Healthy Chocolate Pecan Pie

December 13, 2015

Today is a very special day, not only is it Shy Strawberry’s birthday but it’s also Chocolate Pecan Pie Day! What better way to celebrate than with this amazing and delicious healthy recipe! This really is one of my favourite desserts – it’s so hard to believe that is healthy and nutritious and I just love how beautiful it looks – the 4 layers look amazing and taste incredible too. The best thing about it though has to be that it’s super easy and there’s no baking involved whatsoever.

For the crust:

2 2/3 cups/450g dried cranberries
2.5 cups/450g pitted dates

For the cashew layer:

1 cup/150g of soaked cashews
1/2 cup/120ml of coconut water
1/2 cup/90g pitted dates
1 tsp cinnamon

For the pecan layer:

3 sliced apples
1/2 cup/90g pitted dates
3/4 cup/95g pecans
2 sprigs of vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon

For the chocolate icing:

1/4 cup/30g of cacao
3/4 cup/180ml of coconut water
1.5 cups/270g pitted dates
1 tsp of cinnamon

2 cups of pecans (optional to decorate)
1/4 cup of desiccated coconut (optional to decorate)

1. Place all the ingredients for the crust into a food processor and process until you achieve a crust-like consistency, then press into the base of a cake tin. 2. Place all the ingredients for the cashew...
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Nutritions

Calories
484

Sodium
6mg
0% DV

Fat
24g
37% DV

Protein
8g
16% DV

Carbs
57g
19% DV

Fiber
11g
44% DV