Double Chocolate Silk Pie

 Originally posted on https://laurenslatest.com/double-chocolate-silk-cream-pie-a-k-a-the-pie-that-got-me-married/

Ingredients

• for the crust
• 2 cups OREO cookie crumbs
• 6 tablespoons melted butter
• for the filling
• 5 large egg yolks
• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1/8 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 10 oz. semi sweet chocolate chips (almost an entire regular sized package)
• whipped cream

Directions

• Mix oreo crumbs and melted butter together until moist. Press into 9-inch pie plate. Refrigerate while making the filling.
• Separate eggs. Lightly stir yolks and set aside.
• Heat cream in a double boiler over simmering water until scalded. Stir in sugar and salt until dissolved, about 2 minutes. Stream some hot cream into yolks to temper. Stir tempered egg yolks into a double boiler with remaining cream. Cook over the double boiler, whisking occasionally until it starts to thicken and coat spoon, about 8 minutes.
• Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and chocolate chips. Pour into prepared shell and cool to room temperature. Cover with plastic wrap directly on filling and refrigerate 4-6 hours to overnight until plastic wrap comes off clean and pie is completely set and chilled. Cut into pieces and serve with whipped cream.