Recipe - Mom's Chocolate Pie

This is my Mom's chocolate pie recipe. It's the best chocolate pie ever!

Chocolate Pie

1 ½ Cups sugar
3 Heaping Tbsp Cocoa
3 Heaping Tbsp cornstarch
½ Tsp salt
3 Cups milk
3 Egg yolks
1 Tsp butter
1½ Tsp Vanilla
Cool Whip


Put the first 5 ingredients in a saucepan and on medium heat stirring constantly until mixture thickens and comes to a boil. Remove from heat.

Gradually stir in about ½ of the hot mixture into the egg yolks that have been slightly beaten into a bowl. Now blend this mixture back into the saucepan. Boil for 1 minute stirring constantly.

Now remove from the heat and add the butter and vanilla. Pour into the pie shell and let cool. Top with Cool Whip.