Tar Heel Pie

  4.7 – 95 reviews  • Chess Pie Recipes

The brandy-soaked raisins in this dessert recipe are from Argentina.

Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 40 mins
Total Time: 1 hr
Servings: 12
Yield: 1 to 9 – inch deep-dish pie

Ingredients

  1. ½ cup butter, melted
  2. ¾ cup chocolate chips
  3. ½ cup all-purpose flour
  4. ½ cup brown sugar
  5. ½ cup white sugar
  6. 2 eggs, beaten
  7. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  8. 1 cup chopped pecans
  9. ½ cup flaked coconut
  10. ¼ cup chocolate chips
  11. 1 (9 inch) deep dish pie crust

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C.)
  2. In a large bowl, pour warm melted butter over 3/4 cup chocolate chips. Stir until smooth. Mix together flour, brown sugar, and white sugar, then stir into chocolate mixture. Stir in eggs and vanilla. Fold in pecans, coconut, and 1/4 cup chocolate chips. Pour into pie crust.
  3. Bake in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes. Top should be set, and may crack slightly, but the pie is best if under-baked.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 394 kcal
Carbohydrate 41 g
Cholesterol 51 mg
Dietary Fiber 2 g
Protein 4 g
Saturated Fat 11 g
Sodium 177 mg
Sugars 27 g
Fat 26 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Dr. Calvin Clark
Easy and delicious! I made it as is! Wouldn’t change a thing
Jamie Williams
Got good reviews from my family. Only found this recipe a few weeks ago and have already made it twice!
Wendy Fernandez
Like a brownie in a pie crust.
Matthew Jones
Oh my goodness, this is the most chocolaty, decadent, and rich chocolate pie. If you are a chocoholic, you’ll want to make this.
Stephanie Blevins
This pie is awesome! I made it for our Thanksging lunch at work and it was a hit. Not very difficult and came out perfect. Making it again for my family’s Thanksgiving.
Timothy Townsend
The recipe didn’t indicate whether the crust should be prebaked. I used a raw crust and think I’d prebake it next time so I could get a nice brown crust while leaving the filling a little under baked.
Andrea Hester
very good and very rich, especially with the shortbread crust I made for it, following the advice of another reviewer. The filling is good enough and simple enough. I omitted the nuts due to allergy problems, but it was smashing all the same.
Christopher Bowman
I scaled this down to 6 servings and made it into 4 mini pie plates. I used a thawed frozen pie crust that I quartered and arranged each piece into the pie plates, nothing fancy as long as it was in there. After reading some of the reviews, I cut the coconut in half. I baked it about 20 min for the mini plates, and I would try less for these the next time. This is very rich; a little goes a long way. Can’t wait to try with ice cream or whipped cream. I’m going to wrap and freeze some for when I need a chocolate fix! It is a pie, but the crust could actually be eliminated. It would be like a brownie that way. Thanks – great recipe!
Shannon Huffman
I made this just like the recipe instructed and cooked it for 40 minutes and it was perfect! Everyone loved it. It was so easy to make and does not require a mixer. I will definitely make this again!
Evelyn Patel
The directions were flawless just as written. This was an easy recipe and presents beautifully. Using semi-sweet chocolate chips (as the recipe calls for) produces a perfect sweetness–not candy bar sweet, but closer to a brownie.
Benjamin Hanna
I liked it, but it is very rich. Good with ice cream.
Timothy Miller
delicious warm with a little vanilla ice cream especially
Nicole Baker
I love this pie – with peanut butter as a substitute for the coconut…
Kevin Hunt
I work at a Country Club making desserts for dinner service as well as special events. It’s is delicious. This is one of the house favorites!
Christine Moore
I made two of these, one with pecans and one without. They were both very soft, even after baking a little extra time and leaving them covered on the counter overnight. Because they were so soft and gooey, they didn’t slice pretty, it was more like scooping it out. Next time I will probably cook them an extra 10-15 minutes and refrigerate them overnight. But the pies are absolutely delicious!! I will definitely be making this again.
David Kim
I love brownies so my wife was trying to find something similar to make for our anniversary. I am not a fan of coconut but I still liked it. My wife served it with a scoop of ice cream which just made it better.
Nicole Armstrong
We really enjoyed this pie. I used walnuts because that’s what I had on hand. We didn’t have any vanilla ice cream, but I’m sure that would have been so good! Instead, we heated it in the microwave for about 10 seconds and ate it that way. So good! I will make this again!
James Ward
This was so delicious, easy and most definitely satisfied our chocolate cravings! I didn’t have any pecans so I just tossed in some toffee chips because I figured “what the heck?” and just like other reviews, use a shortbread crust. Amazing!!
Kerri Brown
An easy hit!
Mary Martinez
My be-lated BIL used to make this but called it something else ( Japonease Fruit pie of all things). I Lost the recipe. But THIS IS IT!! So decadant and wonderful!
Christina Williamson
This pie is amazing!! I made it once and plan to make it again for Easter. Everyone who tasted it groaned with pleasure at their first taste!

 

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