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This Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie takes a classic dessert – pecan pie – then kicks it up a few notches with the addition of chocolate chips and Bourbon to the filling!
This grownups-only dessert is rich, delicious and very decadent, and it is sure to become a favorite on any holiday dessert table.
What I also love about this Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie is how easy it is to prepare! The filling comes together in just minutes. Then pour it in a pie shell (we took a short cut and used store-bought pie crust found in the refrigerated section of the supermarket), bake it, cool it – and you are done making a very memorable dessert that your holiday guests will love!
This Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie can be made ahead of time – in fact, it’s recommended that you make this the day before you serve it so the pie has time to full set after baking. Enjoy!
Recipe adapted from The Chew.
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Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie
This pie is best when it is made a day ahead so that it has time to cool and fully set. Once cooled, wrap with plastic wrap and leave at room temperature until served and refrigerate remaining pieces.
Ingredients
- 1 9-inch pie crust (store-bought or homemade)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup light corn syrup
- 1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
- 4 large eggs, beaten
- 1/4 cup bourbon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips (approximately 1 cup)
- 1 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line a deep dish pie plate with the pie crust, set aside.
- Combine sugar, corn syrup and butter in a saucepan. Stirring constantly, cook over medium heat until butter melts and sugar completely dissolves. Remove from heat and cool to just above room temperature.
- In a large bowl, combine egg, bourbon, vanilla and salt. Mix thoroughly. Very slowly pour cooled sugar mixture into egg mixture, whisking constantly so that the heat from the sugar mixture doesn’t cook the egg mixture. Make sure the mixture is not hot enough to melt the chocolate too much then add the chocolate chips and pecans and stir to mix well.
- Pour mixture into pie shell. Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 55 minutes or until set and golden on top.
- Serve warm or chilled.
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Marlena says
Amazing recipe. Absolutely love this pie 🥧
Martha says
Thank you Marlena!
BLo says
Thanks for this! I am looking forward to trying it with my peauntbutter bourbon 🙂
Martha says
Sounds delicious! (I’ve never heard of peanut butter bourbon!)
Shannon says
Love love love
Martha says
Thanks Shannon!
Kristen says
My pie pan is 9.5 inches- will this recipe still work? Dying to try it!!
Martha says
Yes – it should work!
Coffeepothill says
Preferred dessert for husbands birthday
Martha says
Glad to hear you enjoyed the pie!
Judy says
Perfect pecan pie with an upgrade,Cho chips and bourbon. I am not a fan of bourbon but decreased amount by about 1 tablespoon. Perfect amount for us! Thanks for easy,great recipe!
Martha says
Glad you liked the pie Judy!
Deborah Greer says
Great Recipes I love them all thanks!
Martha says
Thank YOU Deborah!
Rhonda says
Store bought pie crust, it will make 1 deep and 1 regular pie. 325 degrees for 55 min. the deep dish pie was not done in the middle, but the regular pie was done. May work better with homemade pie plate.
Martha says
Thanks for your feed back Rhonda.
Nicole says
Made this for my family yesterday. FANTASTIC! Best pecan pie I have ever had/made.
Martha says
Thanks Nicole!
Sarah says
This is my FAVORITE pecan pie ever! This recipe is always a huge hit, I even have friends asking me to make it for them for their birthday! I love the bourbon flavor but someone requested I make it for thanksgiving without the bourbon due to so many kids. I saw you said you can substitute the bourbon for vanilla extract. How much vanilla extract would you have to use?
Martha says
Hi Sarah – you can just leave it out or maybe bump up the vanilla to a tablespoon total for a more intense vanilla flavor.