A Hershey’s Sundae Pie is arguably one of the best fast food chain pies you can find, with its chocolate crunchy crust and filling of chocolate and vanilla cream. It’s available exclusively at Burger King and became a mainstay on the menu in 2020. Each slice comes in its own cardboard box: Little rivets of chocolate mousse, whipped cream, and chocolate sauce wait just beneath the surface. A drive-thru treat that tastes like a lovingly made French silk or chocolate cream pie, it’s a step above lava cake, apple turnovers, or the other popular desserts you want to avoid ordering at restaurants. You can always count on a Burger King Hershey’s Sundae Pie to be pillowy and rich, smooth and fluffy, decadent, and easy on the wallet with a price tag of just $2.49 a slice.
And while Burger King might want you to think you can only get this delicious dessert at their fast food joints, you can get a store-bought version at your local grocer that’s identical to Burger King’s exclusive Hershey’s Sundae Pie. Just ask for Edwards brand chocolate cream pie wherever you do your shopping; look for it in the freezer section at Walmart or on your favorite online grocery delivery service. You can have Edward’s MultiServe Frozen Hershey’s Pie delivered to your house through Amazon, and you might even be able to get the pie through your local Schwann’s driver. Check your local delivery menu and look over the list of desserts that are offered.
Is there any difference between these chocolate pies?
Burger King’s Hershey’s Sundae Pie and Edwards chocolate cream pie are identical in every way except for the packaging. Both have a crunchy cookie-crumble chocolate crust with a whipped center made of layered chocolate and vanilla cream. Chocolate chips and a chocolate drizzle finish off the Edwards version of the pie, just like the BK version. Both versions even have the iconic row of large, whipped cream rosettes situated just inside the edge of the crust. And there’s a reason they’re so similar: They are made by the same company.
Meet The Edwards Baking Company, rebranded Edwards in 2001, the brand whose name is proudly plastered on the store-bought version of chocolate cream pie and the brand quietly behind the Burger King version. Edwards got in on the ground floor of Burger King’s cocoa pie production in 1997 and made the first chocolate cream pie for the company. Edwards has been the sole provider of one of the best fast food chain pies on the market ever since, as well as selling the whole pie in grocery store frozen sections. In 2001, Edwards was bought out by Schwan Food Co., though the company’s selection of pies are still available on the Edwards website, and single-served in a fancy, branded box at Burger King.
