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The Best French Silk Pie

Averie Sunshine

4.47 from 28 votes

Updated: Aug 13, 2026

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The BEST French Silk Pie 🍫🤎 has a rich Oreo cookie crust and an ultra creamy chocolate filling that’s somewhere between chocolate mousse and chocolate cheesecake. It’s smooth, decadent, and packed with deep chocolate flavor. This is the kind of dessert that feels special enough for holidays but easy enough to make anytime a serious chocolate craving hits!

Easy Homemade French Silk Pie Recipe

• I’ve wanted to make a French Silk Pie for ages but kept putting it off. I’m glad I finally made it because it turned out to be one of the best pies I’ve ever eaten.

• I’m not really even a pie girl. In 5 years of blogging mostly about desserts, I have just a few pie recipes. But I have fond memories of being in high school and college and going to Baker’s Square for study sessions.

• I’d plop down in a booth for hours with a pot of coffee, and midway through my study sessions the French silk pie in the bakery cases kept looking better and better. But I’ll never be satisfied with theirs after making this. If your only experience is with store-bought French silk pie, the difference between homemade and store-bought is beyond words. It’s one of those items that the difference is so huge you’ll hardly think it’s the same thing.

• Rather than a traditional pie crust, I made an Oreo cookie crust. It adds to the overall chocolate intensity of the pie. The crunchy firmness of the crust is a perfect counterbalance to the silky, creamy, luscious filling.

• The filling takes about 20 minutes to make because you add 4 eggs, one at a time, spaced 5 minutes apart. While the mixture was whipping, I organized some messy kitchen drawers that I otherwise would have kept putting off. I knew there was a reason I made this chocolate silk pie.

• The filling is some of the best stuff I’ve ever tasted in my life. Not exaggerating. It’s not as light and airy as chocolate mousse but nowhere near as dense or heavy as chocolate cheesecake. It’s why the pie is called French silk. It’s silky smooth, rich, decadent, and truly incredible. Definitely worth 20 minutes of whipping.

• The contrast of the silky filling, the crunchy cookie crust, fluffy and creamy whipped cream, and firm chopped chocolate create a wonderful array of textures and complementary flavors in each bite.

• I shared this French silk chocolate pie with family, friends, and neighbors, and everyone who tried it said it was the best chocolate pie or French silk pie they’ve ever had. Family members told me that it’s in the top 5 desserts I’ve ever made, and I have 500+ recipes on my blog and 200 spanning two cookbooks.

• If I could only choose one pie for the rest of my life, this is the one. I loved it that much.

Ingredients in French Silk Pie

• Oreo cookies and butter: These make the easy Oreo cookie crust, which pairs perfectly with the rich chocolate filling.
• Dark chocolate: Use a high-quality dark chocolate bar, not chocolate chips, since chips do not melt as smoothly. I recommend at least 72% cacao so the pie has deep chocolate flavor without becoming too sweet.
• Ultrafine sugar: Also called baker’s sugar, ultrafine sugar blends smoothly into the butter and chocolate. Do not use powdered sugar because it is too sweet and the wrong texture. Granulated sugar may leave the filling gritty.
• Vanilla extract, instant espresso granules, and salt: These enhance the chocolate flavor. Use instant espresso granules, not ground coffee; the espresso makes the chocolate taste richer without making the pie taste like coffee.
• Eggs: Eggs are essential for creating the silky, mousse-like texture of the filling.
• Whipped topping: Used to finish the pie and balance the rich chocolate filling.

Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.

How to Make French Silk Pie

1. Make the Oreo cookie crust first by pulsing the cookies into crumbs, mixing them with melted butter, and pressing the mixture into a pie plate before baking it to set.
2. Beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then mix in the vanilla, espresso granules, salt, and melted chocolate.
3. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each one. Don’t rush this part because it’s what makes the filling silky smooth.
4. Spread the chocolate filling into the cooled Oreo crust, cover, and refrigerate until fully set.
5. Top with whipped topping and chocolate shavings, then slice and share before you’re tempted to eat the whole pie yourself.

