Gluten Free Dairy Free Chocolate Hazelnut Blender Pie
34Well..my five weeks of bliss with my family has unfortunately come to an end. We had a wonderful time together eating, laughing and shopping our way around L.A, and I am so grateful to have had this special time with them. But in true piggy fashion, I wanted more time. It took all of my father's strength to pry my co-dependent hands from around my mother's neck. So there I was, after my best "desperate monkey routine" bawling like a baby frantically waving good-bye to my parents as they disappeared behind the security area. Talk about ripping my heart out of my chest...
After drowning myself in cheesy 80's love songs (my go-to antidote of choice when I find myself in the depths of self-pitying misery) as I drove bleary-eyed all the way home down the 405 I still found myself in desperate need of comforting. It was then that I felt a familiar rumbling in my piggy tummy as I was reminded of my trusty family motto and all-too-familiar achilles' heel, "Some chocolate a day keeps the heart-ache away". Just the mere memory of this trusty default position (that has never failed to take the sting out of any painful situation but can eventually lead to dietary purgatory) was all the invitation I needed to grab my blender with one hand and the cacao powder with the other. The leftover hazelnuts caught my eye in the door of the fridge as I grabbed for the hemp milk, and what can I say? I started shaking with excited anticipation, became possessed, and a proud month of chocolate sobriety went out the window with one whirl of the blender as another s'blended gluten free dairy free chocolate creation was born.
"Hello, my name is Tess and I am a gluten free chocoholic…and I must admit to suffering a relapse brought on by my broken heart". It is really embarrassing. I actually stood in the kitchen for the whole hour the pie was baking, peaking in the oven every 10 minutes as my snout anticipated it's long-overdue "chocolate fix". Those of you who have been following me for a while would be familiar with my chocoholic's 12-step program that started with step 1 and 10 with the chocolate chilli mousse and raw vegan chocolate mousse, and then moved onto step two with the raw chocolate butter. Today we discuss step 3, "We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of the healthy blender power as we understood it, and trusted it would steer us towards a chocolate alternative that would remove the need to coat-check our colons and livers". I don't know about you, but I have decided that step 3 is a lifesaver. In fact, I might need to work on step 3 for quite a while.
Just with the chocolate chilli pepper mousse, raw chocolate cinnamon mousse and the raw chocolate butter, this easy-peasy chocolate hazelnut pie is a beacon of hope for all of the chocolate addicts who are not inclined to spend more than 5 minutes preparing their fix. Trust me -- absolutely anyone can make this quick easy blender pie. Just like the lemon honey blender pie, pecan blender pie and pumpkin blender pie, It absolutely epitomises the "blend and chow" philosophy we are so fond of here at healthy blender recipes. It is literally child's play. Just throw everything into the blender (I like to use my Vitamix to get a really smooth consistency) bake, chill, gobble, and let your inner addict sing. You can make this blender pie as rich, sweet and decadent as you like. I found that 3/4 cup of cacao and 3/4 cup agave struck a nice balance for me. But some of my friends preferred a richer chocolate hazelnut pie and added in 1 cup of cacao and 1 cup of agave. I used coconut flour, but you can also use sweet rice flour. This pie tastes s'blended either way. This blender pie is very dense with a delightful smooth texture. This chocolate hazelnut pie is just pure decadence with every lift of the fork. Dress each slice up with fresh berries, vegan cream, shaved coconut, chocolate or nuts to complete your heavenly experience. For those of you looking for gluten and dairy free recipes or allergy free recipes, this easy peasy blender pie is for you! This chocolate hazelnut pie is gluten free, dairy free and sugar free, and is absolutely to die for! Trust me, this is one of the best Vitamix recipes and tasty blender recipes out there!
I must say a big "thankyou" to one of my favourite gluten free companies, Udi's Gluten Free Foods, who featured my honey lemon blender pie as their recipe of the week on their Facebook page a couple of weeks ago. That post sent over 10,000 new visitors to the site. I was happily overwhelmed with grateful emails about the lemon pie and pecan pie, and the site in general. Thankyou to all of those lovely readers who contacted me. I really appreciate the support and encouragement.
I also received an email request for an easy chocolate blender pie. So, Jill - this one's for you! I am off to a meeting with a piece of chocolate hazelnut pie in hand. For all of you raw and vegan piggies out there -- don't despair. I will post my Raw Chocolate Cherry Ripe Pie In A Glass and my favourite Raw Chocolate Cookies next week. After all…we gluten free chocoholics have to stick together, and I don't want to leave any piggy wanting.
Gluten Free Dairy Free Chocolate Hazelnut Blender Pie
- 1 cup roasted hazelnuts with the skins removed
- 3/4 cup coconut flour
- 3/4 - 1 cup cacao or unsweetened cocoa powder
- 4 organic eggs
- 2 cups hemp or soy milk
- 1/2 cup / 1 stick of vegan margarine (Earth Balance of Nuttelex) melted
- 3/4 - 1 cup raw agave nectar to taste
- 2 tsp natural vanilla extract
- a pinch of Celtic sea salt or Himalayan salt
- Preheat your oven to 150 C / 300 F.
