Old Fashioned Chocolate Pie with Golden Meringue (A Southern Classic) If you grew up in the South—or ever visited a grandma who really knew her way around a pie plate—you know this dessert well.

To finish the pie, spoon the meringue over the pie, making sure it touches the edges of the pie crust. Bake until golden brown, 3-5 minutes. Move to rack to cool completely and set, then serve.

Preparation 1. Roll out the pie dough, transfer it to a 9-inch pie plate and decoratively crimp the edges. Follow the package instructions for par baking the crust.

Chocolate Meringue Pie. Swoops of fluffy, ... Chocolate Chess Pie. This twist on a Southern custard classic is rich, chocolaty, and beautifully decorated with a powdered sugar design.

1. Measure sugar, then reserve 8 tablespoons. 2. Mix sugar, cocoa, flour and salt. 3. Separate eggs. Save whites for meringue. 4. Beat yokes, add milk.

Place white chocolate chips in a small microwavable bowl. Microwave on high until smooth and melted, 1 to 2 minutes, stopping to stir every 20 seconds.

The meringue on Mawmaw's chocolate meringue pie was as high as her Queen Elizabeth hairdo that she had done once a week. Jamie Brickhouse Mawmaw, Pawpaw and a pie-hungry kid.