This decadent chocolate bourbon pecan pie is the ultimate Thanksgiving dessert to share with your loved ones. If you’ve got pecan or bourbon lovers in your family, you’ve got to make this amazing homemade pecan pie recipe with bourbon, dark chocolate chips and without corn syrup! (vegetarian)
If you still don’t have your Thanksgiving dessert planned, DROP EVERYTHING AND HEAD TO THE NEAREST LIQUOR STORE!
No, not because you should give up and serve booze for dessert. Well, I guess you could do that.
But because you should serve booze IN dessert! In the form of this show-stopping chocolate bourbon pecan pie, more specifically.
Pecan pie is my favorite Thanksgiving pie. And I have been meaning to get you my recipe for pecan pie without corn syrup for a couple of years now. It’s still coming, don’t worry. But this chocolate bourbon pecan pie recipe was more important to get to you. Because of bourbon. And chocolate.
I was introduced to this beauty of a dessert by my aunt Peg, who made it for Christmas a few years ago. I was hooked, and I’ve been making it for Thanksgiving and Christmas ever since.
This delicious chocolate bourbon pecan pie is actually very easy to make for such a fancy-sounding dessert. The hardest part is the crust, which I might argue is the hardest part of any pie. But the homemade crust is totally worth it.
Then the bottom is scattered with dark chocolate chips (you can also use semi-sweet if you want, but I like the less-sweet flavor of dark chocolate since the filling is pretty sweet). Then you just whisk together the boozy pecan pie filling (without corn syrup!), pour it in the shell, and top with pecans. It’s really one of the easiest pies I’ve made.
The end result is just gorgeous. You get a rich, decadent bourbon-laced pecan pie that’s studded with chocolate chips and topped with toasty, crunchy pecans. It’s a truly special dessert that’s holiday-worthy for a special Thanksgiving or Christmas celebration that everyone will remember for years to come!
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PrintChocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie
This decadent chocolate bourbon pecan pie is the ultimate Thanksgiving dessert to share with your loved ones. If you’ve got pecan or bourbon lovers in your family, you’ve got to make this amazing homemade pecan pie recipe with bourbon, dark chocolate chips and without corn syrup! (vegetarian)
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 1 pie 1x
- Category: dessert
- Method: baked
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 1 pie crust
- 1 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips
- 1 1/4 cup pecan halves
- 4 large eggs
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp butter, melted
- 4 tbsp bourbon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375° F.
- Roll out pie crust and press into a 9″ pie pan. Use a fork to pierce a few sets of holes in the crust. Spread chocolate chips over bottom of crust.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, brown sugar, honey, vanilla, salt, butter and bourbon. Pour over chocolate chips. Arrange pecans in a single layer over the top of the filling.
- Bake 45 minutes or until filling is set.
- Let pie cool before cutting.
Notes
If your pie pan is very deep, or larger than 9 inches, use the following measurements:
- 1 1/4 cups dark chocolate chips
- 6 eggs
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup honey
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3 tbsp butter, melted
- 6 tbsp bourbon
Keywords: chocolate bourbon pie, chocolate pecan pie
The pie was super tasty, but the layers blended together. I love how your photo separates chocolate, goo and pecans on top. Any suggestions for how I might replicate that effect? Thanks!
Hi Donna, did you place the chips in first, then pour the filling, then place pecans on top? It might also have to do with the size of your pie. This was a very deep pie dish. Hope that helps!
Do you recommend toasting pecans first?
No, they get plenty toasted when the pie is baking.
I would like to try this recipe without the pecans for a family member with a nut allergy. Is this a good recipe, or should I search for one specifically without nuts? Thanks!
Hi Cheryl,
You can most likely make this pie without the pecans, as they just float to the top in baking, however I haven’t tried it so I can’t say for sure. It would probably just be like a pecan pie filling with chocolate chips, if that’s what you’re going for!