Recipe Weekend Pt II: Product Review: Wholly Wholesome Chocholate Pie Crust

Yesterday I spoke with you about Wholly Wholesome and their wonderful graham cracker pie shell. Today I'm going to talk with you about their sublime CHOCOLATE pie shell!


Last weekend we used the Chocolate Pie Shell which is the equivalent of crushed up Oreo type chocolate cookies made into a graham cracker style pie shell, for ye old Chcolate Dream Pie!  The pie shell is made with unbleached wheat flour, organic cane sugar, cocoa, organic palm and safflower oils, whole wheat flower, molasses and natural vanilla. Which means it's GOOD for you!


Like the graham cracker crust, we found that the chocolate pie shell was not hard, but crumbled nicely when cut, staying together just enough to be served and to be eaten. It was just as if you had made it by hand! These pie shells have won us over- they are our new pie shells of choice!


I wanted to share with you some of the excellent recipes that Wholly Wholesome has on their website as well!


Peanut Butter Pie

½ Cut Peanut Butter
8 oz. of Cream Cheese
2 Tsp. of Whole Milk
1 Cup of Heavy Whipping Cream
1 Cup of Unrefined & Unbleached Confectioner Sugar
9" Wholly Wholesome Chocolate Pie Crust

1. Soften cream cheese in medium bowl.
2. Add peanut butter, sugar and milk to cream cheese and mix thoroughly.
3. Whip heavy cream in separate bowl.
4. Fold cream into peanut butter mixture.
5. Spread into Wholly Wholesome crust.
6. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours before serving.

Can be served for up to 3 days. Keep refrigerated.

Cheesecake Pie

1 Extra Large Egg
2 8 oz. Packages of Cream Cheese
¼ Cup of Heavy Cream
1 Tbsp. Freshly Grated Lemon Zest
1 Tbsp. of Pure Vanilla Extract
½ Cup of Unrefined & Unbleached Sugar
9" Wholly Wholesome Chocolate Pie Crust

1. Heat oven to 350°F.
2. Soften cream cheese in a medium bowl.
3. Beat sugar, eggs, heavy cream, vanilla and grated lemon zest in a small bowl.
4. Add beaten mixture to cream cheese and mix all together until well blended.
5. Spread into Wholly Wholesome crust.
6. Place in oven on center rack and bake for 40 minutes or until center sets.
7. Cool on wire rack for 30 minutes.
8. Cover & refrigerate for 2 hours or until chilled before serving.

Serve or refrigerate for up to 3 days. Keep refrigerated.

Note: You can add all sorts of items to this recipe as well- toffee bits, mini chocolate chips, cut up chocolate mint candy. Not to mention you could add pecans and make a caramel/praline topping! Simple and easy!


AND those "hmmm, let's see what we can add" recipes, might just WIN you the Grand Prize in Wholly Wholesome's Pie Recipe Contest! The top recipes will be chosen in each of three categories: breakfast, dinner or dessert pie. Finalists will be evaluated based on each pie’s flavor, appeal and creativity by a panel of Wholly Wholesome judges. The winners in each category will win a ceramic pie dish and pie heart cutter, as well. The Grand Prize winner wins a KitchenAid Countertop Mixer! The overall grand prize and winners in each category will have their recipe and family photo featured on WhollyWholesome.com and on Facebook.com/WhollyWholesome.   You can enter your recipe on their Facebook page,  by email at Recipes@WhollyWholesome.com or by mail to “Wholly Wholesome’s Wholly Pie!  Recipe Contest"  c/o 6116 Cleveland Avenue, Columbus, OH 43231. 

Disclosure / Disclaimer:  I received these samples for review purposes.from Wholly Wholesome, free of charge.  No other compensation, monetary or in kind, has been received or implied for this post. I was not told how to review it either. This post reflects my personal opinion, which may differ from yours.