This vegan-friendly Salted Bourbon Chocolate Pie is made with chocolate, cream (or coconut cream), bourbon, and sea salt, is simple to put together, and is perfect for parties!
Update: In January 2018, this pie was named a “Best Booze in Food” finalist in Drizly’s Blogger Awards. (That’s right– this pie is winning AWARDS!)
Dear Chocoholics,
This Salted Bourbon Chocolate Pie will make you giggle, sigh with happiness, and is meant for sharing– so you’ll make new friends. You’re welcome.
Sincerely,
Cordially,
With Love,
Sarah
(Did I sell that well enough? Do you not believe me? Keep reading…)
Guys, chocolate pie is kind of “my thing.” If I’m having a party– I am, most likely, making a chocolate pie.
If I’m having friends over for dinner, my first thought is, “How many times have I served them chocolate pie?”
Why?
Well for one thing, it’s delicious. For another, it’s easy.
And probably, most importantly, it’s because of the gushing. I love it. Yes, that’s right– I keep making chocolate pie because everyone I’ve served it to has gushed about how amazing it is.
In fact, this Salted Bourbon Chocolate Pie was born because I didn’t want to disappoint the chocoholics I’d be serving, but wanted to switch things up from my original, non-bourbon chocolate pie.
(If you want to try my other versions of this pie, check the recipe card notes.)
Salted Bourbon Chocolate Pie
Making Salted Bourbon Chocolate Pie
To make this pie, you don’t need amazing kitchen skills. On a scale from easy to difficult, it’s ridiculously easy.
But you don’t have to tell your friends that– go ahead and let them think you’re a chocolate-master.
You do, however, need about 4 hours to let your pie set up in the fridge.
Don’t forget to plan ahead.
First, you need a graham cracker crust.
I make this vegan graham cracker crust, but you can also use store-bought.
Next, pour heavy cream into a saucepan, and bring it to a boil over medium heat. Take the cream off the heat immediately, and pour in the chocolate chips.
Now stir, stir, stir until the chocolate is melted. Add the bourbon and vanilla, and stir again.
Pour the chocolate mixture into the prepared pie crust, and set it carefully into a level surface in the fridge for at least 4 hours.
Right before serving the pie, sprinkle some coarsely ground sea salt over the top of the pie.
Remember, with salt– less is more. Use about two pinches of salt over the whole top of the pie.
Serve this pie in small slices, about 1/2 or 1/3 the size of a regular pie slice, because this pie is RICH.
Enjoy your pie with some chocolate-loving friends, and spread the word to chocoholics everywhere.
Salted Bourbon Chocolate Pie
Yes
2 Weeks (Fridge), 3 Months (Freezer)
Ingredients
- 1 graham cracker crust
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream OR coconut cream*
- 12 oz bittersweet chocolate chips
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 TB bourbon
- 2 pinches coarsley ground sea salt
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, bring cream to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Add chocolate, and stir until creamy. Add bourbon.
- Pour chocolate mixture into the graham cracker crust. Set pie carefully onto a level surface in your fridge, and allow to set 4-5 hours.
- Just before serving, top pie with the salt.
- To serve- Cut slices VERY small. Think 1/2 - 1/3 a normal pie slice. Serve on its own, with berries, or whipped cream.
- Leftovers:Refrigerate leftovers for up to 2 weeks.Make Ahead / Freeze:After the ganache sets, wrap the pie tightly and freeze for up to 3 months. Move to the refrigerator a day or two before serving.
Notes
- Swap the liquor for liqueur: Swap the bourbon for amaretto or chocolate liqueur.
- Skip the liquor: Skip the bourbon, and use a little extra vanilla extract.
- Coconut Macadamia: Skip the bourbon, and toast unsweetened coconut and chopped macadamia nuts. Sprinkle the coconut and nuts on the pie before serving.
