Close to Perfect Chocolate Pie from Ingrid Law, Newbery Honor Author of Savvy (The Special Birthday Edition)
When I recently interviewed Newbery Honor author Ingrid Law about her debut and award winning novel Savvy (book review), I asked her about cake. Mibs, our young main character, wants the perfect cake for her birthday – a cake with pink and yellow frosting, and perfect sugar roses – which isn’t really asking for much because her mothers savvy is being perfect. Sadly, Mibs birthday doesn’t go as planned and she does
n’t get that perfect birthday cake. So I asked Ingrid Law if she was the type of mom who would buy a cake from scratch, out of a box, or from the store. You can see her answer in my interview. Luckily, Ingrid shared with us a Close to Perfect Chocolate Pie recipe that is the perfect combination of “from scratch” and out of a box. When I saw how easy it was I knew I had the perfect pie to celebrate the upcoming birthday in our family – my little boy turning two!
The following photo is all the ingredients for the pie. The recipe said to make your own Nilla wafer pie crust, but hey, I’m a woman of convenience and just bought it instead! Basically, you take one box of instant chocolate and vanilla pudding and mix it with 1 1/2 cups of milk. Add two cups of softened ice cream, pour into pie shell, chill and serve.
My three year old helped make the pie while his brother was taking a nap. Between the two of us it took less than ten minutes to make. Easy! My little guy insisted upon doing everything by himself. And the beauty of this recipe was that he could!
And it’s done! The tin foil plate isn’t the prettiest but who cares!
The birthday boy really excited!
We served the pie with fresh cut strawberries with a little whip cream on top. Seriously, so yummy! Blowing out the candles:
I have no idea what’s up with this face.
We had a wonderful and simple birthday celebration and the yummy chocolate pudding pie made it completely stress free. I will definitely make it again! Thank you Ingrid Law!
Ingrid Law’s website and blog.
Maw Books Savvy book review and interview with Ingrid Law (including the recipe for the chocolate pie).
Savvy is available from your local independent bookstore, Powell’s, Barnes and Noble and Amazon.
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Happy birthday to your little boy! That cake looks delicious.
on May 10th, 2009 at 3:13 amToo sweet. What a lovely birthday. And the smiles on your boys’ faces makes a super Mother’s Day present too.
on May 10th, 2009 at 6:22 amYum. I’m glad this went so well, I’m really excited to make it.
on May 10th, 2009 at 6:44 amHappy Birthday to your little guy Natasha! What fun to make that pie and it looks so yummy. The photos are great!
on May 10th, 2009 at 9:39 amHappy Mother’s Day, Natasha! The pie looks easy and delicious.
on May 10th, 2009 at 10:23 amOh, how sweet…literally! The pie looks delicious, and your boys look like they really enjoyed it!
Happy Mother’s Day to you, and Happy Birthday to your little guy!
on May 10th, 2009 at 12:57 pmYum-um-my! I’m going to have to check out this book and try that pie. What a great combination.
on May 10th, 2009 at 1:55 pmHappy birthday, Maw the youngest! I’m glad the celebration was a success, and the pie looks yummy! Also you need to know that Evan took one look at the picture of your 3 year old with the mixer and said….
(wait for it….)
“Hey! That’s the Chicken Butt kid!”
It’s the starring role he’ll never live down.
on May 10th, 2009 at 9:16 pmWow, that pie looks delicious! And you could really tell your boys had fun making it AND eating it! Hope he had a wonderful birthday and that you had a great Mother’s Day! I’ll be writing down this recipe and trying it with my two very soon!
And I adore these recipes from authors, what a fun feature!
on May 11th, 2009 at 5:00 amYour boys are adorable!
on May 11th, 2009 at 6:51 amBig virtual belated birthday hug for now two year old baby Maw from Aunt Leisa. We love you!
And great job older brother. You should feel very proud of yourself.
on May 11th, 2009 at 8:00 amBy chill, do you mean refrigerate or freeze? I’m not much of a cook, but this looks easy enough for me.
Your boys are SO cute!
on May 11th, 2009 at 12:59 pmHappy birthday to your boy! And that pie looks fabulous. We may need to try it
Did you use a small or large box of pudding?
on May 11th, 2009 at 4:47 pmThank you everybody!
Chartroose – By chill I mean refrigerate for a couple of hours. It helps is set a little bit.
KT – I used a large box of instant pudding (make sure it’s instant).
Ali – That is SO SO cute!!
on May 11th, 2009 at 6:49 pmWe can always tell your family is having a good time by the pictures you share.
Hope the little guy had a good birthday.
on May 13th, 2009 at 5:40 amLooks really yummy, especially with the strawberries. I will have to try this.
on May 14th, 2009 at 1:40 pmThat looks delicious! What a great way to celebrate your little one’s birthday.
on May 14th, 2009 at 2:18 pmAmber – When I’m not at my wits end we are having a great time!
Jeanette – Tell me if you do. I’d love to hear.
Ruth – It was a low key birthday but really yummy!
on May 16th, 2009 at 11:47 pmI love pie. Happy Belated Birthday to the Boy.
on May 18th, 2009 at 11:23 am