My Easy Chocolate Pecan Pie is the best there is in healthy holiday desserts.
I've been working on this low carb cake recipe for years and perfected it in 2013 when I first shared it with you here.
Easy gluten-free pecan pie with dairy-free chocolate
I spent quite a bit of time making this gluten-free dessert and challenged myself to use as few ingredients as possible.
I wanted to create something that was quick and easy to make the day before Thanksgiving or another holiday.
Dairy-Free Chocolate Pecan Cake
This amazing Thanksgiving dessert is gluten-free, grain-free, and dairy-free.
Holiday dessert recipe
Chocolate Pecan Pie is one of our family's favorite desserts. We make it every year for Thanksgiving, but we love it so much that we make it all year round too.
This is a special cake that could also be one of your fantastic low carb Christmas dessert recipes. I hope you like it as much as we do!
Chocolate Pecan Pie
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Instructions
- In a food processor, combine eggs, coconut sugar and coconut oil
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Stir in pecans and chocolate chips by hand
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Put the filling in the base
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Bake at 350°F for 40-50 minutes or until set
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Allow to cool completely before cutting
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Preparation time 15 minutes
Cooking time 40 minutes
Total time 55 minutes
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Low carb pecan pie
This Chocolate Pecan Cake isn't quite as low carb as some of my other recipes.
However, compared to the traditional chocolate pecan pie, it certainly qualifies as low carb.
This dessert is made with cups of corn syrup, sugar, and milk chocolate served in a carb-rich white flour crust.
Elana, where do you get recipe inspiration?
I based this Chocolate Pecan Pie recipe on a recipe from my dear friend Karin, the founder of Sweet Mary Jane.
I studied her recipe and made several changes to make it gluten-free, dairy-free, refined sugar-free and lower in carbohydrates – this is the amazing result.
Kid-friendly Chocolate Pecan Pie Recipe
When I first shared this kid-friendly Chocolate Pecan Pie recipe in 2013, the boys were in 8th and 9th grade.
Kid friendly gluten free cake
You've tried and critiqued this healthy dessert recipe. The boys and their friends were more than happy to be my testers batch after batch.
In fact, I remember them having a sleepover with some friends at the time and “smuggling” some of this cake as a midnight snack.
The next day they all looked adorably embarrassed and guilty.
Kid friendly low carb dessert
Little did they know they were eating a healthy, low-carb dessert with good fat from the nutmeal crust and pecans, and a hefty dose of antioxidants from the organic dark chocolate.
Recipe with less than 10 ingredients
The filling for this chocolate pecan pie recipe consists of just 5 ingredients and can be prepared in no time. We've been in a cake phase lately.
My older son loves making rustic pumpkin pie from scratch every year when he comes home to visit. He told me he might post the recipe here on my website – fingers crossed.
Gluten-free cake with dairy-free whipped cream
If you're on a dairy-free diet, you'll definitely want to serve this with my Coconut Whipped Cream.
How to whip cream
If you can eat dairy, this cake tastes phenomenal with my homemade mason jar whipped cream.
Even when they were little, the boys helped out every Thanksgiving and whipped cream for me.
It's a decadent and elegant topping for my healthy low-carb dessert recipes.
Low carb dessert recipes
If you're looking for healthier desserts that won't spike your blood sugar, check out my low carb dessert recipes page.
Are you following a sugar-free keto diet? Take a look at my keto dessert recipes page.
Gluten-free cake base
Here are some more of my healthy, gluten-free pie crust recipes for your Thanksgiving desserts:
The boys often ask me to bake chocolate pecan pie in my nut-free, gluten-free pie crust, which they call my “cookie crust,” and I happily oblige.
What is your favorite cake recipe?
This post is old but good. I first shared this Chocolate Pecan Pie recipe in 2013.
