How to Bake a Chocolate Pecan Pie

Chocolate pecan pies can be made and ready to serve in a little more than one hour. This recipe is one way to spice up an ordinary pecan pie. Bake a chocolate pecan pie for your next family party or office pot luck.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• 2 squares unsweetened chocolate
• 3 tbls. butter
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 2 tblsp. bourbon
• 1/2 cup carmel topping
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3 eggs slightly beaten
• 3 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 9-inch pie shell
• 1/2 cup whipped cream

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
2. Melt the chocolate and butter over hot water in stackable pans or in a microwave oven. If you microwave the butter and chocolate, cook it in 30-second intervals, stirring the ingredients in between.
3. Combine the corn syrup, bourbon, carmel topping and sugar in a separate pan.
4. Bring the syrup and sugar to a boil over a high heat until the sugar dissolves. Continue to boil the ingredients for 2 minutes.
5. Add the melted chocolate and butter into the boiling mixture. Slowly pour the chocolate in as you stir the mixture in the pan.
6. Pour the eggs in while continuing to stir the mixture. Add the vanilla and the nuts until all of the ingredients are combined.
7. Pour into the unbaked pie shell. Smooth the mixture evenly throughout the shell.
8. Place the chocolate pecan pie in the oven and cook for 45 to 50 minutes. As it bakes, the pie should rise above the crust.
9. Remove the pie from the oven. Allow it to cool and spread whipped cream over the pie before serving.

Tips & Warnings

• Let people know there are pecans in the pie in case anyone is allergic to nuts.