Tar Heel Brownie Pie, or North Carolina Fudge Pie, is a densely rich and decadent fudge pie chock full of pecans in a flaky crust.
Tar Heel Brownie Pie
By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
Tar Heel Brownie Pie is my recipe of the day for the blogging event Valentine’s Day Chocolate Week. I shared some cookies on Monday and a Coca-Cola cake yesterday and wanted to finish up with a Tar Heel Pie.
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The Tar Heel pie is a very Southern, North Carolina version of fudge pie. If you ate a brownie in a pie crust this would almost be it.
The chocolate flavor is intense and over the top. It’s very rich so you get slightly more pieces per pie (8 instead of 6 or 7). It goes great with ice cream ala mode to help cut the richness.
Perfect for when you want to impress, the pie also is great for a bar-be-cue. Try putting one out as a finishing dessert after smoking up some pulled pork. You’ll make many friends. Don’t forget to send them here for the recipe and much more.
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Tar Heel Brownie Pie
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Tar Heel Brownie Pie
Tar Heel Brownie Pie
Equipment
- 1 set pie weights
- 1 pie pan
Ingredients
- 1 single pie crust
- 1 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup butter (melted and hot)
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/4 cup baking cocoa
- 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs (lightly beaten)
- 1-1/2 cups chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Fit pie crust into pie pan and flute edges; line with parchment and pastry weights or dried beans; par-bake the crust 15 minutes then allow to cool.
- Place chocolate chips in a heatproof mixing bowl. Melt butter and pour over the chocolate chips while very hot.
- Whisk chips until melted.
- Add remaining ingredients except pecans and mix until smooth.
- Fold pecans into mixture and then spread into the pie crust.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes until mostly set.
- Allow to cool completely. Serve with whipped cream or ice cream if desired.
Notes
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This is very addictive! Love this dessert!
I’ve never heard of tar heel pie. It looks so good! Full of chocolate and nuts. Yum!