This Low Carb Chocolate Pecan Pie is the pie you've been waiting for all your healthy life! Made low carb, gluten free and sugar free!
"This is the BEST dessert you have EVER made!!!", says the picky hubby who still loves white sugar and white flour products. A chocolate pecan pie made completely from scratch, low carb and gluten free. How can it be possible? People do crazy things when their birthday comes around. Mine is today!
It's my Birthday and I didn't want cake, I felt like Pie.
We celebrate my birthday with extended family on Thanksgiving every year since I was a baby. So although this pie might be late to the party in the grand scheme of getting Thanksgiving recipes to you on the blog, it was worth waiting for.
And you still have 4 days until Thanksgiving to make it.
It all began with an idea once I made the Salted Caramel Sauce. I knew it would be the most amazing filling used in a pie so I got experimenting. Had to make it multiple times but no one complained. Had to make the awesome low carb, grain free pie crust a few times too, but isn't anything in life that's extraordinary worth a little bit of hard work? I believe it is.
This pie makes me happy, not only because it's my birthday, but because it was on my foodie bucket list for a very long time and I finally tackled and successfully accomplished it. I feel that victory in my soul and it thrills me to share it with you.
I'm 43 today and this doesn't really thrill me as much. Can't say I'm not a little depressed about turning 43. I was hoping to share how I finally lost those stubborn 15 pounds I gained when I wrote the cookbook, but it hasn't happened and I've been stagnant for months.
I can't say I feel like I'm 23 or even 33 even though I'm a faithful exerciser who loves a good cardio and strength training workout.
I CAN say I'm a blessed and happy woman who's grateful for everything in her life. I may not be 15 pounds lighter as I was when I was 23, but I'm healthy and have a beautiful family and husband who loves me and I get to do what I love for a living, and that is priceless. I am grateful and don't take anything for granted.
And maybe....just maybe.... there is a slight bit of truth to the fact that when you're over 40 you don't feel as worried about what others think and you just do your own thing, moving on to the next project, and enjoying life just a little bit more than when you were 20 something, maybe.
Before you freak out at the calorie count and fat, remember this one thing, IT"S CHOCOLATE PECAN PIE!! It is INDULGENT. It is for a special occasion. It's not an everyday kind of dessert. It was for my birthday. While low carb and healthier, it is still high in calories and fat, just saying.
Brenda's Notes:
- If you don't have Swerve you can use Truvia or another sugar free baking blend.
- If you don't have liquid vanilla stevia you can eliminate it and I think the pie would still be sweet but not as sweet as typical pecan pie. You could also use another flavor of liquid stevia like Cinnamon or toffee flavor. You could also use ¼ teaspoon of pure stevia extract if you don't have the liquid version of stevia.
- If you don't have arrowroot powder you could use cornstarch.
Sugar-Free Chocolate Pecan Pie
Ingredients
Filling
- 3 eggs
- 1.25 cup Monk Fruit Allulose confectioners divided
- ½ cup butter softened, unsalted
- 1 tablespoon sugar free maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon yacon syrup or molasses
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon vanilla liquid stevia
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup sugar free chocolate chips Lily's brand
- 1 cup pecans chopped
- ½ cup pecans halves for decorating top
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a stand mixer add the eggs and ¼ cup Sweetener and blend on high until smooth. Set aside.
- Melt the butter in a sauce pan over medium heat and add the rest of the sweetener, sf maple syrup and molasses. Stir constantly until melted and combined.
- Whisk in the cream and xanthan gum and bring to a boil.
- Continue to stir and simmer for 3-4 minutes until it starts to thicken.
- Turn off the heat and add the vanilla extract, stevia, salt and chocolate chips.
- Stir until chocolate chips are all incorporated and melted, no lumps.
- Slowly add in some of the chocolate into the egg mixture to temper it and stir well.
- Add the rest of the egg mixture into the chocolate mixture.
