Chocolate Covered Pecan Pie Bites are the perfect easy dessert to bring to your holiday table. These irresistible pie bites melt in your mouth for an explosion of chocolatey sweetness!
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Chocolate Covered Pecan Pie Bites
You are in for such a treat with these Chocolate Covered Pecan Pie Bites! The Holiday Season is in full swing and I’m always looking for amazing dessert recipes with options! I love that you can either make this recipe with a homemade pecan pie or if time is short, purchase a store bought. Both versions are GREAT!
After I baked a fantastic pecan pie, or pick up a great pre-baked pecan pie, I used a cookie scoop to make little pecan pie mounds. Drizzle with melted chocolate, let set and you’ve got yourself an adorable Holiday dessert that looks great on your table!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Great For Parties. These pecan pie bites are beyond easy to make for your upcoming parties.
- Prepare Easy With Store Bought Crust. You can absolutely use a store bought pecan pie for a quick option.
- Bite Size! Bite size dessert is so fun! Everyone seems to love them!
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What You’ll Need
Here are the ingredients you’ll need to make pecan pie bites at home. See the recipe card located at the bottom of the post for full details and instructions.
- Corn Syrup– Look for the Karo corn syrup in the baking section.
- Large Eggs– For consistency, use large eggs for all of your baking.
- Granulated Sugar– This fine sugar gives the pie its sweetness.
- Butter– You can use salted or unsalted butter for this recipe.
- Pure Vanilla Extract- For best tasting results use pure vanilla in your baking.
- Pecan Halves- Find the nuts in the baking section of the grocery store.
- Pie Crust– You can use a homemade crust or frozen pie crust.
- Melted Chocolate– Use the Ghirardelli chocolate melts for easy melting.
How To Make Pecan Bites
For Store Bought Pie. You want to make sure you let your pecan pie cool completely before scooping the pie into bite size scoops. You can absolutely use a store-bought pecan pie for this recipe. Use a small-medium cookie scoop to form little bites then transfer to parchment paper. Make sure you get pieces of pie crust in each bite.
For Homemade Pie Option Follow Below
Preheat Oven To 350°F. Preheat oven and prepare pie plate.
Prepare Pecan Pie Mixture. In a large bowl, mix corn syrup, eggs, sugar, butter and vanilla using a spoon. Stir in pecans. Pour filling into pie crust.
Bake. Bake on center rack of oven for 60 to 70 minutes (see tips for doneness, below). Cool for 2 hours on wire rack before serving.
Scoop Pecan Pie Onto Parchment Paper. When pie is completely cool, use a small-medium cookie scoop and scoop baked pecan pie pieces and transfer to parchment paper.
Drizzle Chocolate Over Pie Bites. Drizzle melted chocolate over tops of bites, covering most of the bites. Let chocolate set then serve room temperature or chilled.
Beautiful little bites, worth every minute of prep work!
Recipe Tips For Success
- Make In Advance. Make the homemade pecan pie a day or even two in advance, so when you go to make the dessert, it’s quick and easy.
- Use A Store Bought Pie To Save Time. If you don’t have time to make your own pecan pie, use a store bought pie. It works just fine!
- Heat Chocolate In Batches. Heat your chocolate up in batches to avoid it hardening part way.
How To Serve
Serve these cute bites at your upcoming Holiday party. They’re best enjoyed at room temperature.
How To Store Leftovers
Store any leftovers in an airtight container, room temperature for up to 3 days.
Try More Pecan Recipes
- Brown Butter Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Candied Pecan Chocolate Covered Oreos
- Kitchen Sink Skillet Cookie
Chocolate Covered Pecan Pie Bites
Equipment
- Oven
- cookie scoop
- parchment paper
- measuring spoons
- measuring cups
- mixing spoon
- heat proof bowl for microwave
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Karo® Light OR Dark Corn Syrup
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 1 teaspoon Spice Islands® Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1-1/2 cups 6 ounces pecan halves
1 (9-inch) unbaked OR frozen deep-dish pie crust
1 cup melted chocolate
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. In a large bowl, mix corn syrup, eggs, sugar, butter and vanilla using a spoon. Stir in pecans. Pour filling into pie crust.
