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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Hi. Dying dying dead. Pecan pie is kind of my addiction. Protein surge FTW.
Definitely “puh-cawn” (The “w” just seemed right, I …stretch… the word so much), but then, I use terms like “y’all”, “hunker down”, and “I reckon so” pretty regularly.
This looks phenomenal, I can’t wait to try it out! I now have reason to stop by the grocery store tonight and pick up some tofu 🙂
I say pecan like you do, though I am from the north…I think PEA-can is more of a southern thing…though I’m no expert 🙂 I think it can be said either way as long as it’s tasty and going in my mouth. 🙂 🙂
Jimmies…such a north east thing. I just moved out to Boston from Minnesota and everyone I talk with out here calls them jimmies; it took me a while to understand what on earth they were talking about!
keep these recipes coming Katie, they’re fantastic!
ha ha ha, this made me laugh so much… i have no idea what all these words are- its like a foreign language to my little British mind! I thought jimmies meant pyjamas at first!!! 😉 though i do say pee-can (never heard it pronounced any other way!)
I have yet to try pecan pie in my life! Craziness! Must make ASAP! This sounds amazing.
I’m SO psyched for this recipe! My family bought a chocolate pecan pie from Cracker Barrel this T-giving but I could barely stomach any of it – that goopy layer of corn syrup freaks me out BIGTIME. It would be amazing to make this for Christmas so I can show them what a whole-foods version tastes like 🙂
YES!! puh-cahn!!! I used to say pee-can too but then my friend from texas also corrected me. She was like NOOOO its puh-cahn!! And now I say puh-cahn and my friends from up here make fun of me and say pee-can. so. I cant win.
I like puh-cahn better anyway 😉
I pronounced it pee-can until I ordered pecan pie in a restaurant in Atlanta and the waitress didn’t understand me. Now I say puh-cahn. And Jimmies are chocolate, rainbow jimmies are rainbow.
I’m from Maine. what do you call soft-serve ice cream?
“Soft serve.” LOL what do you call it?
Some people call it fro-yo, too.
Sounds delicious! I bet the tofu gives it a bit of a cheesecakey texture. And I definitely say pee-can. I also say jimmies, but only when referring to chocolate. The rainbow are sprinkles!
Oh, this looks fantastic! Did you have a slicde yourself or just prepared it for you family? Just another way if there was a more chocolatey dessert for you then :).