When is National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day?

Sunday August 20th

You can have your chocolate and pie too on August 20th, National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day. (National Pecan Pie Day is observed each year if chocolate isn't your preference, but we don't know anyone like it.)

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Chocolate pecan pie pairs well with ice cream, just like the original.. Crisp pecans are included in this dish, another southern delight. Pecan pies fall under the sugar pie category, giving them a gooey, almost caramel center. The pie's sweet batter is made with different sugars depending on the recipe. Both brown and white sugars can be used, but so can molasses. Corn syrup is a common ingredient as well. Also honey is used.

There is one ingredient that pops up from time to time that should not surprise any cooks. There is one ingredient that doesn't surprise any cooks. Any recipes call for a small amount of bourbon, rum, or whiskey. The following is a sample. Seasoning with these spirits is a natural remedy since these spirits hail from the southern parts of North America.

While pecan pies are made with eggs as a binder, it's also interesting to note another sugar pie that was made when eggs were out of season. The pie is dubbed a sugar cream pie by the manufacturer. Despite the fact that spring and summer are the same as fall and winter, we don't expect there to be a season for eggs, birds lay more eggs in spring and summer than they do in the fall and winter. Chickens are relying on the sun to determine when to lay eggs. Eggs are less plentiful in eggs as the days are shorter. They may not lay any eggs at all in the winter.