Are you in love yet?
How about now?
Back when I was in high school, a few friends and I started a tradition of an annual “girls’ night” on or around February 14th. Going off to different colleges forced us to skip a few years, and new friends are added as others move away, but we’re still trying to keep up the tradition. This year, we met a few days before Valentine’s Day, to accommodate the girls with boyfriends… or husbands. (Wow, I feel old.)
One girl supplied the nailpolish, another was in charge of movies. (We ended up watching my favorite: Love, Actually.) Someone else brought wine (red, of course), and it was my job to bring the dessert.
(Surprised?)
Wanting to make something fun and fancy, I decided on pie—chocolate truffle pie. I just kept adding ingredients to the vita-mix, tasting as I went along (best part!). Here was the final, delicious result:
Chocolate Strawberry Truffle Pie
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups strawberries, or berries of choice (250g)
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 2 tbsp dutch or additional regular cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 cup raw cashews or macadamia nuts
- 1/2 tbsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup virgin coconut oil
- 1/3 cup agave or pure maple syrup, or 1/8 tsp uncut stevia
- 1/8 tsp salt
Instructions
- In a bowl, cover the cashews with water and let sit at least 4 hours. Then drain and pat dry. Combine all ingredients in a Vita-Mix or high-powered blender or food processor. Only if using stevia, add 4 tablespoons water. Blend until a super-smooth texture is achieved. Taste and add more sweetener until desired taste is reached. Pour into a prepared pie crust (see below the next photo for a crust recommendation), and freeze.
Notes
(That’s not actually the hot chocolate crust in the photo. I ran out of time to make a homemade crust before the party. But if I’d had time, I would’ve made the hot chocolate one… An excuse to make this pie again!)
If you can’t have nuts, try this recipe: Nut-Free Chocolate Silk Pie.
(I’ve included the above link because I know many of my readers have nut allergies, and I’m sure people are going to ask!)
What do you think of raw desserts?
Although I seriously doubt I’ll ever become a raw foodist, some of my favorite desserts are raw: my fudge babies, mint-chocolate milkshakes, chocolate-raspberry cake, coconut cream pie…
I have an entire recipe category: Over 100 Healthy Raw Dessert Recipes.
That sounds like the perfect girls night! And Love Actually is my favorite movie too- I never get tired of watching it! This recipe looks fabulous too- I hope my blender or food processor can handle it because I must try it!
I just made this and it rocks! i had to use almonds but it still worked well!
thanks katie, you’re awesome, as always!
Oh wow, you are fast! I am so excited you made it… And yours sounds like an almond joy!
Oh, thank you THANK YOU laura for trying it with almonds! I don’t have cashews, so i wanted to use almonds instead but was a little uneasy about it. Quick question: were they raw almonds you used? Thanks!
Looks yummy!! One question: why do you soak the cashews? Just curious. I have never seen that in a recipe before. Thanks for sharing!
Makes ’em soft 🙂
Ooh I’ve been indulging in chocolate-dipped strawberries for dessert the past few nights (making Valentines last a bit longer than it should haha) and this looks like the pie version of that – yum!
i’ve been totally loving on raw energy bars/bites. i even used your oatmeal raisin bars and rolled them up with a peanut butter filling! peanut butter cinnamon rolls were born!
Oh this is a dangerous comment! Very dangerous indeed. Those bars are one of my favorite things… adding a pb filling might take it over the top. Of course I’ll have to try now :).
That looks seriously delicious!!
4 hours after reading your post, I was eating a piece of this pie. (So I rushed the cashews a bit, even though you said not to 😉 Then I found myself eating another piece. Cold, creamy, perfectly sweet, and the crust turned out a perfect chewy cocoa accompaniment. “Chocolate-Strawberry Truffle Pie” is the perfect name for this decadent treat! Thanks Katie! I never thought GOOD food could taste so…. GREAT! 🙂
I am so so excited you already made it… and so relieved you don’t have icky unblended cashew chunks ;). I tried to rush soaking cashews once in a milkshake recipe, and it was awful!
I was using a Ninja, and I had to stop MANY times to scrape and push all the frozen batter back down. I actually did end up with strawberry chunks throughout, but it was fantastic nonetheless. I ate the whole pie within 24 hours :-/ I’m going to be soaking cashews again to try in other recipes.. you’re brilliant!!
Aww I am so so excited you made it!! 🙂
Hi Katie!
The pie looks delicious and in a couple of week will be my sister’s birthday so I would LOVE to make it… but I always mess up with cups and spoons measurements ): ): ):
Could you please please please please please write the weight the ingredients? I know it’s quite a fuss but.. you would simplify my life so much! Otherwise I wouldn’t know how to do ._.
Ahaha I’m even ready to send you a scale if you’d promise to use it in every recipe xD
I hope you aren’t so busy that you can’t do that.. but I think I would understand if you couldn’t put the weight of the ingredients ._.
Loooove! (:
Hi Gi,
Good news :). I’ve already listed the amounts except for the cocoa, and cocoa is 5 grams per tablespoon… so 30g for this recipe. Coconut oil is around 75g per 1/3c. And agave is 15g per tablespoon if you use the agave version.
Oh yeah I noticed it!
I was just having problems with the oil needed (:
Thanks a lot! I’ll remind these quantities for the next time too!
Hi again Katie – Can’t wait to make this recipe! Do you have the nutritional info on it, so I have an idea of how many calories per slice? Also what is considered a serving size? (how many slices should one pie produce)?
It has been such a blessing to find your website! It’s been helping me on my weight loss quest…I don’t feel the need to ‘fall off the wagon’ with crappy food, because I’m able to eat desserts that are wonderful, and not 1200 calories per serving… LOL Your recipes fix my sweet tooth every time.
Thanks so much!
Christina
It makes a reuglar-sized pie, so you can cut it into as many slices as you want. It’s dense, so I’d say at least 8! Sorry, I don’t have nutrition facts.
I love having nutritional info too, but I understand it is a pain to do for everything all the time. You can get a free app for your phone called MyFitnessPal. If you don’t have a smartphone I know there is a website by the same name. You can create recipes in there and it will give you all the nutritional breakdown. Couldn’t live with out it!!
I just calculated the nutritional info using spark recipe analyzer and found that per serving (if you cut the pie into 8 pieces) is 255 calories, 14.7 carbs, 3.5 g fiber, 4.8g protein and 21.8g fat. This was calculated without including the crust and using stevia and just cashews.
All I can say is wow! This looks delicious!
I love raw desserts!
So pretty!! LOoks great 🙂
Ohhhhh mmyyyy… It looks so amazing. I AM IN LOVE!! (that was fast).
Love your idea of girls night by Valentine’s day! I’ll have to steal it for next year!
The pie looks so beautiful and delicious…and fancy with the strawberry and greens attached! mmmm, I’d love to dig into a slice!
Raw desserts are great because anything that doesn’t require turning on an oven for is often times a bonus 🙂
yes, so so so in love. I am not always making raw desserts, for no specific reason, but this willl be a must. thanks Katie!!
another amazing recipe…why does your site make me so hungry!