This Easy Retro Dessert Features a Jaw-Dropping Amount of Chocolate

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If you've ever looked at a chocolate pie and thought to yourself, "I wish this had more chocolate," then Mississippi mud pie is for you. Each of its three mouthwatering layers—crunchy chocolate cookie crust, fudgy brownie center, and creamy pudding top—features an eye-bulging amount of chocolate. And while the different layers of this intense chocolate pie are said to be named for the Mississippi River’s silty bottom, there’s nothing muddy about its flavor or texture.

subheading: For the Crust:

20 cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies (8 ounces; 226g), such as Oreos, roughly broken into pieces

½ teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt; for table salt, use half as much by volume

5 tablespoons (70 g) unsalted butter, melted

subheading: For the Brownie Layer:

100 g bittersweet chocolate between 64 and 70% cacao (3 ½ ounces), coarsely chopped (about ⅔ cup)

¼ cup (56g) unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch pieces

¼ cup (60ml) vegetable oil

2 large eggs, at room temperature

100 g g ranulated sugar (3 ½ ounces; ½ cup)

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

¼ teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt; for table salt, use half as much by volume

45 g all-purpose flour (1 ⅔ ounce; ⅓ cup)

13 g (3 tablespoons) Dutch-process cocoa powder

subheading: For the Chocolate Pudding:

170 g bittersweet chocolate between 64 and 70% cacao (6 ounces), chopped (1 cup)

23 g (2 tablespoons) dark brown sugar

1 teaspoon ground instant espresso, optional (see notes)

⅛ teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt; for table salt, use half as much by volume

2 large egg yolks

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup (240ml) heavy cream

subheading: For the Whipped Cream Topping:

1 cup (240ml) heavy cream

3 tablespoons (18g) confectioners' sugar

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Toasted chopped pecans, for garnishing, optional

Note: Ingredients may have been altered from the original.

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