Pai Coklat Jerman
This decadent dessert is everything you love about German chocolate cake in one easy-to-make pie! Layers of chocolate custard, perfectly sweet shredded coconut, and salted pecans all in a golden, flaky crust. It's the perfect addition to your Thanksgiving table!

Ingredients
8 servings
Instructions
- In a microwave, melt the chocolate and butter together in 10-15 second increments, stir until smooth.
- In a saucepan mix sugar and cornstarch, whisk in the whole milk and cook over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat to low and cook for an additional 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
- In a separate bowl mix a small amount of hot mixture with egg yolks. Once incorporated add the egg yolk mixture to the rest of the hot mixture in your pan and whisk constantly, bringing to a gentile boil. Mix for 2 additional minutes, remove from heat.
- Whisk in your chocolate butter mixture and vanilla, stir until well combined. Pour into your baked pie crust. Let setup completely before putting the topping on.
- In a small saucepan, combine brown sugar, butter, heavy whipping cream, and sweetened condensed milk. Bring mixture to a gentle boil over medium heat, and stir until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat.
- In a separate bowl whisk egg yolks and a small amount of hot mixture together, once combined add it all back into the saucepan and return to the stove. Cook for 2-3 minutes on medium heat, constantly stirring until it thickens. Remove from heat.
- Add in your vanilla, shredded coconut, and salted pecans. Cool for 10 minutes then pour over the top of your chocolate filling.
- Optional: top with additional shredded coconut and chopped pecans.
Nutrition per serving
645kcal
💰 Cost Estimate
Total Ingredients
$1322.00
$1322.00
Per Serving
$165.00/serving
$165.00/serving
🏠 Savings
~$2644.00 vs buying!
~$2644.00 vs buying!
📋 Price Breakdown (100% ingredients detected)
| Ingredient | Amount | Subtotal |
|---|---|---|
| cooked pie crust in 9” pie pan | 1 | $101.00 |
| milk chocolate chips | 1.5 cups | $176.00 |
| butter | 2 tbsp | $33.00 |
| sugar | 0.667 cups | $4.00 |
| cornstarch | 0.5 cup | $60.00 |
| whole milk | 3 cups | $32.00 |
| egg yolks | 4 large | $220.00 |
| vanilla extract | 2 tsp | $152.00 |
| brown sugar | 0.333 cup | $10.00 |
| heavy whipping cream | 0.5 cup | $82.00 |
| sweetened condensed milk | 0.333 cup | $8.00 |
| butter | 0.25 cup | $65.00 |
| egg yolks | 2 large | $110.00 |
| sweetened coconut flakes | 1.5 cups | $8.00 |
| vanilla extract | 1 tbsp | $229.00 |
| salted pecans | 0.667 cup | $32.00 |
*Estimated market prices, may vary by region
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