These french silk pie bars have a scrumptious chocolate graham cracker crust with a creamy, but light-as-air, silky chocolate filling that tastes like pure magic. We’re speaking dreamy chocolate mousse vibes in each single chew!
Can we speak about how this french silk pie recipe is an absolute favourite pie of mine?! It’s the sort of dessert that makes your shut work pals beg you for the recipe after each feast. And actually? It’s constructed from easy pantry components you in all probability have already got. High it with my favourite home made whipped cream (and even cool whip in a pinch!), or make it further wealthy with somewhat chocolate ganache drizzled on high!
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What’s In These French Silk Pie Bars?
You guys, I like that this recipe makes use of easy pantry components — no strain cooker, no fancy gear past an electrical mixer! Right here’s what you’ll have to make this well-known pie in bar kind. I’m telling you, this can be a whole sport changer for chocolate lovers in every single place:
- chocolate graham crackers (half oreo crust works fantastically too — howdy, oreo cookie crust variation!)
- Dixie Crystals Additional Effective Granulated Sugar
- unsalted butter, room temperature
- bittersweet chocolate or unsweetened chocolate
- cream cheese
- Dixie Crystals Confectioners Powdered Sugar — that powdered sugar makes the filling SO dreamy
- fluffy whipped cream and remaining whipped cream for topping
- chocolate shavings or chocolate curls for the highest of the pie
Recipe Overview and Step Photographs
You’ll Love How Easy This French Silk Pie Recipe Is!
It’s all executed in three very straightforward phases — and I’ve bought step photographs beneath to stroll you thru the entire thing so it’s principally foolproof!
- Make the crust. Crush up the graham crackers in a meals processor, combine the crumbs with melted butter and brown sugars, then press into your ready bread pan or baking dish utilizing the underside of a measuring cup. A bit of parchment paper makes lifting the bars out SO a lot simpler. Bake till set, then cool on a wire rack.
- Make the filling. Soften your bittersweet chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a double boiler on medium-low warmth — or use a big microwave-safe bowl in second intervals, stirring typically. Within the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat your cream cheese and powdered sugar on medium pace till easy. Slowly stream within the chocolate combination and heavy cream. Beat on excessive pace 8-10 minutes, scraping the underside of the bowl with a rubber spatula, till you hit stiff peaks and there are not any white streaks. That silky chocolate filling is actually all the things!
- Chill and High! Unfold the chilled filling into the crust, then pile on fluffy whipped cream and a light-weight dusting of cocoa powder or beautiful chocolate curls.
French Silk Pie Time Savers
In case you’re in a pinch for time, strive substituting one among these shortcuts for his or her coordinating part within the pie.
Easy Pudding Mousse
This straightforward pudding mousse makes use of on the spot pudding and Cool Whip to make a wonderful pie filling in a rush.
Graham Cracker Crust
If you do not have chocolate graham crackers available, don’t fret. This graham cracker crust would style superb with a French Silk Pie filling on high!
The Finest Home made Whipped Cream Recipe
After I’m in a rush, I like to make use of Cool Whip from the shop. However when I haven’t got any available, it is WAY simpler simply to make my very own than it could be to pack all the youngsters within the automotive and take them grocery buying with me. This home made whipped cream comes collectively in a flash, and it will not deflate on you irrespective of how lengthy you retailer it within the fridge.
Ideas, Swaps, and Incessantly Requested Questions
Okay, let’s speak about a couple of issues that’ll make your subsequent time making these bars even higher! First — uncooked eggs. Conventional french silk pie makes use of uncooked eggs that get cooked in a medium saucepan over medium-low warmth with the sugar, whisking always. You possibly can completely do this right here for a extra basic texture. Place saucepan over warmth and use a small bowl to mood your egg yolk if wanted. If uncooked eggs make you nervous, the cream cheese model on this recipe is your BFF — particularly through the summer season months. Second — crust swaps! A store-bought pie crust, a flaky pie crust, or perhaps a flaky crust from your personal home made pastry all work fantastically right here. You might additionally use a store-bought pastry crust pressed into a standard full sized oven-safe baking dish. And if you wish to go full chocolate peanut butter pie bars mode, strive swirling in some peanut butter — SO good! In case you love bars like these, you may also adore this Chocolate & Salted Caramel Pie or this Simple Chocolate Mousse Recipe With No Eggs — each are completely dreamy for chocolate lovers!
