salt; 2 1/2 cups, whole milk; 1 , large egg, lightly beaten; 4 ounces (113 grams), bittersweet chocolate, chopped fine; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1/2 cup, heavy cream; 1 tablespoon, confectioners' sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, vanilla extract

Desserts or Baked Goods
Chocolate
Light
Dessert Pies
Holiday
Thanksgiving
Valentines Day

Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2012

Healthier pie with real butter in the crust, real chocolate and milk in the pudding, and real heavy cream in the topping? Really?

SERVES 8

TIME 1 hour, plus 3½ hours cooling

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