chess pie

noun

: a pie or tart with a filling made especially of eggs, butter, and sugar

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Our creamy Grits Pie, which has a custardy filling similar to that of a chess pie, makes a memorable ending to any dinner. Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2025 Hoosier Mama Pie Company whips pumpkin for a chiffon pie, blends it with ginger for a cheesecake, swirls it together with chocolate for a twist on chess pie and even fuses it with apple for a sour cream Dutch apple pie with walnuts. Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 15 Nov. 2025 From the bakery: sweet potato dinner rolls and 9-inch apple pear caramel, pumpkin ginger pecan, and chocolate chess pies. Sara Hansen, Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2025 The chocolate pecan chess pie blends a classic pecan pie with a chocolate chess pie that is baked together in Pop Pie’s signature all-butter crust. Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chess pie

Word History

Etymology

perhaps alteration of chest

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of chess pie was in 1932

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“Chess pie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chess%20pie. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.

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