Quick, easy, cheap homemade Chocolate Pie!

For birthdays I usually try to make everyone a cake and decorate it by hand. I enjoy doing this and usually have been very creative. This past weekend we celebrated my Father-in-law's 75th birthday and he requested either an apple or a chocolate pie or chocolate cake. I know that my sister-in-law and niece are not fans of cake, so I decided to try my hand at making a homemade chocolate pie. (also since I used up my stock of cake mixes and frosting last month, I figured a chocolate pie would be cheaper!)

I have never made any type of homemade pie before...usually I just make a frozen pie that all I have to do is bake. So this was my challenge.

Ingredients:

2 cups cold milk

2 -3.9oz packages of instant chocolate pudding mix

1 prepared pie crust (I used a chocolate crust)

1- 8oz container of cool whip thawed (I used a low fat cool whip)

1/2 cup chocolate shavings (I used an Easter rabbit and my grater to shave it.)

First you mix both packages of pudding with the milk, using a whisk.

(It helps to have a 4 year old helper to help you whisk!)

Then you spoon 1.5 cups of the prepared pudding into your crust.

Then you mix 1/2 of the container of cool whip with the remaining pudding in your bowl.

Spread this on top of your pudding layer.

 Add Cool whip garnish around the edges.

(I used a piping bag and cake decorating tip for this)

Garnish with chocolate shavings.

Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours.

Enjoy!

The verdict was that the pie was a HUGE success! It was very light and was not too rich. There was only 1 small piece left when we were done. I will be adding this to my recipe files. It was quick, easy to make and cheap!

For my own reasons I did a price make up of this dessert. (Okay ,I did this to prove my mother-in-law wrong that it would be cheaper to buy a frozen pie....)

2 cups milk...$0.22
2 packs pudding...$.90
1 crust...$1.50
1 container cool whip....$0.90
Chocolate shavings...$0.10
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Total cost to make this: $3.62 or $0.45 per serving.

That is what I call a GREAT price for a GREAT pie!

Have you made anything homemade this week? Tell me about it!

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