Red Wine Chocolate Pudding Pie Recipe - Easy Holiday Dessert (2024)

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ThisRed Wine Chocolate Pudding Pie will bethe star of your next holiday gathering. A simple graham cracker crust is filledwith the most decadent, rich, red wine chocolate pudding!

Today’s recipe is sponsored by our friends at Barefoot Wine & Bubbly. They’re making our holiday season even brighter!

Holy moly this might just be the best dessert I’ve ever made.

Like ever. . . and I’m not exaggerating.

This dessert is ultra indulgent, but not too heavy, super chocolate-y, a little mocha-y, crunchy, creamy, and as if that’s not enough. . .

it’s full of wine.

Yeah. I did that.

You guys. . . I give youRed Wine Chocolate Pudding Pie.

No longer do you have to choose a glass of wine OR dessert. Now. You can have your cake pieand eat it, too.

Or I guess have your glass of wine INyour dessert. 😉

But don’t run away, because I know what you’re thinking, you’re thinking that something THIS decadent must be super complicated.

Nope!

I am pleased to inform you that this piemight just be one of the easiest desserts I’ve ever made.

Say whaaat?!

Two things inspired me for today’s recipe.

Inspiration #1 – Ummmm Thanksgiving and Christmas. They’re like2 seconds away.

This is the very first pie recipe on Show Me the Yummy. We’re TWO years old now AND it’s almost Thanksgiving. I’d say that calls for some pie, don’t you?

The reason why we don’t have a pie recipe is because I’m absolutely terrified of making my own pie crust. It just seems really intimidating to me and I’m way too impatient to wait around for hours while the dough chills.

Well. I decided to take the plunge and develop an easypie crust recipe.

Yeah.

Welllll two tries in with the result of an overly butter-y, melty glop that was supposed to be crust, meant time for a change of plans.

But you know what? This is Show Me the Yummy: Easy Recipes for Yummy Food, so that means making a crust that’s actually easy (and in my opinion, tastier)…so three ingredient graham cracker crust it is! And honestly, a graham cracker crust works so much better for this recipe anyway.

Quicker, easier, tastier?

#win #win #win

Inspiration #2 – Barefoot Merlot

So I knew I wanted to make a pie, right? And we’re working with Barefoot this holiday season to bring you really delicious holiday recipes. I knew I wanted to use their Merlot and the second I saw the description – “…the perfect combo of cherry, boysenberry, plum, and chocolate. A mocha finish is complemented by hints of smoky vanilla oak.”– I knew this needed to be made into an ultra decadent chocolate pudding.

Graham cracker crust + decadent pudding =Red Wine Chocolate Pudding Pie.

I highly recommend you watch the video below, so you can actually SEE how easy this recipe is to make, but let me give you a quick run down just in case.

1. Make crust. Graham cracker crumbs + sugar + butter. That’s it.
2. Make filling. Heat heavy cream and Barefoot Merlot until hot –> stir in instant coffee (to really bring out the mocha in the wine), cocoa powder, sugar, and salt –> pour over bittersweet chocolate and butter –> mix until smooth –> pour over crust.
3. Chill until firm –>top with drizzles of chocolate syrup, whipped cream, cherries, and shaved chocolate (because we obviously need more chocolate).
4. Serve.
5. Try not to go back for that third piece. 😉

An ultra crunchy crust topped with the most decadent, rich but not too rich, creamy chocolate-y red wine pudding.

You guys. ThisRed Wine Chocolate Pudding Pie Recipe is a show stopper.

Nobody every has to know how easy it actually is. 🙂

– Jennifer

Thanks again to Barefoot Wine & Bubbly for sponsoring today’s post!