Chocolate Pecan Pie

Name: Chocolate Pecan Pie
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: Pie Crust, ½ recipe for Flaky Pie Crust, or the pecan crust from recipe for Pumpkin Praline Pie; Pie Crust, ½ recipe for Flaky Pie Crust, or the pecan crust from recipe for Pumpkin Praline Pie; 1½ cups pecan halves; ¾ cup grated semi-sweet chocolate; ¾ cup light corn syrup; ¼ cup molasses; 1 tablespoon vanilla extract; ⅓ cup unsalted butter, melted; Pie Crust, ½ recipe for Flaky Pie Crust, or the pecan crust from recipe for Pumpkin Praline Pie; Pie Crust, ½ recipe for Flaky Pie Crust, or the pecan crust from recipe for Pumpkin Praline Pie; 1 cup sugar; 3 eggs

Preparation info

Serves
8 to 12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Thanksgiving Dinner

By Anthony Dias Blue and Kathryn K. Blue

Published 1994

About

This delectable variation on the traditional pecan pie was suggested to us by Amanda Lyon.

Ingredients

Pie Crust, ½ recipe for Flaky Pie Crust, or the pecan crust from recipe for Pumpkin Praline Pie
3 eggs

Americas
United States
Dessert
Dinner
Pie
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Roll the pastry into a round on a lightly floured surface. Line a 9-inch pie pan with the pastry, leaving a ½-inch overlap around the top. Fold the upper edge of the crust back, doubling the amount of crust at the rim of the plat