Mississippi mud pie

Mississippi mud pie is a chocolate-based dessert pie. The treat has a gooey chocolate sauce on top of crumbly chocolate. The pie is usually served with ice cream.

Mississippi mud pie

Alternative names	Mud pie
Type	Pie
Place of origin	United States
Region or state	Mississippi
Main ingredients	chocolate
Cookbook: Mississippi mud pie   Media: Mississippi mud pie

It is popular because of the amount of chocolate in each serving.

The name "Mississippi mud pie" comes from the dense cake which looks like the banks of the Mississippi River.

It is believed that this dish was made by home cooks after World War II. This is because it was made of simple ingredients that could be found at any supermarket and did not need any special cooking tools.