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Chocolate Chess Pie

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Slice of chocolate chess pie on a red plate.
Photo by Michael Kartes

This chocolate chess pie is a family fave that I only make around the holidays. My son is a huge fan of buttermilk pie, but I wanted to open his eyes to other kinds of pies. Chess pie is similar to buttermilk pie, but it includes cornmeal, which adds texture and rises to the top to create a great crust. While chocolate isn’t traditional for chess pie, I add it as my own delicious twist.

This recipe was excerpted from ‘Super Soul Food with Cousin Rosie’ by Rosie Mayes. Buy the full book on Amazon.

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