Grammy's Kitchen · Pecan Pie · Chocolate Pecan Pie
One of 63 pecan pie recipes we measured
from sugarspunrun.com
3 cooks on sugarspunrun.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 63.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 31% | 25% |
| total sugar | 46% | 90% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 100% | 96% |
| egg | 65% | 65% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| vegetables and beans | 67% | 17% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 230 g | 1 homemade pie dough (chilled) |
| 245 g | 2 1/4 cups pecan halves |
| 57 g | 1/4 cup unsalted butter (melted) |
| 113 g | 4 oz dark chocolate (finely chopped (I recommend a 60-72% chocolate bar)) |
| 150 g | 3 large eggs (room temperature preferred) |
| 103 g | 2/3 cup light corn syrup ((see note)) |
| 142 g | 2/3 cup light brown sugar (firmly packed) |
| 6 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon table salt |
| Flaky sea salt (for sprinkling on top (optional)) |
Method: 11 steps, published by sugarspunrun.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Made this pie for thanksgiving giving to complement the pumpkin pie I usually bake Topped the pecan pie with whipped cream and dove in. Wonderful crunchy pecans with the smooth chocolate almost truffle like filling. It was very rich so we all had tiny pieces. ” — a cook, 5.0★
“This is so good. I had no idea what I was in for when I tried it. It is like a rich fudgy brownie pecan pie. Delicious. Thank you!” — a cook, 5.0★