How To Make Chocolate Orange Pie
Enjoy bites of sweet and zesty filling with this rich chocolate orange pie, made with a bittersweet crust, for a decadent dessert!
Serves:
Ingredients
For Crust:
- 24Oreo Cookies,(1 package)
- ¼cupunsalted butter,melted
For Orange Filling:
- 3.5ozorange Jell-O,(1 package)
- 2tsporange extract
- ½cuporange juice
- 2½cupswhipped topping
- 11ozmandarin orange segments,(1 can)
For Chocolate Ganache Topping:
- 1cupheavy cream
- 12ozsemi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
Crust:
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Place the Oreo cookies in a food processor and pulse until crushed. Add in melted butter and continue pulsing until well combined.
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Press into an 8-inch pie pan and refrigerate.
Orange Filling:
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Place Jell-o, orange extract, and ⅔ cups of boiling water in a bowl. Stir until dissolved.
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Pour ½ cup of orange juice into a measuring cup. Add enough ice to fill the measuring cup.
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Pour into the jello and stir until slightly thickened. Remove any remaining ice. Whisk in whipped topping.
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Refrigerate until it can hold its shape.
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Drain the mandarin oranges and place on paper towels to remove any excess moisture.
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Mound ½ of the orange filling into the crust. Top with mandarin oranges and remaining Jell-o mixture.
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Refrigerate at least 30 minutes or until set before adding ganache topping.
Ganache Topping:
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Heat heavy cream to boiling. Pour over the chocolate chips and let sit for 4 minutes without stirring. Whisk until the mixture becomes dark and thick. Let cool for a few minutes if needed.
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Pour approximately 1 cup of ganache over the pie.
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Let cool on the counter for 20 to 30 minutes. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.
Decoration:
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Cool remaining ganache to room temperature. Place in a piping bag and pipe along the edges of the pie. Top with reserved orange slices.
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Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 645.84kcal
- Fat: 40.65g
- Saturated Fat: 22.68g
- Trans Fat: 0.27g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 13.47g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.49g
- Carbohydrates: 73.44g
- Fiber: 4.54g
- Sugar: 55.86g
- Protein: 6.38g
- Cholesterol: 70.26mg
- Sodium: 215.90mg
- Calcium: 79.19mg
- Potassium: 395.15mg
- Iron: 5.81mg
- Vitamin A: 212.34µg
- Vitamin C: 29.16mg
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