Mayan Chocolate Pecan Pie Recipe

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This started off as a regular pecan pie for Thanksgiving Day. But it's evolved into something extra special. —Chris Michalowski, Dallas, Texas

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Mayan Chocolate Pecan Pie Recipe
  • Prep: 20 min. Bake: 55 min. + cooling
  • Yield: 8 Servings
20 55 75

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans
  • 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
  • 1 frozen pie shell (9 inches)
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup dark corn syrup
  • 2 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 1 tablespoon coffee liqueur
  • 1 teaspoon ground ancho chili pepper
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup pecan halves

Directions

  • Sprinkle chopped pecans and chocolate chips into pastry shell. In a small bowl, whisk the eggs, sugar, corn syrup, butter, liqueur, pepper and vanilla. Pour into pastry; arrange pecan halves over filling.
  • Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until set. Cool on a wire rack. Refrigerate leftovers. Yield: 8 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 piece equals 590 calories, 30 g fat (8 g saturated fat), 87 mg cholesterol, 190 mg sodium, 81 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 6 g protein.

Originally published as Mayan Chocolate Pecan Pie in Branson's Great American Pie Show January 2009

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Reviewed on May. 08, 2013 by s_pants

Best chocolate pecan pie ever!!

Reviewed on May. 04, 2013 by zmarie

This is a crowd favorite during the holidays-everyone loves the dark chocolate flavor with just a little hint of heat! The pie comes together quickly, but its looks and taste fool everyone into thinking you worked all morning in the kitchen. : )

Reviewed on Dec. 12, 2012 by Queenweina

Honestly-I haven't made this yet but I am this week! The reviews made me excited to try it. I want to have this before the world ends!

Reviewed on Dec. 31, 2011 by Nellstrum

I added 2Tbs of coco powder as recommended, but it was still way too sweet for my family. It set up nicely. but it just did not taste good at all.

Reviewed on Dec. 09, 2011 by marilynm

We loved this for Thanksgiving. I added the cocoa powder as recommended and used coffee from the coffee pot for the liqueur as I didn't have this. I may have to add the liqueur next time! It was easy and turned out great!

Reviewed on Nov. 27, 2011 by noel1asn

The pie had excellent flavor, however, I had a real problem with the filling not setting up. I have been making pecan pies for 20 years and never had a problem.

Reviewed on Nov. 25, 2011 by Catherine Johnson

Followed the recipe exactly and didn't care for it at all. Tasted like eating big bites of corn syrup. Really poor.

Reviewed on Nov. 21, 2011 by OOFDA

its a different taste but, a good one

Reviewed on Dec. 02, 2010 by rapreisinger

I added coco powder to the filling (about 2-3 Tbsps?), substituted ground cinnamon for the pepper, and used store-bought graham cracker crusts. I also wasn't sure how deep a "deep-dish crust" was, so I got two standard-depth 9" pre-made crusts from the store, put 1/2 cup each of chocolate chips and chopped pecans in each crust, increased the measurements for the filling ingredients by about 1/3, split the resulting filling liquid evenly between the two pies, and that filled them just about perfectly.

Reviewed on Nov. 30, 2010 by Rachelle

I didn't think I would like this because I'm not a dark chocolate fan and the ancho chili pepper worried me. This is amazingly excellenet.

 
 

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