Grammy's Kitchen · Pecan Pie · Chocolate Pecan Pie
One of 63 pecan pie recipes we measured
from tastesbetterfromscratch.com
1 cooks on tastesbetterfromscratch.com rate it 4.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 63.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 33% | 25% |
| total sugar | 104% | 90% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 17% | 96% |
| egg | 65% | 65% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| vegetables and beans | 67% | 17% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 230 g | 1 Homemade pie crust (, unbaked (my recipe makes 2 crusts, so you can freeze the other crust)) |
| 200 g | 1 cup granulated sugar |
| 40 g | 3 Tablespoons light brown sugar |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| 154 g | 1 cup light corn syrup |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| 75 g | 1/3 cup salted butter (, softened or melted (75 g)) |
| 150 g | 3 large eggs |
| 164 g | 1 1/2 cup pecan halves (, chop the pecans or leave whole) |
| 212 g | 1 1/4 cups semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips (, divided) |
Method: 5 steps, published by tastesbetterfromscratch.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“When I printed this recipe before Thanksgiving 2025 (yes, I'd rather print a recipe than read it online will baking!), pecans weren't mentioned in any step! I added them with the chocolate chips in step 3 and it worked very well. I also noticed a math error: t” — a cook, 4.0★