Happy Pi Day! March 14th or 3-14, get it? So today we celebrate with a Chocolate Hershey Bar Pie Recipe.
I heard about Pi Day a few years ago and the nerdy side of me loves the idea of celebrating Math Holidays. Plus, it’s a good excuse to make pie! Who doesn’t love pie? We clearly do. This fall we shared our recipe forchocolate pecan pieand I’m sure there are more pie recipes to come in the future.
Oh right, back to pi. Pi is the constant used to calculate the circumference of circles. To honor pie day we’ll probably try and do a few of these activities with our kids. But you can’t eat mathematicalconstants so we’ll also celebrate with pie. Pie is a circle after all. So is pizza so maybe we’ll havepizza piefor dinner since we already devoured the Hersheys Chocolate Pie seen in the accompanying pictures (apparently, you have to get up pretty early to beat Greg to the last slice which I didn’t hide well enough in the fridge).
Chocolate Hershey Bar Pie Recipe
This recipe is for my Great Aunt Sarah’s Nickel Hershey Bar Pie. I can’t remember the first time we had it, but it became a favorite. Not really sure where the recipe originated, but clearly it isn’t recent since chocolate bars cost WAY more than a nickel. I did a little quick Hershey Bar History research and learned that Hershey discontinued it’s 5 cent bar on November 24, 1969. So that’s going back a few years. If you visit the Hershey Web Sitethere’s a cool timeline of the company.
The crust for this pie is your basic graham cracker crust. We are a huge fan of graham cracker crust and we also use it on our Easy Ice Cream Pie. We simply prepare our crust by mixing together graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and melted butter. Then we just press it into the pie plate. Simple and delicious, but everyone has their own method for making perfect graham cracker pie crust.
Add in some melted chocolate and marshmallows and you get a delicious combination of s’more ingredients. Plus whipped cream and almonds. Yum!
This pie comes together pretty quickly and easily. Assuming you have good directions. When I recently tried recreating this recipe using the several times re-written by hand instructions from my family, I unknowingly ended up with way more graham cracker crust than I needed. I poured the crust into the pie plate, and it basically filled the entire pie plate leaving no room for the filler! Oops. I think the original recipe must have been for a deep dish or springform pan. We’ve modified the recipe below for a normal shallow pie pan, but if you are looking to make a deep dish chocolate pie, double the graham cracker crust ingredients and use a much bigger pan! It was a moment of hilarity when I realized I had made way too much crust. Those mistake moments can be frustrating, but they are also what make cooking fun. If you screw up, you can just try again! And remember, some of the best recipes are born from mistakes. Hmmm, now I have a second crust to fill. What should I make?!
I would recommend making this pie the night before serving since it will need time to refrigerate and it’ssoooo much easier to cut and serve if you let it chill a while. Also, when serving, some dark chocolate shavings and whipped cream are great compliments! Enjoy!
Chocolate Hershey Bar Pie Recipe
Print Rate
Prep Time: 1 hour hour
Total Time: 1 hour hour
Servings: 8 -10 slices
Ingredients
- 9 graham cracker sheets , crushed (usually one sleeve of crackers)
- 1 T . powdered sugar
- 1/3 c . melted butter
- 16 marshmallows
- 1/2 c . milk
- 6 pk of Hershey bars with almonds (6 1.45 oz bars or 8.7 oz)
- 1 c . whipping cream
- 1 tsp . vanilla
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350.
Prepare crust by mixing together graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and melted butter.
Press into greased pie plate.
Turn off oven, place crust in oven for 15 minutes.
Remove crust and cool.
Drop marshmallows and broken up chocolate bars into milk in a small sauce pan.
Melt on low heat until all chocolate and marshmallows are completely melted.
Let chocolate mixture cool to pudding like consistency and then add vanilla.
Whip the cream not too stiff.
Fold whipped cream into chocolate mixture.
Pour filling into crust and refrigerate (preferable overnight).
Nutrition
Serving: 1g
FAQs
The 'Hershey Process' Is Still a Trade Secret
Milk chocolate was originally a luxury item because it was so difficult to keep the milk from spoiling before it could be incorporated into the chocolate.
