From the Holiday Inn Cook Book and Travel Guide (1962)

This fun, old-fashioned pie favorite comes from Kalamazoo Michigan. If you haven’t had a black bottom pie before, you’re missing something truly yummy!

• ½ C. sugar
• 2 C. whole milk
• 2 Tbsp. butter
• 2 Tbsp. vanilla
• 1 ½ squares bakers chocolate
• 4 Tbsp. cornstarch
• 4 eggs
• 1 – 9” pastry pie shell

Combine sugar, milk, and butter in a saucepan and heat on the stove. Combine eggs, cornstarch, vanilla, and enough milk to make a paste. When milk mixture comes to a boil, add egg mixture and stir until thick. Take ½ C. of thickened cream pie filling, while hot, and add chocolate, and stir till chocolate melts. Line bottom of pie shell with chocolate filling. Add remainder of filling to shell. Refrigerate pie until filling is chilled. Top with whipped cream and decorate with chocolate sprinkles.