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I actually can’t even deal with how scrumptious these french silk pie bars are. Whether or not you’re making mini french silk pies in a muffin tin, a full ok french silk pie for a crowd, or these superb bars on your subsequent feast, the style of that chocolate filling may have everybody swooning. Baker’s Sq. who?! You’ll want to verify the top of this submit and the printable model of the recipe for all the small print. And should you’re a fan of indulgent no-fuss desserts, you’ll additionally love this Grandma’s Well-known Chocolate Trifle and this beautiful White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake — significantly, should make this complete lineup. Now go make these bars and tag me! 🍫🙌
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French Silk Pie Bars Recipe
Yield:
16 Servings
Prep Time:
half-hour
Energetic Time:
40 minutes
Chill Time:
4 hours
Complete Time:
5 hours 10 minutes
These French Silk Pie Bars ship all of the wealthy, velvety indulgence of a basic French silk pie in a handy, grab-and-go bar format. A buttery almond-pecan crust serves as the bottom for a light-weight and ethereal sugar-free chocolate filling, topped with fluffy whipped cream — making them a dreamy keto-friendly dessert with simply 2–3g internet carbs per bar.
Elements
For the Crust
- 1 cup finely floor blanched almond flour
- ½ cup finely chopped pecans
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon powdered erythritol
- Pinch of salt
For the French Silk Filling
- 4 oz unsweetened baking chocolate, finely chopped
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 1 cup powdered erythritol (or powdered monk fruit sweetener)
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 4 massive eggs, room temperature (pasteurized really useful)
For the Whipped Topping
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 tablespoons powdered erythritol
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Non-obligatory Garnish
- Sugar-free chocolate shavings or cocoa powder dusting
Directions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a 9×9-inch baking pan with parchment paper, leaving overhang on the perimeters for straightforward removing.
- In a medium bowl, stir collectively the almond flour, chopped pecans, melted butter, powdered erythritol, and salt till evenly mixed and the combination resembles moist sand.
- Press the combination firmly and evenly into the underside of the ready pan.
- Bake for 10–12 minutes, till the perimeters are golden and the middle seems set. Take away from the oven and let cool fully earlier than including the filling.
- Soften the unsweetened baking chocolate in a double boiler or in 30-second microwave intervals, stirring between every, till totally easy. Put aside to chill to room temperature.
- In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the softened butter on medium-high pace for 3–4 minutes till very mild and fluffy.
- Add the powdered erythritol and beat for one more 2 minutes, scraping down the bowl as wanted.
- Drizzle within the cooled melted chocolate and vanilla extract. Beat on medium till totally integrated and silky.
- With the mixer operating on medium pace, add the eggs separately, beating for five full minutes after every addition. This step creates the signature mild, mousse-like French silk texture.
- Unfold the filling evenly over the fully cooled crust and easy the highest with an offset spatula.
- In a clear, chilled bowl, beat the heavy whipping cream, powdered erythritol, and vanilla extract collectively on excessive pace till stiff peaks kind.
- Unfold or pipe the whipped cream evenly over the chocolate filling.
- Cowl the pan loosely with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at the least 4 hours, or in a single day for greatest outcomes.
- Utilizing the parchment overhang, raise the slab out of the pan and place on a slicing board.
- Utilizing a pointy knife cleaned between cuts, slice right into a 4×4 grid for 16 bars.
- Garnish with sugar-free chocolate shavings or a light-weight dusting of cocoa powder if desired. Serve and revel in!
Notes
Pasteurized eggs are strongly really useful because the filling shouldn’t be heat-treated. Do not skip the beating time on the eggs — every 5-minute beat is what transforms a dense fudge filling into that iconic silky, ethereal texture. Sweetener tip: Use powdered (not granulated) erythritol or monk fruit blends, as they dissolve significantly better. Chocolate word: Unsweetened baking chocolate (100% cacao) retains carbs very low whereas delivering deep, intense taste — don’t substitute milk or semi-sweet chocolate. Retailer bars in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 5 days, or freeze (with out whipped topping) for as much as 1 month.
