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 say pee-caun!
I say it like “pea-can” and i also say “chocolate jimmies” and “rainbow sprinkles”. I’m from MA… I think “jimmies” is an east coast or even just northeast thing 🙂
I can’t wait to try the new almond milk variations-have you tried em yet?
I haven’t… I haven’t seen ’em yet.
Seriously—I had never heard of “jimmies” but we just got a new market in town with a “Jimmy Bar”—all the colors of sprinkles you can imagine! I thought they made it up…..:)
Yum! Pecan pie is my holiday favorite–this baby is bookmarked! I have never heard of “jimmies” until right now. lol.
This looks so good! I have been trying really hard to like pecans, lately. I have never been very fond of them, for some reason. Oh, and I am from England, but I have always pronounced them as pee-can. Pee-carn or pee-cahn just sounds odd to me. There is no R in there!
🙂
Seriously, how you do you manage to create these amazing creations! I so wish my littlest one was not allergic to soy (although I’m playing with making a non-soy tofu…maybe you could help me experiment with this….contact me if your interested in helping me finally nail down this Burmese tofu once and for all!)
I once read an idea that you can use chickpea flour to make a soy-free tofu. It might be worth googling! 🙂
Mmmm chocolate and pecans are one of my favorite combos!!! 🙂 I plan on making this for Valentines Day (well, only if I can wait till then!). I love to have your recipe for 5 minute chocolate oatmeal, with toasted chopped pecans instead of the chocolate chips! So good.
i’m a jimmies and PEA cahn girl from jersey…
looks good, but i’m not supposed to have that much unfermented soy. 🙁
I made this and it was delicious! Mine didn’t look quite as pretty as your picture (it never does haha your pictures are too pretty!) but it tasted so delicious! It actually tasted alot like a smore poptart, yum!