This German Chocolate Pie recipe idea comes straight from Amish country. The rich, gooey, chocolate filling it to die for!
German Chocolate Pie
While traveling through a small Amish town several years ago, we stopped at an authentic Amish restaurant that served German Chocolate Pie. It was so good we ended up buying an entire pie to eat the next day. Ever since then I have been dreaming about, drooling over, and seriously craving this pie. After many attempts, I think I have finally perfected it! I knew I had it right when my family ate the entire pie out of the pan before it even had time to cool! Hope you love it too!
Start with the crust
The pie crust is simply a basic pie crust. You can buy a frozen or refrigerated crust or make your own. For a perfectly flaky and tasty pie crust, see our Perfect Pie Crust Recipe. As good as the pie crust is, the filling is what makes this pie so incredible. Loaded with decadent flavors and textures it is almost like eating a German chocolate brownie in a pie crust, only better. Just imagine the moist, dense, rich chocolate, coconut, and pecan in every bite. Is your mouth watering yet? Mine is!
More German Chocolate Recipes
We are crazy about German chocolate recipes and have a bunch on Favorite Family Recipes.
- German Chocolate Fudge – A smooth and creamy fudge topped with a coconut pecan layer.
- Delicious German Chocolate Oreos – Our delicious homemade Oreos with a German chocolate filling.
- German Chocolate Cookie Bars, – An easy cookie bar recipe with a chocolate “cookie” layer topped with a chocolate chip, pecan, coconut layer.
- German Chocolate Waffles – A chocolate waffle with coconut frosting topped with a praline pecan syrup.
More Pie Recipes
We love to have a wide variety of pies for Thanksgiving and other special occasions. Some of our other favorite pies are listed below:
- Key Lime Pie
- Dutch Apple Pie with Sweet Buttery Crumb Topping
- Brown Butter Pecan Pie
- Traditional Coconut Cream Pie
- Island Pecan Pie
- Traditional Pumpkin Pie
- Easy Berry Pie
- Our Version of Marie Callender’s Chocolate Satin Pie
- Sour Cream Lemon Pie
- Salted Caramel Pie
- Butterscotch Pie
- German Chocolate Pie
- Peach Pie
- Mom’s Lemon Meringue Pie
How to make German Chocolate Pie
Ingredients
- 1 uncooked pie crust store bought or homemade
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- 1 1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips divided
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 3/4 cup flaked coconut
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place uncooked pie crust in pie tin.
- In small bowl, microwave butter until completely melted.
- Add 1 c. chocolate chips and stir until smooth.
- In separate bowl, stir together flour and sugars.
- Slowly add chocolate/ butter mixture and stir until blended.
- Add eggs, one at a time, and vanilla.
- Fold in pecans, coconut, and 1/4 cup chocolate chips.
- Pour into unbaked pie crust.
- Bake 35-40 minutes or until top is set. DON'T OVER BAKE!
- Allow to cool before serving.
Katie says
This pie looks amazing! I am going to make it for a family Christmas party this weekend. However, the party is 3 hours away so I will need to make the pie ahead of time. I would like to serve it warm. What is the best way to reheat it? In the oven or the microwave?
Favorite Family Recipes says
Our recipe is best served cooled, so I haven’t tried reheating it. I would be nervous that it would end up over-baking the pie. Hope this helps!
Cathy says
This was excellent! The whole family enjoyed it. I will certainly make it again.
Favorite Family Recipes says
So glad you and your family enjoyed it! Thanks for the nice comment!
Erica Walker says
I would probably refrigerate it but I am guessing it doesn’t NEED to be refrigerated. I can’t tell you for sure. If you want to play it safe I would say refrigerate it. Hope this helps!
Dawn Conklin says
I wish I had everything on hand now because I would seriously make this right now. It looks so delicious and we even have ice cream to go with it, just not all of the pie ingredients. Perfect too because we have coconut ice cream in the freezer, I am sure they would pair well – guess who is probably running to the store haha!
Nicole says
I had to lower my stars because of the comments I received. I made this last night for a nursing home activity. I added homemade German Chocolate frosting so it would taste like German Chocolate. Here are the comments I received:
– Really good
– Less coconut
– Pretty good
– Tastes like fudge
The way the batter came out was kinda thick like you said, but I knew it looked like fudge instead of pie filling. Will not make again.
CHUSI says
Made it for Father’s day. This pie was a hit! I eliminated the 1/2 C white sugar. Cooked it at 325F in conventional oven. After it cooled, I put it in the fridge. Got it out 1 hr before serving. My family loved it. Will definitely do it again.
Dorma Yeatts says
Pie is extremely sugary. Needs something to balance the sugar. It’s delicious though.
Scott says
How anyone can make a negative comment about this recipe is beyond me! This pie is everything you would want in a pie…and its completely simple to make and it knocks everyone who tastes it off their feet!!
Thank you for sharing. I make it often!!
STEPHANIE MARTIN says
Can you make this with a graham cracker crust?
Favorite Family Recipes says
We haven’t tried it that way before, but let us know how it turns out!
Ginny McMeans says
What a fabulous recipe. I substituted flaxseed meal as an egg substitute for my diet and it still worked out beautifully. Thank you!
Lisalia says
Well this is DELICOUS! I’m making it again for Thanksgiving. Love it!
Toni says
I love a recipe with a backstory like this and this one doesn’t disappoint! Such a sweet delicious pie.
Karenbryan says
If you double it for deep dish , what would be the cooking time ?
Favorite Family Recipes says
I haven’t tried it that way, so I’m not sure. If I were trying it, I would start with the suggested 35-40 minutes and then just check it every 5-10 minutes after that until the top is set.