Oh, wow! You weren’t wrong in saying that this is ridiculously easy! Chocolate pie may be your thing, but my thing is loving sweet/salty combos and this just hits the spot!! Love the touch of bourbon in there too! This one is on my ‘to try’ list. Looks too good, Sarah!! Pinned! Have a great weekend 🙂
Right!? Soooo easy! Lol salty and sweet are the best! Enjoy!
OH MY! Love bourbon and chocolate! The recipe is soooo easy, too!
Who doesn’t need a little bourbon and chocolate on their lives =) wow love this pie I wish I could have a slice now. Many good flavors going in here.
This sounds so good. I actually have some bourbon sitting around waiting to be used in a tasty treat like this one.
I feel like your note was addressed personally to me! I’m drooling over here! You had me at salty, sweet chocolate and bourbon.
Haha then I hope you enjoy! ????
This does sound amazingly easy! I actually just saw this on Pinterest earlier today and thought that sounds delicious. I mean even the name salted bourbon chocolate makes you want to try this RIGHT now 🙂
Aw thanks Stephanie! Enjoy!!
This looks amazing! I love that the ingredients list is short but still has all the good stuff- bourbon, salt, chocolate! yum!
You are true comedian Sarah. You know that…. It’s meant for sharing?! …. How about NOT!!! … leftovers? How about NON! I would devour this chocolate beauty myself. It looks DELICIOUS, amazing, perfect… I was just about to say for V-day BUT how about ANY-day 😉 Beautiful pie my friend. Made me drool and left in cravings at 22 pm hehe Sharing and saving to try!
Lololol thanks Natalie ???? You can go ahead and eat all you want ????????
Oh, my! Back to chocolate! I have days when l only crave salty stuff, and days when l go crazy on the sweet things. Well, your amazingly looking chocolate pie made me drool.
Nothing wrong with using ready-made pie crust, sometimes shortcuts can be life saver.
Sarah, you have outdone yourself with this one! It looks amazing! And I love that I can use coconut cream in it. Yummy!
I love it with coconut cream- Works just as well that way! Enjoy 😀
SCORE! Just in time for me to plan my V-day menu and I just bought a tart pan today that I think will work really well with this. My husband and I can save this delicious pie for when the kids to go bed. I’m all over this flavor combo!
Oh yum! What a beautiful dessert. I love salted chocolate and bourbon together and I especially love the dairy-free option!
I swear, the easier the recipe, the more awesome it usually is. It would be so hard to wait four hours!
Ok…so salted chocolate has got to be one of the most delicious treats. This pie with addition of bourbon looks fantastic. My husband loves chocolate (way more than me) and he LOVES bourbon, so I know this would be a complete hit with him.
Did you say chocolate + bourbon? Hello glorious pie!! This looks amazing and now I will have to make it! Yummy!!
I love your little graham cracker cheat! I love salted anything! But salted chocolate bourbon sounds absolutely brilliant!! I’ll take a slice or two of this thank you!
Haha thanks! I always always cheat on that one 😀 And enjoy the pie!
I love that you don’t even have to whip the cream! This is epic! Do you have Nabisco Famous Wafers there? I’m thinking double chocolate pie….
Haha that would probably be amazing!
I am literally drooling over the chocolate pie. Absolutely love the salt topping and buying store bought pie crust sure is a life saver. I am trying it out for my next get together!
The bourbon takes that in a lovely and different direction! And it certainly does sound easy…
Oh man this looks and sounds amazing. I’ve never made a chocolate pie before, which is insane now that I think about it because I ADORE chocolate. Definitely need to rectify that ASAP. Also, thanks for the ‘making store bought crust look homemade’ trick ????
Say what!? Go make this now then lol. And noooo problem lol
lol – “cut slices very small”…. that’s cute. If I don’t cut it at all, that’s one piece, right?
This looks fantastic!!
You could leave the bourbon out- It would still be amazing! Maybe add a little extra vanilla extract 🙂