Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars – a fun and delicious version of pecan pie, these bars are decadent, sweet, and incredibly easy to prepare. The perfect treat for a crowd, too!
Do you have a favorite dessert? I do. It’s my mom’s homemade chocolate pecan pie. Whenever I get to see her (which isn’t often enough) she always makes one for me, and it just gives me that warm, fuzzy feeling of “home.” We are separated by about 5,000 miles, with her back in the south and me allllll the way out here in the Pacific. Missing family is one of the hardest things about living this military/gypsy life, and sometimes you just need a little piece of comfort food to ease that ache of homesickness that comes around on occasion.
This recipe is a lot like my mom’s chocolate pecan pie, and I like it because it lends well to sharing. These can be made ahead and cut into bars to take to get togethers, potlucks, bake sales, etc. And they’re pretty great for just enjoying all by yourself, too.
The recipe comes from one of my favorite cookbooks, The Cookie Bible
. It is full of all kinds of delicious dessert recipes (mostly cookies and bars) and I find myself grabbing it off the shelf whenever I’ve got a hankerin’ for something sweet.
There are two parts to this recipe, both of which are super easy. First you’ll make a crust with some flour, butter, and brown sugar and bake it for about 12-15 minutes.
While the crust is baking, mix up the rest of your ingredients in a medium sized bowl.
Then pour over the top of the warm crust…
Spread it around, all nice and even, and then pop it back in the oven to bake for about 25-30 minutes. In the meantime, prepare for complete dessert bliss by pouring a sizable glass of milk. My husband believes it’s impossible to truly enjoy most desserts without a big glass of milk. He may be on to something…
Mmm mmm yum. Hope you’ve got that milk ready. 🙂
Have a fabulous rest of the week.
Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars
Ingredients
To make the crust:
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter,, softened
To make the filling:
- 3 large eggs
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup light corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 Tablespoon melted butter
- 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
- 1 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9 x 13 pan and set aside.
- Combine flour, brown sugar, and softened butter in a medium sized bowl and beat with an electric mixer until crumbly. Press evenly into bottom of prepared pan. Bake for 12-15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, whisk together eggs, granulated sugar, vanilla, corn syrup, and melted butter in a medium sized bowl. Fold in pecans and chocolate chips.
- Pour over top of warm crust. Return pan to oven and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until filling is set.
- Allow to cool completely on wire rack before cutting into bars.
Notes
*When I made this, I halved the recipe because my husband was gone on a work trip and not home to help me eat it! That's why my pictures show a smaller baking pan. If you make the full recipe, be sure to use a 9x13 pan. 🙂Nutrition
rachel says
Okay, so I never make pecan pie. But I can TOTALLY get behind pecan pie bars!!
Leslie says
Pecans remind me of my childhood. We had a huge pecan tree in our backyard and always had plenty of pecans on hand. This recipe sounds so delicious and I like that I don’t have to make a pie crust. I can’t wait to try this recipe.
Bella says
Oh my gosh yum!!!! I love anything pecan so tasty! thanks for sharing this
Amber Myers says
These look delicious! They’d be an amazing dessert one night. I love pecan pie.
Mimi says
OMG are you kidding me, this looks like the perfect fall treat! I need to give it a go asap
Connor says
This filling desperately needs salt. I’ve had my first bar just now, fully cooled, and I’m going to sprinkle kosher salt over the top of the rest of the pan because the flavor so far is just sweet and flat. I can’t actually discern the chocolate in it right now, either. I hope the salt sprinkle will bring out some depth of flavor – I was very excited for these, I love pecan pie with chocolate chips, but at the moment I’m glad I have a house of four to help me eat them.
Tricia Heinzmann says
Do you know if these freeze well?
Lindsey Harr says
So good! Made when I realized I didn’t have a pie pan for a Pecan pie. And now one of my go to desserts for holidays.
susan says
this was easy to make and big hit –
Liz says
Holy moly these look so incredibly delicious and your photography is stunning!
Kushigalu says
I wish I could grab one right now. Looks amaziNgly delicious.
Courtney | Love & Good Stuff says
Loved these! Essentially these bars are a combination of my 2 favourite sweets – pecan pie and chocolate!
Traci says
This gorgeous, easy recipe is certain to win everyone over on ANY occasion, but especially Thanksgiving! Thanks for sharing this…another winner!
Cookilicious says
These would make great gifts for the holidays!
Tara says
I have that cookbook! These chocolate pecan pie bars look absolutely amazing. Definitely the perfect dessert for feeding a crowd during the holidays.
Annissa says
These bars looks so yummy! Great shots by the way!
Bintu | Recipes From A Pantry says
These look absolutely delicious! Pecans are one of my favourite ingredients to use!
Claudia Lamascolo says
I had a pie once on a cruise with this all in it and it was delicious. These are so much easier to do! I think I will try them today!