French Silk Shooters
French Silk Shooters: Dreamy, satiny smooth and decadent French silk pie filling served in shooter or shot glasses for mini desserts. Perfect for a dessert buffet.
Why You Must Make
- It’s no secret my chocoholic family loves French Silk pie.
- Individual dessert servings utilizing our favorite pie filling make an elegant presentation.
- When I caught Bill scrounging in our pantry for Oreos, I knew it was time to treat him to these French Silk Shooters.
- Plus, with built-in portion control, these shooters are almost guilt-free! Unless you single-handedly eat them all!
Ingredient Notes
- Kitchen Staples – Sugar, Room temperature Butter (I use salted as salt is a flavor enhancer)
- Egg – Pasteurized recommended, especially if serving anyone at high risk, like the elderly, very young or immune-suppressed
- Unsweetened Chocolate – I used the Ghirardelli brand. Chop, melt, and allow to cool.
- Heavy Cream – 36% Butterfat
- Powdered Sugar – Sift to remove lumps
- Vanilla Extract – Use real vanilla not artificially flavored
- Whip-It – A whipped cream stabilizer if garnishing hours before serving.
Perfect for Holidays
Pumpkin pie is always a given at Thanksgiving…then I poll the family as to what to make for our second dessert. Yes, a family of 5 needs two desserts for this holiday…whether or not we have company. That’s OK, isn’t it? I’d love apple or pecan, but invariably I’ll hear that we must have French silk pie.
In fact, our whole Thanksgiving dinner is pretty much the same year after year. Not so ideal for a food blogger! But this year, I’ll make mini French silk shooters. Now these would be a crowd pleaser…at least with my crowd! Though I’m pretty sure your crowd would be enamored with them, too.
Recipe Tips
- It’s super easy to make this French silk pie filling. Only a few ingredients are needed: Butter, sugar, chocolate, and an egg, and that’s it!
- Make sure to look for pasteurized eggs since they will not be cooked in this recipe.
- If you’re serving this dessert to anyone at high risk (immunosuppressed, very young, or very old), it’s important to minimize the chance of food poisoning AKA salmonella which can contaminate raw eggs.
- If pasteurized eggs aren’t available, check out this post on How to Pasteurize Eggs at home.
- Having a stand mixer is nice given the long beating times, but these can also be made with a hand mixer. They are heavenly! You know they’re good when you accidentally dribble a little tuna marinade…quite oily and full of salty, preserved lemons….onto the top of one of these beauties. And the hubby just scraped a little of the cream off the top and dove right in. Now that’s an endorsement!
You May Also Like
- French Silk Pie
- French Silk Tart
- Frangelico French Silk Pie
- French Silk Brownies
- Plus, check out all my Homemade Chocolate Desserts
French Silk Shooters
Mini portions of French Silk Pie Filling - smooth, creamy and decadent!
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons (½ stick) butter, at room temperature
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
- ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 large pasteurized egg--Davidson's Safest Choice brand preferred*
- ⅓ cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ⅓ package Whip-It (optional whipped cream stabilizer)
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar for about 2 minutes, till light and fluffy. Stop and scrape the sides of the bowl with a spatula frequently during the mixing process.
- With the mixer running, gradually add the melted chocolate and vanilla.
- Add the egg, and beat at medium speed for 5 minutes. Divide the chocolate mixture between shot glasses.
- Whip cream with a splash of vanilla, a couple tablespoons of powdered sugar, and Whip-It, if desired. Top each shooter with whipped cream and raspberry or chocolate curls if desired.
- Chill in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours before serving.
Notes
Adapted from Jean Webster.
* Pasteurized eggs are not readily available. There is a link in the post sharing how to pasteurize eggs at home. This is especially helpful if you're feeding this dessert to young children or elderly since there could be salmonella bacteria in raw eggs.
Total time does not include chilling time.