Can you use a Hershey bar for baking? ›
If you want to add a little more crunch to your recipe, try using a HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate with Almonds Giant Bar , cut into bite-sized bits. When you pull them out of the oven and your whole house smells like freshly baked cookies, you'll be glad you gave this recipe a try.
What is Hershey pie made of? ›
Hershey Pie is a chocolate mousse pie served in a ready-made graham cracker crust. This 3-ingredient dessert is light, creamy, decadent, and so delicious. This is one of the best easy pie recipes with few ingredients. The only ingredients you need are Hershey's milk chocolate, a graham cracker crust, and Cool Whip.
How many Hershey squares in a bar? ›
Hershey bars have looked basically the same forever. Each milk chocolate bar is molded with 12 break-away rectangles of chocolate that make for easy snacking and sharing, and each little rectangle is emblazoned with the Hershey's name.
What is the oldest candy? ›
The first candy was used by the Ancient Egyptians for cult purposes. In ancient times, Egyptians, Arabs, and Chinese made candies with fruits and nuts that caramelized with honey. The two oldest candy types are licorice and ginger. The historical roots of licorice are found in the early years of man's appearance.
What is the oldest candy bar? ›
Fry & Sons and currently manufactured by Cadbury. Launched in 1866—nineteen years after Fry's created the first moulded, solid chocolate eating bar (in 1847)— Fry's Chocolate Cream is the first mass-produced chocolate bar and is the world's oldest chocolate bar brand.
Can I bake with regular chocolate bar? ›
Can I use normal chocolate instead of baking chocolate? Yes, normal eating chocolate can widely be used as a substitute for baking chocolate in almost any recipe. However, due to the fact that eating chocolate already has quite a bit of sugar added to it, you may want to reduce the sugar in your recipe accordingly.
What chocolate bar is good for baking? ›
Semisweet and bittersweet
Luckily, the delightfully balanced effect of either semisweet or bittersweet chocolate on a baked good is about the same. The 60 to 70% range is (no pun intended) the sweet spot for most recipes and most personal tastes as it provides some of the astringency of dark without going whole hog.
What is BK Hershey pie? ›
Say hello to our HERSHEY'S®? Sundae Pie. One part crunchy chocolate crust and one part chocolate crème filling, garnished with a delicious topping of fudge drizzle and real HERSHEY'S®? Chocolate Chips.
How long does Hershey chocolate pie last? ›
Store in refrigerator up to 3 days. Keep frozen.
A choco pie is a snack cake consisting of two small round layers of cake with marshmallow filling and a chocolate covering. The term originated in America but is now also used widely in South Korea, Japan, and its exports, and many other countries as either a brand name or a generic term.
What is the square of a Hershey bar called? ›
HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate bar are called? Each one is. a "pip." Share a pip with your friends today!
What is one section of a Hershey bar called? ›
A Pip. A pip is a piece of chocolate, like a piece of a Hershey's candy bar can be considered a pip.
What is a single square of a Hershey bar called? ›
Seemingly out of nowhere, Hershey's decided to brand the segments of their chocolate bars as 'pips. ' Not the full candy bar, mind you. Rather, they decided to name the little pieces that make up one.
What gives Hershey's its unique flavor? ›
"Butyric acid." Butyric acid comes from the milk fats in the chocolate. In a process called lipolysis, the fatty acids in the milk decompose, resulting in a rancid, or "goaty" taste. Hershey's purposefully puts their chocolate through controlled lipolysis, giving it that unique flavor.
What makes Hershey chocolate unique? ›
Why does Hershey's chocolate taste so good? Hershey's has a delicious, unique taste because of the farm fresh milk that is used! HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate is one of the only milk chocolate brands in the world that still uses fresh milk in its production, giving it a distinctive taste.
What companies have secret formulas? ›
In this article, we will look at some of the most famous trade secrets in business history.
- Introduction. ...
- Coca-Cola's Secret Recipe. ...
- Google's Algorithm. ...
- Kentucky Fried Chicken's Recipe. ...
- Apple's Product Design. ...
- WD-40's Formula. ...
- Coca-Cola's Marketing Strategy. ...
- IBM's Corporate Culture.
The additives of sugar and fat in both milk chocolate and white chocolate trigger sweet taste receptors which releases dopamine and entice consumption to be repeated.
