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
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Step 1
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
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Step 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.
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Step 3
Combine the corn syrup, bourbon, carmel topping and sugar in a separate pan.
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Step 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.
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Step 5
Add the melted chocolate and butter into the boiling mixture. Slowly pour the chocolate in as you stir the mixture in the pan.
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Step 6
Pour the eggs in while continuing to stir the mixture. Add the vanilla and the nuts until all of the ingredients are combined.
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Step 7
Pour into the unbaked pie shell. Smooth the mixture evenly throughout the shell.
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Step 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.
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Step 9
Remove the pie from the oven. Allow it to cool and spread whipped cream over the pie before serving.
