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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.
I loved the hot chocolate crust and will definitely being making cookies with that recipe. My family liked the pie but didn’t love the stevia aftertaste. Could you use xylitol?
I think so! Or agave or maple syrup or even regular sugar. As for the stevia thing, if you can find NuNaturals it is the only brand I’ve found that lacks that weird aftertaste.
do you have a recipie for coconut oil?
You have to buy coconut oil, I’m not sure how you’d make it. Any health food store should have it 🙂
How should I measure the strawberries? Put whole strawberries in a cup? Or should I slice them or halve them or something alone that line? I feel like an amateur 😛
I measured them whole 🙂
So yes, just put the whole berries in a cup.
I am so glad I fonud you! Like you, my daughter LOVES chocolate! LOVES!!! She was recently diagnosed with food allergies and cried believing she could never have chocolate again. (never mind the mac n cheese – it was the chocolate that got her.) She is allergic to most nuts (she can have sunflower seeds and coconut), all dairy, (we became vegans immediately) and soy! I would love to make her a number of the recipes listed but you use either soy or nuts for the chocolate pies. Do you have any other ideas? Thank you!
https://lett-trim.today/2011/02/04/raw-chocolate-fudge-cake/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Triple or quadruple the recipe for a traditional-sized pie. 🙂
Has anybody tried this with bananas? I made the Chocolate Strawberry and loved it. Making with bananas today! I’ll let y’all know.
I made thus the other night. Liked it. I did substitute coconut milk for the oil. Not the same will try it again soon. I also did use salted cashews, & omitted salt. My family gave it a strong 6…they rate my cooking!!! 🙂 next time I make it the right way I know it will be a 10.
You have saved my life, Katie. Being extremely allergic to wheat, gluten, eggs AND dairy is really limiting. When I found your blog on Pinterest, I thought I had died and gone to heaven. I can have dessert again!!! You are the best. Thank you so much for experimenting with recipes and finding healthy, allergy-free ingredients that I can eat. I love, love, love you!!!
Made this for my birthday and it was a hit! My family did not even know it was healthy! I had some of the batter left over since I made my crust too small, so I poured the leftovers into a bowl and mixed in a scoop of protein powder. It was seriously the yummiest thing I have ever eaten. I’m going to make a variation of this recipe in bar form:)
This looks so yummy, but I am allergic to cashews. What would be a good alternative?
skinned almonds or macadamia nuts!
Making this for Thanksgiving. Did you defrost the frozen strawberries or blend them frozen?
Thaw them enough that your blender can handle it.
I made this today with cherries and almonds and maple syrup (no oil) and it tastes absolutely delicious! Thank you Katie. This vegan thing is easy as. 🙂
hey katie, i suppose u’ve used fresh strawberries 😉 but do u think i could use frozen ones as well since fresh ones aren’t in season, here in germany at the moment.. xx
hi katie, i love your website. and i am planning on making this pie for my friend, she is allegic to milk, but she loves sugar. so i was thinking instead of using stevia and agave. i would use regular sugar. but i was wondering, would it still be 1/4 cup of sugar like the agave or would it change to a diffrent amount?
Wow wow wow wow. Just made this and it is AMAZING!
I guess raw desserts are better in the summer, but I love the homemade larabars. Who new that dates could be a perfect substitute for sugar/corn syrup, and much more nutritious. Recently, I’ve found out how to make a date puree, that you can use in place of agave, honey, corn syrup, maple syrup, molassess….. this puree has more fiber but normal tastebuds might find it a bit more bitter.
Anyways, blend 120 grams of dates (about 20 small ones or 5 larger ones) with 1/2 cup of water in your Ninja, Magic Bullet, or other high strength blender. You should have something the consistency of applesauce but much sweeter.
Hi!
I would like to try this recipe but I can’t find coconut oil in Sicily… What do you suggest me to use?
Thanks a lot!
P.S. You blog is awesome!!! Love it!
Sorry, I haven’t ever tried it with anything else. 😕