These Gluten-Free French Silk Pie Bars are a decadent chocolate pie recipe made with a gluten-free Oreo crust and rich chocolate mousse on top. These pie bars are the perfect dessert for a crowd and make a great holiday dessert.
Gluten-Free French Silk Pie Bars are a delicious hand-held take on the classic French Silk Pie. A classic French Silk Pie is made with a flaky pie crust topped with a rich chocolate mousse and whipped cream topping. Our gluten-free variations of the classic recipe use a gluten-free Oreo crust to add additional chocolate flavor to the decadent recipe.
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Make-Ahead Dessert
- Kid-Friendly
- Easy to Serve
- Great for a Crowd
Ingredients & Substitutions
- Gluten-Free Oreos - Gluten-Free Oreos make up the crust of the pie bars.
- Butter - Butter helps the Oreo crust to stick together and hold its shape. It is also key to making the creamy chocolate mousse topping.
- Eggs - Eggs add structure to the chocolate topping.
- Cane Sugar - Cane sugar is slightly boiled with the eggs to make a frothy mixture that combines with the chocolate to make the creamy chocolate mousse.
- Chocolate - Chocolate is essential in this recipe. You can use your favorite chocolate bar or one cup of chocolate chips to make the mousse topping.
- Vanilla Extract - Pure vanilla extract adds depth of flavor to the dessert.
- Whipped Cream - Whipped cream is not only the perfect pie bar topping, but it also helps make the creamy chocolate mouse. You can make homemade whipped cream or use store bought.
Complete list of ingredients and amounts is located on the recipe card below.
Kitchen Tools & Equipment
- Food Processor - We love using our food processor to process the Oreos into small crumbles for the crust.
- Small Pot - A small pot is necessary to boil the eggs and cane sugar together to make the chocolate mousse topping.
- Hand Mixer - A hand mixer comes in handy when making the chocolate topping. It is great for creaming the butter and mixing the creamed butter and chocolate mixture together.
- 8x8 Baking Dish - A square 8x8 baking dish is the perfect size to assemble the bars in to make 16 perfectly sized pie bars.
How to Make the Gluten-Free French Silk Pie Bars
Step 1. Add gluten-free Oreos to the bowl of a food processor and process into crumbles.
Step 2. Pour the melted butter into the bowl and mix together with the crumbles.
Step 3. Transfer the mixture to a baking dish and bake the crust.
Step 4. Add eggs and sugar to a small pot on burner on low to medium heat.
Step 5. Whisk continually for 7 minutes and until frothy.
Step 6. Add chocolate and vanilla extract.
Step 7. Mix until combined.
Step 8. Add creamed butter to the chocolate mixture and mix together.
Step 9. Add whipped cream to the butter and chocolate mixture.
Step 10. Fold the whipped cream into the chocolate mixture to create a mousse.
Step 11. Pour the chocolate mousse over the Oreo crust and chill in the fridge.
Recipe Serving Suggestions
The recipe makes the perfect amount to serve 16 people. These gluten-free French silk pie bars are decadent and delicious on their own, but we love topping each bar with a dollop of whipped cream to serve.
If you are serving this dessert recipe for a crowd, here are some of our other favorite easy desserts for a crowd you can serve with the pie bars.
Expert Tips & Variations
- Double the recipe - If you are serving a large crowd, double the recipe and use a 9x13 baking dish to make a larger quantity of pie bars.
- Make ahead dessert - This dessert is a great one to make ahead of time to make holiday prep even easier. You can assemble the dish and store in the fridge until you're ready to cut the bars and serve.
- Use parchment paper - We prefer using parchment paper in the baking dish when assembling the bars, because it makes removing them from the dish to serve easier to do.
- Use a classic pie crust - Traditional French silk pie is made with a classic, buttery and flaky pie crust. Swap out the Oreo crust for our gluten-free pie crust as the base of this dish.
How to Store the French Silk Pie Bars
- Refrigerator - up to 4 days in an airtight container
- Freezer - up to 2 months, tightly wrapped and inside an airtight container
Recipe FAQ
This pie recipe is not actually French, but gets it name from it's silky smooth texture.
The traditional way of making French Silk Pie does call for the use of raw eggs, but our recipe does not use raw eggs. The eggs in this dessert are boiled with sugar on the stovetop until frothy and to a temperature of about 160 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Gluten-Free French Silk Pie Bars
These Gluten-Free French Silk Pie Bars are a decadent chocolate pie recipe made with a gluten-free Oreo crust and rich chocolate mousse on top. These pie bars are the perfect dessert for a crowd and make a great holiday dessert.
Ingredients
Cookie Crust
- 1 box of gluten-free Oreos (about 28 cookies)
- 3 Tablespoons melted butter
Chocolate Mousse
- ⅔ cup cane sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup chocolate chips or 1 chocolate bar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 8 Tablespoons butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup whipped cream
For Serving
- Whipped cream
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease an 8x8 baking dish.
- Add one box of gluten-free Oreos (about 28 cookies) to a food processor and process until finely ground.
- Pour 3 Tablespoons melted butter to the bowl of the food processor and stir the butter into the cookie crumbs to combine.
- Pour the cookie crumbs into the bottom of the baking dish and use a spatula or your hands to press the cookie crumbs into the bottom and up the sides of the dish.
- Once the crust has been shaped, place the baking dish in the oven and bake the cookie crust for 8-10 minutes or until fragrant at 350 degrees.
- When the crust is done, remove it from the oven and allow the crust to cool completely.
- Begin making the mousse filling by adding 3 eggs and ⅔ cup cane sugar to a sauce pan. Place the pan on the stovetop on low heat and whisk continuously until the mixture reaches 160 degrees. (About 7 minutes)
- Remove the saucepan from the heat and add the chocolate and vanilla extract to the saucepan. Use a spatula to stir everything together until the chocolate melts.
- Pour the chocolate mixture into a glass bowl and place the bowl in the fridge to chill for 5 minutes.
- In a separate, small bowl add 8 Tablespoons butter at room temperature and use a hand mixer to cream the butter.
- Remove the cooled chocolate mixture from the fridge and add the creamed butter to the bowl with the chocolate.
- Use the hand mixer to cream the butter and chocolate together.
- Add the whipped cream to the chocolate mixture and use a spatula to fold the cream into the chocolate. You will know they are combined completely when there are no white streaks and the mixture is a light brown color.
- Pour the chocolate mousse into the cooled pie crust and set the baking pan in the fridge to chill for at least 4 hours and up to overnight. The longer the it chills, the better the chocolate mousse will set up.
- After chilling for 4 hours or overnight, cut the the dish into 16 pie bars and serve with whipped cream on top.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 16 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 199Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 60mgSodium: 82mgCarbohydrates: 18gFiber: 1gSugar: 17gProtein: 2g
