Chocolate Pecan Pie (a/k/a Blender Pie)

A recipe that's been a Jones family favorite for a very long time is this one, which we got from Lib Keith. In my recipe book, it's simply called Chocolate Blender Pie, because it's pretty easily whipped up in (you guessed it!) the blender.

That doesn't quite give you enough explanation, so you might as well think of it as a chocolate pecan pie: the cocoa-rich chocolate-y sweet filling is poured over a cup of pecan halves in an unbaked pie shell. Out comes this delicious goodness.

This served as the dessert on both Sunday and Monday nights. On Monday night, a couple of dinner guests decided to combine the two dessert options, as follows: