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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.
Made this pie yesterday. Didn’t have time to make crust. LOL. Also wasn’t sure how to serve it so left it out on the counter too long and got mousse. Creamy, delicious mousse! Now I have a frosting or pudding to use with other recipes as well as the pie which I will definitely make again.
Another winner Katie. Thanks!
I am so glad I saw this comment, because it inspired me to make a mini pie and use the rest to frost cupcakes! Thanks to this recipe, those cupcakes are now my new favorite dessert :).
I made this today for my little girl’s first birthday, it was delicious and amazing! I was looking for something chocolate and cake-like and this was perfect. This was her first sweet thing that she’s tasted and I loved how it was raw, didn’t leave a sugar low, and doesn’t have a lot of sugar. I’m not into babies eating tons of sweets but still wanted something special for her birthday. We had 10 kids altogether who love sweets and gobbled it up, couldn’t even tell it was made with nuts instead of something else like cream cheese. I had other adults who are chocolate connoisseurs and loved it! Thank you for your amazing recipes! This is the second one I’ve tried, I have made your fudge larabars and they have become a weekly staple! I’m not a raw foodist, but a vegetarian, whole food eater, and love to incorporate raw foods wherever I can!
Aww Betsy, that really made me smile! Happy birthday to your little girl!
Did you know 10 of your recipies were on everydayhealth.com Congrats!!!
how do u do that do they contact you and ask you or how does that happen?!?!
http://www.everydayhealth.com/healthy-recipes-pictures/healthy-dessert-for-breakfast-recipes.aspx?xid=fb_EH_20120221_dessert#/slide-1
theres the site! ^^
Ooh another Katie H!
They actually contacted me and asked. I was honored. 🙂
I made this and it was so delicious!! I made it a second time around with walnuts instead and it was aldo very yummy!! Gave it a much sweeter taste, and I did not add as much agave. I also made it the second time with a mixture of frozen blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries, and it was good with those fruits as well.
ooh, I’d love to use walnuts! Did you use raw walnuts or had they been roasted? (I’m not even sure that it’d make that big of a difference, but I only have raw ones on hand.)
I think they were raw!
Oh now I am going to HAVE to try it with walnuts! I love your idea!
Thanks!!
Wow this is pure inspiration for me to making a raw dessert; raw desserts are my favorite thing to eat because I don’t feel that guilty after I eat my dessert. Curious what type of cashews do you use raw unsalted or salted?
Raw, unsalted 🙂
I made this a couple days ago with the larabar crust. I love your larabar recipe, and the pie filling was okay, but the two together didn’t go well. My roommates and I all agreed that the taste of the dates and the taste of the strawberries clash. So I would recommend using a normal pie crust.
Hi Katie,
You don’t know me, but I just thought I’d let you know that you are my hero :). I am a terrible baker, but even I was able to whip this pie up in no time and impress the socks off my husband’s parents when they came for dinner last night. And my husband loved the pie! Normally, it’s such a struggle to get him to even touch a food that isn’t bacon or loaded with sugar!
So thank you!
THIS IS MY NEW FAVORITE RECIPE!!!
And I’m not even a health food person!
I stumbled on this pie by accident. Or maybe it was fate???
All I’m sayin is YUM!
Yes, I fell in love with this pie. Deeply and madly in love.
I’m thinking of leaving my husband for this pie… although I might have to take him with me. He adores this pie too! 😉
Do you think this would come out as well/similar if mori-nu tofu was subbed for the cashews, like in your chocolate bar pie recipe?
Sorry, I never know how a recipe experiment will work until I try!
Could you please put nutrients value on this and some of your other recipe’s?
I’v seen that some have it but the last few I went to did not.
we are really counting our cal.here and would love to do this one and few others but don’t have time to figure out the counts, this would really help me out thank you, love your blogs
This is a stupid question, but did you defrost your strawberries first or did you just throw them in frozen?
I threw them in frozen, but I did a few things after taking them out so they weren’t *completely* frozen. Still, the vita should be able to handle it :).
Awesome! Wasn’t sure if I used them frozen if the water content when they defrosted would make the pie runny or gooey. I’ll be making this A.S.A.P. Looks delish!
I don’t have coconut oil. Is there anything I can use in it’s place?
I have been researching and apparently I can use butter in place of coconut oil. I think I will give that a try!
Yum! I just made this and put it in the freezer. Katie, do you serve it straight from the freezer or fridge? Or let it thaw a little??
Thaw a little from frozen :).
Maybe 20 minutes if it’s frozen solid?
I just made it! I used raspberries instead of strawberries. I can’t wait until it’s ready. 🙂
One thing though… the crust is not as dark as the one in the photos… :-/