Chocolate crust, fresh strawberries, and a dreamy silky chocolate filling turn this easy and decadent no-bake strawberry chocolate pie into a showstopping dessert.
A lot of people think food blogging is an easy job. You get to stay home and cook/bake all day long. How hard could that be, right?
Wrong!
It’s not all pretty desserts or easy dinners as it leads you to believe.
On the other side of the screen is someone who’s working countless hours testing recipes day in and day out, improving photography skills or trying to keep up with the latest social media network.
The prep time specified on the recipe card, may it be 15, 30 or 60 minutes, doesn’t show how many times that recipe has been made before making its appearance on the blog.
The total time does not include grocery shopping or cleaning up the dishes. Or refrigeration time in some of the recipes. 
Let’s take this no-bake strawberry chocolate pie for example.
You don’t know this is my 4th pie in less than 2 weeks.
You don’t know I took 162 photos just so I can have less than 10 added to this blog post.
And it’s not your fault. We rarely admit when making mistakes in the kitchen.
But what we do tell you is why some of the ingredients are necessary in a recipe and yet, some readers glance over the entire blog post saving just the recipe and later complaining it’s my fault when the recipe fails.
It happens all the time. One of the recent emails I received was asking if anyone besides me made these dinner rolls. A quick read through the comments and you find feedback from people who have made the rolls.
Another pet peeve of mine is ingredient substitution. Making a soup may not be a science, but dessert making is.
When I list the ingredients I used, I don’t do it just for the pretty recipe card, but because it makes a world difference when recreating it.
Yes, the recipe might turn out when using something else, but it’s not the same.
No, the recipe will not turn out when leaving an ingredient out.
Now, if you’re serious about making this no-bake strawberry chocolate pie, keep reading and you’ll find out why it took me 4 tries and how you can skip all that misery.
There are only a few ingredients called in this no-bake strawberry chocolate pie recipe.
Oreo cookies, butter, baking chocolate, heavy cream, cream cheese, lemon juice, sugar and fresh strawberries.
The crust is a homemade Oreo crust. Oreo cookies and butter is all you need. I have made two of my pies with store-bought Oreo crust and you can too, but it’s cheaper to buy a package and make your own crust. It only takes 2-3 minutes.
If you’re using a homemade pie crust, it’s very important to refrigerate it. Skipping this step will result in a crumbly crust when cutting the pie.
Another trick to keep the pie and strawberries in place is to spread a thin layer of melted chocolate over the pie crust. It’s just baking chocolate and heavy cream, nothing fancy, but makes a huge difference.
Once set, the strawberries won’t dance around making it easier to clean cut the pie slices.
The filling – dreams should be made out of it!
The filling gave me the most headaches but I’m finally victorious.
For a no-bake pie filling, it requires a little bit of patience but the results are so worth it.
Part of the filling is made using bain marie technique. What that means in plain English is you’re cooking the filling on top of a saucepan with boiling water.
Add roughly chopped baking chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl. Place over a pan of simmering water and allow the chocolate and butter to melt, stirring occasionally. Add in the cream cheese and continue to stir until smooth.
Heating up the cream cheese is new to me and happened by accident one afternoon while not having enough patience to let the chocolate cool down before mixing it with the cream cheese.
I love it! It stops me from taking out the stand mixer to beat the cream cheese until smooth and soft. (less dirty dishes!) and the cheese and chocolate blend in faster. Definitely, will be using it in future recipes. 
Now, once the cheese is blent in, it’s very important to follow the next two steps to the T.
Remove the mixing bowl from the heat and quickly stir in the lemon juice. Why lemon juice? Well, it’s because the citric acid from the juice combined with the cream cheese will make the filling set. It’s the basic rule for no bake cheesecake and the same rule I used in these no bake dreamsicle pie bars.
Because the mixture is warm, if you don’t mix the juice in quickly it will start to curdle.
After the juice is stirred in, add in the powdered sugar. I love Imperial Sugar in my recipes since their sugar blends in so fast compared to other brands I’ve tried.
Let the filling cool for 20-30 minutes in the fridge. It’s very important to have it chilled before folding in the whipped cream otherwise your filling will be a puddle and not fluffy and dreamy as it’s supposed to be.
Spread the filling over the strawberries and finish the pie with grated chocolate.
The grated chocolate on top may seem just for decorating purposes but what it does is stops the pie to harden on the top keeping in soft and airy.
Of course, the swirls of whipped cream and fresh berries are for pretty looks. No denying there.
If you’re still reading this, thank you so much!
If you’re planning on making this no bake strawberry chocolate pie I know it will be a success because you just read all the tips and trick to make it so.
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I am a big fan of pies and this one sounds great. Your hard work really shows! Pinning 🙂
Roxanne, this cake is epic! I just drooled all over my keyboard.
