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chocolate shoo-fly pie

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Renee' Klevenhagen
Midland, NC

I have a funny story about this recipe. I won a blue ribbon at a county fair for this pie. When I took my husband that night to the fair to show him, the pie was missing from the table! They left the ribbon for me though :-)

(1 rating)
yield 6 -8
prep time 20 Min
cook time 1 Hr
method Bake

Ingredients For chocolate shoo-fly pie

  • 1
    unbaked 9 inch pie shell
  • 1/4 tsp
    baking soda
  • 1 1/3 c
    boiling water
  • 1 1/2 c
    chocolate syrup
  • 1/2 c
    sugar
  • 1/4 tsp
    salt
  • 1 1/3 c
    flour
  • 1/4 tsp
    baking soda
  • 1/3 c
    butter or margarine

How To Make chocolate shoo-fly pie

  • 1
    Dissolve 1/4 teaspoon baking soda in boiling water. Stir in chocolate syrup. Set aside. Combine flour, sugar, 1/4 teaspoon baking soda and salt. Cut in butter or margarine with pastry blender to form coarse crumbs.
  • 2
    Set aside 1 cup each of chocolate syrup mixture and crumbs.
  • 3
    Gently combine remaining chocolate mixture and crumbs, stirring just until crumbs are moistened (mixture will be lumpy).
  • 4
    Pour reserved cup of chocolate mixture into unbaked pastry shell and spread chocolate-crumb mixture evenly over liquid in shell. Top with remaining cup crumbs.
  • 5
    Bake at 375 degrees for 60 minutes or until set.
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