Chocolate Sweet Potato pie
A delightful dessert is all a family needs to finish off an eventful day. This Chocolate Sweet Potato Recipe is not only a perfect choice for after dinner, but for any occasion. You can share this amazing recipe with your friends and family and they may just fall in love.
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 1 9 inch pre-made pie crust
- 3 C mashed sweet potato
- 1/2 C unsalted butter, melted
- 3 large eggs, room temp
- 1/3 C light brown sugar
- 1/2 C sugar
- 1/2 C sweetened condensed milk
- 1/2 C evaporated milk
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 3 tsp grated orange zest
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Topping ingredients
- 1 C semi sweet chocolate chips
- ½ C heavy whipping cream
- 1 C mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Poke the sweet potatoes with a fork and bake for 40 minutes or until tender.
- Let cool, then peel and remove any dark spots.
- In a standing mixture, beat the sweet potatoes, butter, eggs, sugars, milk, and all the spices until combined and smooth
- Pour the pie filling into the pre-made pie crust
- Bake in the oven for 50 minutes or until set.
- Remove from oven and place onto a cooling rack to cool to room temp.
- Once cooled, place pie into the fridge for overnight
- Using a small pot, bring the heavy whipping cream to a boil
- Pour over the 1 C chocolate chips in a medium bowl
- Allow to sit for 1 minute before whisking until smooth
- Pour the ganache over the sweet potato pie and smooth evenly
- Sprinkle the mini chocolate chips on top
- Place into the fridge and allow the ganache to set for an hour before serving
- Enjoy!