This post contains affiliate links. Please see our disclosure policy.
I know right. You have got to make this summer treat. I am telling you the pictures do not do justice to how good this is. This pie can be made into bars as well.
I recently added amazon affiliate store to the blog. The store has things I use like pantry items, all the lentils, beans, flours, vegan dog supplies, vegan and non animal tested personal items, my favorite cookbooks, and so on. check it out! I get a teeny amount when you buy from the store, which will be donated as does the ad revenue I make from the blog. 🙂
More desserts that you need to make this summer.
Chocolate Chip pudding Pie with almond date crust. GF soy-free
Dark Chocolate Silk Pie with chocolate crust. GF soy-free
No bake single Serve Chocolate Berry Pie. GF, soy-free
Steps:
Make the crust and press into pie pan, tart pan or other square or rectangle pan if making bars.
Make the caramel and pour into crust.
Even it out. Melt the chocolate in coconut milk.
Briskly Whisk in the almond butter, maple and pour on the caramel layer. Freeze.
Freeze until set, then slice and serve. This Vegan Salted Caramel Pie!
The pie stays soft even when frozen. Keeps well for a few weeks if it really will last that long.
yumm!
Video:
Salted Date Caramel, Chocolate Pie with Almond Coconut Crust. Vegan Glutenfree No Bake
Ingredients
Crust:
- 1/2 cup + 2 Tbsp almonds
- 2 Tbsp hemp seeds, or use coconut flakes
- 2 Tbsp flax seed meal , or chia seeds or coconut flakes
- 1.5 Tbsp cocoa powder, omit for less chocolatey pie:)
- 3/4 cup coconut flakes, small flakes
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 8 soft medjool dates
- 1.5 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 Tbsp maple syrup
- 1 Tbsp or more almond milk
Salted Caramel Layer:
- 1 cup soft medjool dates, (approx 11 dates) - soaked in hot water for 15 minutes
- 2 Tbsp almond butter , or other nut butter
- 2 Tbsp coconut oil
- 1/2 cup almond milk , or other non dairy milk
- 1/4 tsp fine sea salt, less for less salty caramel
Chocolate Mousse layer:
- 1/2 cup full fat coconut milk
- 1 3 oz bar 70% dark Theo chocolate or about 2/3 cup vegan semi sweet chocolate chips
- 2 Tbsp almond butter
- 2 Tbsp coconut oil
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
Instructions
- Soak the dates, for the salted caramel layer in hot water, so they soak for the 15 minutes while you make the crust and topping.
Crust:
- Process the almonds until coarse meal in a food processor or blender. Add seeds, cocoa, dates, 1/4 cup coconut flakes, salt and pulse until the dates are incorporated well. Add the rest of the coconut flakes, vanilla, maple, almond milk and process until doughy. Add more almond milk or maple if needed and mix a bit your hands. Press the dough onto the pan. You can also make this into bars. Press the dough into a parchment lined 9 by 5 inch or smaller rectangle pan. For variations: Use more almonds or coconut to replace the seeds.
Salted Caramel:
- Drain the soaked dates. Puree all the ingredients+soaked dates listed under salted caramel to combine into a smooth puree. blend for a couple of cycles so the dates blend well. Taste and adjust sweet and salt(add maple or stevia if you like it sweeter). Spread on the crust.
Chocolate mousse:
- Heat coconut milk until it just about starts to bubble and add to a bowl. Add the chocolate and whisk to melt. Briskly whisk in the rest of the ingredients to aerate the mixture. Pour onto the caramel. Tap the pan to spread evenly.
- Freeze until set (a few hours), then slice and serve! The pie stays soft and well for weeks kept frozen. Cover the pie pan and freeze so that the top layer doesn't dry out.
Video
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Hi, would it work to use tahini or peanut butter instead of almond butter ?
Thanks!
peanut butter
I have all the ingredients to try this but the coconut oil. Does it need to be refined or virgin? Also, I have the solid form…should it be oil? Thanks and can’t wait to try it!!!!
solid is ok – the heat when making the mousse will melt everything together. refined is recommended for this & it will give a more neutral (less coconutty) flavour
Thanks for a great recipe Richa! What function do the chia seeds play in this recipe? Just curious as they don’t have much of a taste? Is it mainly for texture?
they help with binding. You can omit them, be sure to press the crust well together
This pie is incredible – I have made it twice, using nuts other than almonds, since I am sensitive to almonds. I want to use this crust for your pumpkin chocolate pie, but wondering if the crust can be baked?
the pumpkin chocolate pie is unbaked. So keep the crust unbaked too. it might burn easily with all the coconut
This was so good!
Hey richa
Love love love your work…thank u for sharing with us
Just wanted to ask ,can I use fresh scrapped coconut or dry coconut (kopra in hindi) instead of flakes and in the peanut butter instead of almond to make the chocolate mousse layer??
Use fresh as the dry Khira can sometimes be too chewy
I never leave reviews but I like when others do so I know something is good. This was so delicious!! I’ll be making this again and again.
awesome! thanks!
What food processor do you use? Thanks!
i used to have a cuisine art (as in video), now i use hamilton beach 7 cup
Hi! If I omit the flax seed meal (allergy) and instead use chia, do you recommend whole chia or ground chia? Thanks! Looking forward to being able to eat dessert at thanksgiving dinner next week 🙂
ground.
What do you recommend to make this nut free? And do you think apples would fall in well here? Thanks!
more coconut in the crust or sunbutter. apples will not bake well inthis
Great recipe! I made it for 4th of July and people loved it! Thanks for sharing.
awesome!
Made this last night. It was fairly easy to do, even with my basic blender. It settled beautifully in the freezer, the texture was great and it was easy to cut. The only minus – it was way too sweet and intense, for my taste at least. I used date syrup instead of maple (i had none at hand), could that be the reason? Otherwise it’s a piece of perfection on a plate! I think i give it another try with less sweetener.
hmm, it could be, Some dates are sweeter than others and the syrup might be of the sweeter kind and more concentrated. It could also be personal taste. educe the sweetener a bit in all the layers.
dumb down the dates with prunes ioften do this as dont want too sweet