For this week’s dessert night I made a chocolate cherry pie. I’ve been craving cherries lately and when I found this recipe that included chocolate and whipped cream I had to give it a try!
Needless to say it was a hit and aside from the cooling down periods it was fast and easy to make.
Cherry Chocolate Pie
11 large marshmallows
1/3 cup milk
3 oz milk chocolate (the only milk chocolate I had on hand was some Dove, which worked well)
1 8 oz container Cool Whip, divided
1 graham cracker crust
1 can (21 oz) cherry pie filling
In a saucepan, combine marshmallows, chocolate and milk …read more

It’s not always easy to create a chocolate treat without using milk, but leave it to Alton Brown to find a way! The flickr user who took the picture above decorated hers with crushed cookies, melted chocolate and chocolate-covered espresso beans. Yum!
Alton’s Moo-Free Chocolate Pie
2 cups chocolate chips,
1/3 cup coffee liqueur
1 block silken tofu
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon honey
1 prepared chocolate wafer crust
Place a small metal bowl over a saucepan with simmering water. Melt the chocolate and coffee liqueur in the bowl. Stir in vanilla.
Combine the tofu, chocolate mixture, and honey in the blender jar. Liquefy until smooth.
Pour the filling …read more

During the summer months I try to avoid dessert recipes that require turning the oven on, but I make an exception for this one! We like ours topped with strawberries and peaches.
Chocolate Pizza Pie
3/4 c. butter or margarine
1/2 c. powdered sugar
1 1/2 c. flour
FILLING:
10 oz. chocolate chips
1/4 c. whipping cream
8 oz. cream cheese
GLAZE:
1/4 c. sugar
1 tbsp. cornstarch
1/2 c. pineapple juice
1/2 tsp. lemon juice
Mix butter, sugar and flour and press in pizza pan. Bake at 300 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Melt chocolate chips and whipping cream in microwave, then beat cream cheese into the mixture and spread on top of crust. …read more