- Stir in the 1 cup of chopped pecans and pour into prepared crust.
- Top with remaining pecan halves to decorate top.
- Cover the edges of the crust with aluminium foil and bake 50-55 minutes or until the center comes out clean with a skewer.
- Cool 2 hours then refrigerate.
- Warm individual pieces for 30 seconds in microwave or reheat pie in oven at 325 degrees for about 15-20 minutes.
Kim
Can you substitute coconut milk for the heavy cream?
Brenda
I've not tried that sub, I can say that the heavy cream thickens when you bring it to a boil with thickens the entire pie when baked, not sure how coconut cream would work in it's place.
Laura
Looks awesome. My question is which stevia brand do you use? I've tried a few that had a bitter after taste so wonder if an order to somewhere special like King Arthur in the U. S. is in order?? Thanks so much!
Brenda
I think the stevia is linked in the recipe and it shows wish one I used, but often I like the Sweetleaf brand the best.
Evan
How is it low carb with maple syrup and molasses? Do you certain kinds?
Carry-Ann Edgar
It only uses 1 tbsp of each. When you consider that this is cut into 12 slices, that is pretty low carb for each slice. Also, black strap molasses has fewer carbs than normal molasses.
Wayne
My sister made this for Christmas dinner last night and it was fantastic!
Brenda
Thank you for coming back to let me know!
Deana
This is the best pie we've ever made! It was really a star of the show for our Thanksgiving desserts! I can't thank you enough. The first one we made with a gluten free store-bought crust and we made the second pie crustless--both were exceedingly delicious! Thank you for making the holiday extra special and very diabetic-friendly! Warmest blessings...
Brenda
Awe!! That is awesome!! How did it work without the bottom crust though? less cooking time , harder to serve?
Aly ~ Cooking In Stilettos
This looks amazing! Happy Belated Birthday - what a delicious way to celebrate!
Melanie
Happy Birthday! That pie looks so rich and chocolatey.
Lauren+@+Healthy+Delicious
Happy birthday!!
Angie
Hope you had a wonderful birthday, and what a perfect pie to celebrate with!
Kim+(Feed+Me,+Seymour)
I love a good pecan pie to begin with. But a chocolate one? That just pushes me over the edge!
Kirsten/ComfortablyDomestic
Happy Birthday, Brenda! Being blessed and thankful is a good place to be. Of course, celebrating with such a decadent looking pie is pretty good too.
Nikki+@+NikSnacks
CHOCOLATE! Oooh! Your pie looks so rich and thick and luscious! MMM!
karen justinn
I just made the pie...its in the oven. I noticed the recipe never stated when to add back the eggs. I added them with mixture at the end. looks great will post how it turns out and taste, later.
Cookin Canuck
Now that's a rave review for this dessert! I do love chocolate and pecans together, so this sounds like this perfect pie.
Susan
Happy birthday to you! This pie looks like the perfect way to celebrate! No chance you can save a slice for my birthday next month? 🙂
Stephanie+@+Back+for+Seconds
Aww happy birthday, sweet lady! This pie looks so incredible. I just made chocolate pecan pie bars buuuuuut, your pie looks better, ha! 🙂
Ginny+McMeans
I have to make the best dessert you ever made. It looks great too!
Ashley @ Wishes & Dishes
Happy birthday!! I want this pie for MY next birthday, too!
Martha+@+A+Family+Feast
Happy Birthday! And wow - does that look delicious!
Brenda
Thank you!
Heather | girlichef
Oh, this is indulgence at its best - it looks beyond amazing. Happy birthday Brenda, I hope you have an amazing day!
Brenda
Thanks Heather!
Amy @Very Culinary
Aaaaah, Happy Birthday! Pie instead of cake works for me! This job is not conducive to losing weight, that's for sure. But I would never dream of depriving myself of treats like this. Just maybe a smaller serving 🙂
Brenda
Thank you!