Rich, gooey, and impossibly fudgy, this secretly healthy chocolate pecan pie is surprisingly delicious and perfect for the holidays!
Of course chocolate.
Would you expect anything less from a chocolate covered blog?
This secretly healthy pecan pie is the perfect balance of gooey, chewy, rich, and sweet.
If you can’t stop eating the raw batter, you know a recipe’s going to be good!
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Above – Watch the video of making the chocolate pecan pie
How do you pronounce “pecan”? I always said it pee-can (like toucan) until I moved to Texas.
There, people told me I had it all wrong, and it was pee-cahn, or even puh-cahn.
They take it very seriously down here… kind of like the “sprinkles or jimmies” debate.
By the way, does anyone say “jimmies”? I’ve never met anyone who does!
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The first time I made this healthy chocolate pecan pie, I used Mori Nu firm silken tofu, which added incredible creaminess and depth, not to mention added protein!
But so many people have asked, over the years, for a soy-free version that I went back to the recipe and discovered you can also use an equal amount of raw cashew butter (or make your own by soaking cashews and then blending until smooth).
So the choice is yours!
Chocolate Pecan Pie
Ingredients
- 1 cup raw pecans, plus extras for garnish
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 tsp cornstarch or arrowroot
- 1/2 cup pure maple syrup, honey, or agave
- 1 tbsp sweetener of choice, or stevia equivalent
- 12.3 oz silken-firm tofu (Here's a soy free version: Vegan Pecan Pie)
- 2 tbsp molasses, or additional maple syrup
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 3 tbsp melted chocolate chips, optional
Instructions
- Blend all ingredients, except pecans, in a food processor until very smooth. Then add the pecans and pulse a few times until they’re chopped. Pour into a prepared pie crust, and top with additional pecans if desired. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees, for 45 minutes. If you serve the pie immediately, it’ll be very gooey (not necessarily a bad thing). But if you let it chill in the fridge, it firms up quite nicely the longer it sits. The pie fills up a prepared graham-cracker crust. If your crust is bigger, you might want to make 1 and 1/2 servings or even double the recipe. I cut this pie into 9 slices for the party, but that was because people often prefer “taste-size” slices at parties with many desserts. I’d say this recipe could comfortably serve six.View Nutrition Facts
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I’m also from Philly and I always say jimmies! And yes, since moving to Texas, I say puh-cahn. Also strange, until I came to Texas, I didn’t like pecans. Now that it’s easier to buy them fresh, I LOVE them!
Being from Texas, I do pronounce it “puh-cahn”, but I don’t take it seriously if people say it differently. I have never heard anyone actually say jimmies, although I do see it on packages. I suppose we could all start saying nonpareils! I am not a huge fan of pecan pie (often due to its nutritional disaster) but your recipe eliminates the excessive corn syrup plus has chocolate! Yum! Also, I tried a fantastic Vegan Pumpkin Pie recipe from Vegetarian Times, and my parents loved it! You might not have seen it on another comment, but I read about a website where you can design your own chocolate bar, createmychocolate.com, and immediately thought of you!
Ooh that sounds dangerous!
I’ve always said “jimmies.” That’s how we roll in Rhode Island! 🙂
When I lived in England I used to say pee-can too but since moving to Canada people say pee-cahn. Where I’m from in the Caribbean, we all have such funny Caribbean accents that there’s no point in going on our pronunciations! We say “burGUNdy” for burgundy. Yikes!
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Omigosh this looks so delicious!! I love pecan (I pronounce it puh-cannn) pie and the addition of chocolate sounds even better!! YUM!
I LOVE pecan pie!! It has been too many years…thank you for this recipe, Katie! 😀
Yay! A tofu infused pecan pie!!!! I may try it with peanuts since its very hard to find pecans here! I pronounce pecan as peh-cahn… totally my own guess. 🙂
Being from New Orleans, I say it “puh-cahn”
Living in Massachusetts, I grew up with “jimmies”— chocolate or rainbow. I love PEE-CAN pie–this looks wonderful especially with chocolate!
oh my, I am sO going to do this!! chocolate and pecan (I say it peh-cann [rhymes with anne]) are, like, one of my favorite combinations ever (right next to pb and banana and apple and almond butter)