You always make the best looking desserts, Roxana! I love all of the chocolate goodness that comes with this pie. And those strawberries, TOTALLY CRUSHING ON THEM!
This pie is STUNNING. Seriously!
This pie is fantastic! I love all of the chocolate paired with strawberries.
This pie is right up my alley!
Roxana: You’re my absolute favorite blogger! I haven’t seen a recipe yet that I haven’t wanted to try. I cannot imagine the time it takes to perfect your recipes. I, for one, really appreciates your diligence in perfecting your craft… thank you for sharing!
Those slices are absolutely stunning with the berries. This looks amazing!
Oh my goodness this is one fancy looking dessert! Love the fact that it’s no-bake and that you put together chocolate and strawberries…yum!
Yes, the amount of hours put into food blogging is unbelievable, like you’ve said recipe testing, shopping, food styling, taking photos, etc – they all take time…a lot of time! About the mistakes 🙂 …should I mention me baking the same cake 3 time just because of my incorrect translation of a recipe? Your pie looks amazing and I wish I had a slice of it right now!
I really appreciate all the effort you put into creating your amazing desserts. This pie looks fabulous and all your tips will certainly help anyone making it at home.
Roxana, this pie is amazing and I love that it is no bake!
This pie looks simply amazing Roxana. Definitely giving this a go!
Preach it sista! This gig is hard! But this pie makes it worth it
This an absolute stunning pie! And you summed up our lives perfectly :).
Looks SO good! Thanks for the recipe!
I have a dumb question… do you use the whole oreo cookie including the white center? Or, just the cookie without the center. And, if you use just the cookie, do you count each side of the oreo as one cookie or are both halves considered one?
Thanks!
Hi Anne,
I use whole cookies. I never removed the cream when making an Oreo pie crust.
Roxana
Must have taken an age to find those 3 strawberries on the picture, perfect. Just a cupple of quick questions if you will. Do you take the cream out of the oreo’s? also is the butter melted as most are for crust?. One more would it affect the setting of the cream cheese if I used raspberries as I don’t care for strawberries much?.
I for one cannot wait to try thank you.
Hi Crystal,
I got lucky and had that gorgeous slice with the first cut! If you pay attention when arranging the strawberries, you get a WOW slice everytime 🙂
To answer your questions
– I used whole Oreos. Never took the cream out.
– I used cold butter, you melted works just as well.
– You can use whatever fresh fruit you prefer. I love chocolate and raspberries together too!
Hi Crystal,
I got lucky and had that gorgeous slice with the first cut! If you pay attention when arranging the strawberries, you get a WOW slice every time 🙂
To answer your questions
– I used whole Oreos. Never took the cream out.
– I used cold butter, you melted works just as well.
– You can use whatever fresh fruit you prefer. I love chocolate and raspberries together too!
omg, i’m drooling all over the place. i will try this recipe a.s.ap. thank you very much.
I live in the UK and would love to make this for my Gransons 8th Birthday, what is sugar powder? The only thing we might use is iceing sugar or what you might call powdered sugar, is it the same? Thanks.
Hi Susan,
powder sugar is icing sugar or confectioners sugar.
Happy birthday to your grandson!
What a stunning pie!! And a no-bake one? Makes it even more delightful 🙂
Yummy
Roxana this is GORGEOUS!!!!!!! seriously so, so stunning, I am in awe!!! pinned lady 😉
I’m half way through making this and for the life of me can’t figure out where the 1 cup of cream goes in the filling? It’s listed in the ingredient list, but can’t find it anywhere in the recipe instructions or notes above. Am I missing something??
Hi Joan,
at steps 13 and 14, it explains how the cream is used
In a chilled bowl add the heavy cream.
With a hand whisk or a hand held mixer with the whisk attachment on, whip the cream until firm peaks form.
With a spatula, gently fold into the chilled chocolate mixture.
I did it and it,s fantastic. Tastes really good 🙂 It took me 2 hours but it was definitely worth it.
oh this is looking sensational! Love no bake recipes. I stumble upon your blog looking for a bread recipe. Found many more amazing stuff. Thanks for sharing xx
Preach it sister. This is a stunning pie, the photos are gorgeous. Well worth making 4 pies!
Have mercy! My mouth is WATERING!! This is one to make for sure. I love no bake desserts. Thank you for working so hard to perfect this one and for sharing it. 🙂
This is exactly the kind of pie I have in mind when I think of chocolate and strawberry. Just perfect!
Have you tried freezing this pie? I’d like to make it ahead for company coming. It looks so good!!
Hi Grandma,
I would not suggest freezing the pie. Or making it more than 1 day ahead. The fresh fruit will start to ooze out natural juices ruining the entire pie.
Roxana