Chocolate Cream Pie Recipe – Sunset Magazine

Ingredients

• 32 chocolate wafer cookies (such as Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers, enough for 1 1/3 cups cookie crumbs)
• 1/3 cup slivered almonds
• 1 cup sugar, divided
• 6 tablespoons melted butter, plus 2 tbsp. butter cut into small cubes
• 6 large egg yolks
• 3 1/4 cups milk
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 8 ounces good-quality bittersweet chocolate, roughly chopped, plus more for grating over pie
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups whipping cream