- Roast the hazelnuts on about 200 C / 400 F for about 8 minutes until fragrant. Be sure not to burn them.
- Set aside to cool and then roll off the skins.
- Throw all the ingredients in your blender (I use a Vitamix) and mix on high until smooth and creamy. The mixture is very thick.
- Grease a 9 inch / 23 cm pie plate and pour the mixture into the dish.
- Bake for about 40-60 minutes (depending on the temperature of your oven) or until just set.
- The pie will continue to set while cooling.
- Allow to cool completely and then chill in the fridge.
- Serve with dollops of vegan cream, berries or shredded coconut. YUMMO!
Serves 8.
Piggy Cooking Tips
remove hazelnut skins and catch the nuts in one fell swoop
After allowing the roasted hazelnuts to cool, place them in a recycled plastic mesh bag with small holes like you buy lemons, limes or oranges in. Tie both ends and then rub the bag between your hands over the sink or trash can. All of the skins will slip through the bag leaving the whole naked treasures inside. Now that is better than the dirty tea towel approach!
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Piggy Grunts!
Add Your GruntYou are welcome Jill :) Enjoy and let us know how you go. Enjoy you weekend.
Hey LouLou. Classifying eggs as dairy products is a common mistake. The term “dairy” refers to the product of the mammary glands of mammals such as cows, goats, sheep and others, and also other products that are derived from those products. There is often a confusion between the terms “dairy product” and “animal by-product”. While eggs are, indeed, produced by animals and, therefore, an animal byproduct, they are not a dairy product or a derivative of dairy products. So this pie is dairy-free but it is not egg-free. I hope this clears up any confusion :)
eggs might not be dairy (as posted above) but they sure aren’t vegan and this is listed as such.
Hey Ness,
Where is this pie classified as vegan?
Then I can rectify the mistake.
It is vegetarian, gluten free and dairy free but not vegan.
Thanks Marilyn. Glad you enjoyed it. I served it with the raw vegan cashew cream on the site. it is DELICIOUS and SO easy. Oink Oink :)
After trying your chocolate cherry ripe smoothie, I figured I’d see if it was a fluke. Nope, not even close. You know from chocolate. As do I, trust me; some people dream in color, others in black and white, but I dream in chocolate. Trust me when I say, this is some damn amazing chocolate. Thanks for this, I can’t believe I get to eat this way. I’m blessed.
Hey Ginger! Apologies for the limited search function. You will soon be able to search a lot of different ways! But to make it easier for you - this is the only recipe on the site at the moment that uses coconut flour. There are lots of recipes where I use fresh coconut meat, milk, water and flakes, but this is the only one using flour. I need to post more!!!! YUMMO =)
Hello, Tess!
This looks amaaazing! I have tried many of your recipes so far and have ALWAYS been left so impressed by how easy and ingenious they are. I’m not even vegan!
Here’s my question: Could this recipe could be made without coconut flour? Perhaps with another flour such as tapioca or rice flour?
Thanks! :)
Hey Piggy Natalie,
Yes, you can make this pie with rice flour. Use half brown rice flour and half white for the best results. But you can use all white if you like. YUMMO!
I made this delicious cake with egg replacer (not sure about the brand, just the usual powder to mix with water) as my boyfriend is vegan, I also had to use normal flour as I didn’t manage to find coconut one (if anyone knows where to find some in London, let me know!) but it was still amazing! Such a success! It kind of tastes like Nutella but much nicer and healthier.
I can’t wait to try other recipes (I’ve already tried one of the raw salads which was really nice too!).
Thanks for sharing your experience with the egg replacer Meryl. You can also make this pie with rice flour and it turns out wonderfully too :)
Has anyone tried this recipe using flax “eggs,” applesauce, or bananas? I’m vegan and really want to make it for Christmas! Thanks! :)
Hey Jennifer,
I have not tried this recipe with vegan substitutes. I need to post a vegan chocolate pie! In the mean time, I was thinking the raw vegan cranberry lemon cheesecake on the site would work really well by substituting the lemon and cranberries with cacao and hazelnuts. YUM! Feel free to email me about this.
Hi Tess!
That’s a great idea! I actually considered making that cheesecake too, it looks amazing! Hmm maybe I’ll do that. :) Or maybe both (not like I need the calories though, lol, but hey, it’s Christmas!) I saw somebody post that they used egg replacer, but I’d rather avoid “artificial” stuff like that and use natural egg replacers. Thanks! :D
I would love to hear how the chocolate hazelnut cheesecake turns out.
I am rubbing my happy belly and licking my snout just thinking about it.
Yes! It’s the holidays. Live on the wild side. LOL!
LOL! I’ll definitely let you know. I’ll blog about it and send you the link when it’s done. :)
I made this yesterday!!! Divine!!!!! Though I made almond milk and used it instead of soy/hemp milk :)
I am so glad you enjoyed this pie.
Yes! Almond milk is DELICIOUS in this pie!
Great to have you here.
Can’t wait to hear what you think of some more recipes :)
OH MY Goodness thanks so much. I am just going to have to get agave nectar and hazelnuts and I am set to go. Thanks so much for this..