Whip-It is a whipped cream stabilizer. Use it if you plan to top your shooters a few hours ahead of serving time so the whipped cream does not separate.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
6Serving Size:
1 shooterAmount Per Serving: Calories: 141Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 46mgSodium: 17mgCarbohydrates: 15gFiber: 1gSugar: 14gProtein: 2g
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41 Comments on “French Silk Shooters”
These are just stunning and the picture is amazing. I had to come over to tell you so.
Oh, my I love those glasses, what an elegant way to serve.
Thanks, Amy! I found them on sale at Williams-Sonoma after Christmas many years ago! For a steal.
French silk is pure decadence! LOVE <3
There really is always room for dessert and your French Silk Shooters are absolutely mouthwatering! Yummy!
Shooters are the absolute best, Liz–love that you’re using this for a sweet tray dish! I’ve never even had French silk pie and I’m totally craving this already. IT LOOKS SO GOOD, goodness gracious…
Isn’t French silk the best?? This is all the great parts of the pie in one!
We are absolutely a 2 dessert family too. I can see why this is a favorite!
These shooters are so elegant and pretty! Love that they are so easy to whip up and mini treats are always so much more fun 🙂
Yes, my crowd would be plenty enamoured with these – they look beautiful and sound YUMMY! Don’t know where to find pasturized eggs though? Is there a way to pasturize eggs at home? HUGS
Yes, Cheryl, you can pasteurize eggs at home. You just need to keep them at 140º for 3 minutes (I have placed them in hot water and monitored the temperature with my instant thermometer). You don’t want the water to get hotter or the egg will scramble; cooler and the salmonella won’t be killed. Good luck!
I can always count on something chocolately with you, Liz! Looks great!
Stunning! What a lovely dessert. There is always room for chocolate in our home.
Those little shooter glasses are gorgeous. And being filled with that luscious french silk filling adds to their appeal 🙂
These silky treats would disappear fast at my house!
Nicely done, Liz! Your decorated it very well 🙂
Julie
Gourmet Getaways
Love these shooters Liz! They look so creamy and decadent!
wow look at those shooters,yummy .really silky in texture Liz
I’m with your fam–always go for the French silk!! These shooters are pretty, sophisticated, creative AND…of course….deeeeeeeelish
I love French silk! Your shooters look like the perfect indulgent bite!
I probably should have kept my pretty shot glasses, what a cool idea.
Gosh, those manage to look completely adoreable and delicious at the same time! HOpe you are having a great weekend!
WOW these sounds sooooo good Liz, and the fact that they are simple to make? Oh ya, gonna happen soon!
We always have multiple desserts at our family dinners too, you need choices!!! These are stinkin cute!!
Seriously delicious looking…as always, Liz. You are amazing!
Okay. This is going to happen in my house and soon. What a great presentation too.
Just love how easy these sound … and also that they’re little ‘shooters’ rather than larger pots. Makes for not only a tasty but also a guilt-free dessert!
Sooooo fancy and soooo perfect for my upcoming girls’ night in! Thank you!
Gosh, your desserts are so pretty! Totally love the shooters!
So decadent Liz! And I can’t get over your gorgeous raspberries, year-round!!
May I have 2?
It’s the dessert I’ve been waiting for!!! and I have Davidson’s safe Eggs in my fridge right now!! can’t wait to try this Liz!!! Just stunning and so pretty!!
These are so elegant looking! They’d be perfect for a cocktail party or a gathering of friends.
Not being a crust person, I think these look even better than the whole pie!
Such an elegant way to serve a wonderful dessert. I love those shot glasses too.
I would love these little shooters too for Thanksgiving. Pumpkin is a must but not my favorite. Maybe since these are little they could be the dessert that goes when the leftovers are brought out.
I hope Bill will love your dessert! Anyway I prefer your silk shooters to a Oreo’s ! Love your glasses too !
A great dessert! (Sans the tuna:@) Your glasses are pretty too Liz!
I’m all for dessert shooters. That way if I eat 2, I’m not guilty of really over doing it!
French sophisticated silky shooters look heavenly. No wonder your family insists on a repeat performance every year =) Nice touch to put the ice cubes under the dessert, too =)
They look so elegant! Would decorate any table 🙂