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Baked Cocoa Pie—Prototype 1:   In late July of 2025, while recovering from surgery on my left elbow, I had 9 eggs on hand that were destined for expiration in the near future. But I did not have any cheesecake plans for that soon. I had made a key lime pie shortly before this surgery and used 3 eggs for that. Afterward, however, I became too reluctant to zest and juice (especially zest) limes, reasoning that doing so would be too labor intensive for my recovery. This led me to strive to come up with something for which I could put my remaining eggs to good use. Thus I considered something similar to key lime pie, but a chocolate version in this case. The recipe presented here would be the result. Prototype 2 of my key lime pies was my primary reference for this effort. But because I was replacing wet, key lime juice (and zest) with dry cocoa powder, I completely omitted the xanthan gum.   Batter: 3 eggs (brown recommended, large; note—both yolks and whites are used here) 1/2 cup cocoa powder 14-ounce can of sweetened condensed milk Pour the batter into a graham cracker pie crust (one of those retail, ready-to-use crusts that come in "pie tins", about 9") and bake on a cookie sheet at 325 degrees for 20 minutes. Afterwards, remove the pie from the oven and cool it down at room temperature for about an hour, then refrigerate until firm. The taste of the pie was very delicious, greatly to my liking. I had beforehand considered adding some vanilla flavoring, but I also gave some thought for a slight bittersweet or "dark chocolate" taste (and as it turned out, I forgot about the vanilla anyway upon preparing the batter). On the other hand, the batter turned out quite runny. I thought that I did not need xanthan gum for this particular flavor. But the drier difference between key lime and cocoa wasn't sufficient. Another idea came to my mind—should I use a chocolate cookie crust next time?   Baked Cocoa Pie—Prototype 2:   Bring on the xanthan gum, in order to stabilize the batter!   Repeat Prototype 1, but add 3/4 teaspoon of xanthan gum to the batter.   The batter ended up seeming to be way too thick when I blended it. Furthermore, it wasn't easy to pour into the crust. This led me to brace myself for very rubbery results. However, the outcome of the firmness wasn't nearly as bad as I anticipated. I felt that the filling was still just a little too rubbery—but not a disaster (after I sampled a slice, I unloaded the rest of this pie on my fellow associates at The Home Depot to enjoy). Cut back on the xanthan gum next time!   Baked Cocoa Pie—Prototype 3:   Reduce the firmness! I baked this prototype only one day after making the previous one.   Again, repeat Prototype 1, but this time add only 1/2 teaspoon of xanthan gum to the batter. This time, the texture and stability were great! Biting into this prototype reminded me of eating fudge. That was probably due to—as far as I know—sweetened condensed milk often being used as an ingredient in making this classic chocolate candy.