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4.47 from 28 votes

The Best French Silk Pie

By Averie Sunshine

🍫🤎 It has a rich Oreo cookie crust and an ultra creamy chocolate filling that’s somewhere between chocolate mousse and chocolate cheesecake. It’s smooth, decadent, and packed with deep chocolate flavor. This is the kind of dessert that feels special enough for holidays but easy enough to make anytime a serious chocolate craving hits!

Prep Time: 40 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes

Chill Time: 4 hours hours

Total Time: 4 hours hours 50 minutes minutes

Servings: 8 servings

Ingredients 

Crust

• ▢ 20 Oreo cookies, finely crushed (I use chocolate-filled Oreos rather than white-filled, and regular rather than Double-Stuffed)
• ▢ 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Filling

• ▢ 6 ounces dark chocolate, at least 72%, melted (unsweetened baker’s chocolate may be substituted)
• ▢ 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• ▢ 1 ½ cups ultrafine sugar, also called ultrafine or baker’s sugar (using granulated sugar could result in graininess; use at your discretion)
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ▢ ½ teaspoon instant espresso granules, optional but recommended
• ▢ pinch salt, optional and to taste
• ▢ 4 large eggs, at room temperature

Topping

• ▢ 8 ounces whipped topping, thawed and stirred well, lite okay or 2 cups freshly whipped cream
• ▢ 3 to 4 ounces dark chocolate, 72% or higher roughly chopped, for sprinkling

Instructions 

• Make the Crust
• Preheat oven to 350F and spray a 9-inch pie dish wish cooking spray; set aside.
• Add Oreos to the canister of a food processor and process until finely ground, 1 to 2 minutes on high power; set aside.
• In a small microwave-safe bowl, melt the butter, about 1 minute on high power.
• Add melted butter to canister of food processor and process until incorporated, about 30 seconds.
• Turn crumbs out into prepared pie dish and using your fingers, hard-pack the mixture to create a crust, making sure to cover sides of pie dish.
• Bake for 10 minutes, or until just set. Place on a wire rack to cool.
• Make the Filling
• In a medium microwave-safe bowl, melt the chocolate, about 1 to 2 minutes on high power. Stop after 1 minute to check and stir. Heat in 15 second increments until chocolate can be stirred smooth; set aside to cool.
• To the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add the butter, sugar, and beat on high power until very light and fluffy, about 5 minutes, stopping as necessary to scrape down the sides of the bowl. Mixture should be very pale, almost white; the lighter and fluffier the better to ensure sugar is well on it’s way to being dissolved and incorporated fully.
• Add the vanilla, espresso granules, optional salt, cooled chocolate, and beat on high power until incorporated and mixture is fluffy, about 3 to 4 minutes.
• Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, remove paddle attachment, switch to whisk attachment, add 1 egg, and beat for 5 minutes on high power.
• Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, add the second egg, beat for 5 minutes on high power. Repeat process with remaining eggs. Eggs are added 1 at a time, spaced 5 minutes apart, for a total of 20 minutes active whipping time.
• After 20 minutes, make sure your mixture is smooth, silky, fluffy, with zero traces of graininess. Continue beating until you’re satisfied with the smoothness because this is what your pie will taste like.
• Turn mixture out into crust, smoothing the top lightly with a spatula. Cover with plasticwrap and place in fridge for at least 4 hours (overnight is better) for pie to set up fully.
• Add the ToppingAdd the whipped topping/cream, smoothing it lightly with a spatula. I left a bare margin of 1-inch for visual appeal so you can see the chocolate; cover surface fully if preferred.
• Sprinkle evenly with chopped chocolate before slicing and serving.

Notes

Pie will keep covered in the fridge for up to 5 days.

Nutrition

Serving: 1, Calories: 523cal, Carbohydrates: 74g, Protein: 6g, Fat: 24g, Saturated Fat: 12g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g, Cholesterol: 121mg, Sodium: 183mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 61g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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