Chocolate Pie

As Thanksgiving approached I got in touch with my Aunt Dawn who was hosting for my dad's family. I offered to make a few desserts if she was interested. Dawn asked me to make her 'Best Cake' and a Chocolate Pie since they are so popular. I decided to look up recipes for chocolate pies as I didn't want to just use the Jello pudding filling. I ended up coming across the Homesick Texan blog, and made her recipe for her Grandma's Chocolate Pie. I followed the recipe exactly aside from the fact that I just started added ingredients and not the directions...Oops! Haha. Meaning that the vanilla and butter were both cooked with the rest of the ingredients. As far and I, and everyone else, could tell it didn't make much difference. I also made the standard Graham Cracker Crust, recipe found on the box. I'm pretty sure it doesn't get any better than a chocolate pie in a graham cracker crust. :)
I did have some trouble with the meringue...just in that it seemed to take forever to peak, and then there wasn't quite enough to cover the whole pie.
I also topped the pie off with some chocolate shavings.
This recipe is very rich, but most definitely will make it again.
(photo note: the photos of the cut piece of pie were taken after it was a few days old and the meringue was moving around a bit and the crust was a bit soggy)