- Bake on center rack of oven for 60 to 70 minutes (see tips for doneness, below). Cool for 2 hours on wire rack before serving.
- When pie is completely cool, use a small-medium cookie scoop and scoop baked pecan pie pieces and transfer to parchment paper. Drizzle melted chocolate over tops of bites, covering most of the bites. Let chocolate set then serve room temperature or chilled.
When pie is completely cool, use a small-medium cookie scoop and scoop baked PUMPKIN PIE pieces and transfer to parchment paper.
Is this a typo or am I missing something?
typo. Should read pecan. I’ll go edit.
I wish the author was responding, as I have the same question as several others; what type of chocolate? Milk, semi or bitter sweet? Dark? Almond bark? I find peacan pie very sweet, so I’ll try these with a darker chocolate, and see how it works. I really love the idea.
Whatever kind of chocolate you’d like to use will work great. Hope you enjoy 🙂
You scoop pieces of crust in it too! Not wasting crust…
If you’re just going to scoop the baked filling out of the pie crust why put it in a pie crust? Why not just put it in a baking dish and bake till done? This way you aren’t wasting a pie shell?
I couldn’t find the instructions for how to tell when the pecan pie is done. That has been my biggest problem when making pecan pie, so I really looked. This recipe sounds just like my mother made. This covered in chocolate sounds like heaven in my mouth!!!
in step 4 it says pumpkin pie instead of pecan… you need a better editor!
you didn’t say what kind of chocolate you used. Was in from a can or made from scratch? What kind of choc. did you use? thank you
You said to scoop out pumpkin pie bites but I think you ment pecan pie bites since that is the recipe given. I am sure you could do pumpkin pie bites too.
For this recipe, do you also scoop the crust into the balls or what do you do with the crust after you scoop out pecan filling?
The recipe states to make sure that you get some crust in each bite but I can’t imagine they’ll use up all of it. I don’t see replies to any of the comments or questions. How odd.
Thanks!
I scooped a little crust into each bite and then ate the rest of the crust with bits of filling with vanilla ice cream on top! I LOVE this recipe! 😀
?? Leftover pecan pie ?? ? ‼
Not around our house .
Sounds great. Gona try it soon. Thanks
In #4 of directions for Chocolate Covered Pecan Pie Bites it says to scoop pumpkin pie instead of pecan pie. Will be making these for Christmas.
The pecan pie recipe on this syrup bottle is the best one ever
What chocolate do you use?
In the instructions you say scoop out pumpkin pie pieces. Can you do this with pumpkin pie too? Can’t wait to try pecan pie pieces.
These look terrific! I will make these for parties. I just wanted to point out a typo you have. You said “scoop out the pumpkin pie pieces” I think you meant to say pecan pie pieces. Thank you for the wonderful idea.
Cut to the chase. Buy a large piece from Costco or Sam’s and proceed to scooping. I would freeze or refrigerate before putting on chocolate to quicken the process of setting the chocolate.
These little pecan pie bites look so good! I love how they perfect for holiday eating 🙂
all pie goodness in one bite! YUM!
Such a great idea! They almost look like turtles minus the caramel. I would totally gobble these down.
yummy!!! I could eat them all!
These look like little bites of heaven!
I love bite- sized treats for the holidays!
What a fun holiday treat!
I love the idea of this – so creative!
Oh my word, my husband would FLIP for these! They’re like homemade candy bar bites and pecan pie is his hands down favorite pie. What a fun idea Jenny!
Oh these look so good! Nice idea to make pie bites 😀
Your recipe sounds great,do you mean peacan pie instead of pumpkin pie?
I will try this.
Thanks for the great recipes.
Cheri