A World Without Wheat.... Chocolate Cloud Pie, oh My!

So I had this chocolate cookie crumb pie crust I bought a couple of months ago, gluten free of course.  I wanted to use it before it got stale.  What to make…. Well, I have a fantastic cookbook, all pies, nothing else.  By Farm Journal, published in 1981 but it has the vibe of the 1950’s.  Lots of interesting combo fruit pies and chiffon pies like you never heard of.  I found this recipe for a chocolate rum pie.  The premade cookie crust could sub in for a traditional pie crust which the recipe called for. I had all the ingredients except the cream.  And the rum flavoring…and the pudding mix and some whole milk….but I thought it sounded tasty and worth a trip to the grocery store for all the other items.

It was! Not hard to make either. I threw it together in three easy steps.  It was one of those recipes where the sum of the ingredients is far tastier than the components would lead one to believe.  Everyone devoured their slice.  People took slices home.  My mom was eager to keep a second slice….for tomorrow. This enthusiastic audience caused me to mention it on facebook.  I got all these likes and a few hungry comments.  The buzz of happy responses led me to decide to share my version of chocolate rum pie.  I have renamed it Chocolate Almond Cloud Pie. 

The name comes from the fact that it is as light as a fluffy cloud and from my love for my older sister who died nearly a year ago.  Margie’s love of pie was renown in our family and I am absolutely sure she would have adored this pie.  Whip some up this weekend and woo your family with chocolaty goodness that should please everyone.

Chocolate Almond Cloud Pie

Ingredients

1 pre-made chocolate cookie crumb crust, GF

1 pkg chocolate pudding, the kind you have to cook

The rest of this blog post including this recipe can be found at my new blog location:  angiedrake25wordpress.com.  Enjoy this great pie and catch my blog posts there in the future!