Vegan Mini Chocolate Hazelnut Pies (+ Video!)
I present to thee: Vegan Mini Chocolate Hazelnut Pies!!! They are of epic epicness. You NEED these scrumptious single-serving pies in your life ASAP.
These Vegan Mini Chocolate Hazelnut Pies have the pure essence of rich, sweet, chocolatey, and hazelnutty Nutella, but without the refined bleached sugar, palm oil, and artificial vanilla flavoring.
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Inside of a buttery pie crust, we’ve got a silky smooth and creamy chocolate-hazelnut filling. And the best part? These are MINI Chocolate-Hazelnut Pies.
Which (obviously) means…
No need to share! 😉
I made these Mini Chocolate Hazelnut Pies with Rigoni di Asiago’s Nocciolata Dairy Free. Nocciolata comes in two varieties: original and dairy free. I used the dairy free version here to make the recipe vegan-friendly, but both will work! I’ve tried both varieties and can honestly say DANG Y’ALL, I’m impressed.
You’ve probably seen Nocciolata at Whole Foods. I know I have. I really dig the fact that, not only is Nocciolata totally addicting and worthy of eating straight off the spoon, but it’s made with only 7 simple ingredients, including organic cane sugar, organic hazelnut butter, and organic cocoa powder.
Why buy the other chocolate-hazelnut spread at the grocery store (that’s made with refined bleached sugar, palm oil, and artificial vanilla flavoring) when you’ve got Nocciolata (that’s made with organic cane sugar, zero palm oil, and organic vanilla extract)?!
But seriously. I can’t think of a single reason.
So my peeps. Get your pie on with these Mini Chocolate Hazelnut Pies. You will regret NOTHING.
Vegan Mini Chocolate Hazelnut Pies
Ingredients
Crusts:
- 1 Ready-to-Bake Rolled Pie Crust (I used Immaculate Baking Co.)
Filling:
- 6½ tbs Canned Unsweetened Coconut Cream (warmed**)
- 2 oz Bittersweet Chocolate Chips (melted)
- ⅓ cup Rigoni di Asiago® Nocciolata Dairy Free
- ½ tsp Vanilla Extract
Instructions
For the Crust:
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Bring the rolled pie crust out of the fridge and let it sit at room temp for about 20 minutes, or until slightly softened (if you unroll it cold, it could tear).
- Unroll the pie crust onto a clean surface. Use a 4″ circle cookie cutter to punch circles out of the crust.
- Firmly press the pie crust circles into ungreased muffin tin cups. Bake for ~12 minutes, or until golden brown. Let cool completely.
For the Filling:
- In a large bowl, whisk together the coconut cream and melted chocolate. Whisk until completely smooth.
- Whisk in the Nocciolata, then whisk in the vanilla extract. Scoop the "batter" into the baked pie crust cups and transfer the pan to the fridge. Refrigerate overnight.
- Serve with coconut whipped cream, a healthy dose of melted chocolate drizzled on top, and a generous sprinkle of chopped hazelnuts. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Watch me make these pies on camera!
Enjoy!
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– Jess
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Indulge − no strings attached!
Hi,
Love your page. But FYI- this dessert is not vegan as the pie crust you used and chocolate chips contain milk.
The pie crust is vegan. If you looked at the ingredient list on their website, that’s not updated. I triple checked the packaging and it does not contain milk. Also, the chocolate chips I used didn’t contain milk either. If you’re concerned about dairy in your chocolate, get dark chocolate.
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Her comment shows the general distrust of purveyors of pure ingredients who in fact are using ingredients that still have bad stuff in them, knowingly or not. Thank you for being so careful in your ingredient choices and, of course, since you are posting this online for the world to see, you maintain the ethics necessary to also maintain a healthy reputation! Smile. GREAT DESSERT. Thank you so much!
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Actually, her comment is likely based on the fact that you can’t get truly dairy free chocolate chips in regular grocery stores. Or even chocolate bars, for that matter. And even the dark chocolate has some form of milk in them. I know, you can go to specialty stores and find the dairy free ones, that they charge an arm and a leg for. But I looked at every single package in Walmart and a regular store, and all of them had either milk or a derivative of milk in them. Even the dark chocolate. I found a bag of specialty chips at Walmart that they charged almost $5 for. I have no idea what Whole Foods would charge for them, but I’m sure it’s not cheaper. Imagine my annoyance when people on the internet insisted that dark chocolate was vegan friendly, only to find that none of it was.
I’m assuming you’ve never tried Enjoy Life’s chocolate chips or Lily’s chocolate chips (which are sugar free)… both are vegan, and I’ve been using them for years. Lily’s is super expensive online, not sure why, because I literally bought a bag yesterday at HEB for $4 (there was a $1 coupon hanging in front of it)!
Hope this helps 🙂
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Wow these look delicious. So my question is just like, how do you stop yourself from eating them all? Summer is coming and I love making desserts but I also like fitting into pants.
😂😂😂 Share them with friends and family! And these aren’t crazy bad for you — just enjoy a pie with something else so you are filled up… like yogurt (or something with protein), a piece of fruit, etc.
Great recipe but the pie crust is most definitely not vegan. It contains Cultured Whey, I contacted the company and they confirmed this. Whole Foods does offer a truly vegan pie crust, as an alternative!
That’s strange… my package doesn’t mention anything about whey or milk?? No I’m bummed :/
I guess it’s good that WF has a vegan option then!
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Vegan or not, these mini pies are Out of This World GOOD!!! You have not truly lived until you’ve eaten one of these pies. Jesse, you did it again!
I was looking for a recipe to use up some pie crust that was expiring soon and came across this on your blog, and I am SO happy to have discovered it.
I love all your recipes, but this one literally is my FAV! So decadent, so easy! I want to make them to share with friends, but I end up keeping everyone of them for myself {embarrassed}.
Awwwww Sue!! You just made my entire week *happy tears*
I’m so glad you liked the recipe 🙂
Me again, Jesse 🙂
I’ve recently found it harder to find the Ready-to-Bake Rolled Pie Crust from the Immaculate Baking Co. Is there an alternate brand you would recommend?