Alternatively titled: Carrot Coconut Creme Breakfast Pie, until I realized this really had no flavor of carrot despite the full cup of shredded goodness in the crust. Believe it or not I am in fact sharing a recipe after a hard core hiatus. Not just any recipe, but one that requires putting the words “breakfast” and “pie” in the same sentence.
It may be somewhat ironic that I post a pie recipe just a few days after posting about avoiding added sugars, but that’s the beauty of eating “real food,” no processed sugar necessary. Just turn your eye to the bit of honey used, at least it’s raw. 😉
I tend to get on a solid raw food kick when the summer months hit, and this year was no exception. It’s easy to eat raw for most of my meals (don’t get me wrong, I’ll easily throw back a back of chips with a side of fresh baked scones) but for raw “treats” it requires just a bit more experimenting.
After my lovely mother made a raw blueberry pie, I knew the time had come to start creating allthepies. I don’t typically go for carrot cakes or pies, but I wanted something different and carrots hold a natural sweetness that can’t be denied.
Carrot cake turned into a coconut creme pie, but I’m not complaining. The crust is made from the natural goodness of nuts, dates, and carrots, while the filling rounds it out with a creamy combination of more nuts, coconut oil and cream, and sweetened with honey. Good enough to eat for dessert, but hearty enough to eat for breakfast.
Boom…clap…BAM.
No Bake Coconut Creme Breakfast Pie
Ingredients
For the crust:
- 1 cup shredded carrots (pat with paper towel to remove extra moisture)
- 1 cup medjool dates, packed
- 1 cup raw pecans
- 1/4 cup raw unsweetened coconut flakes
For the filling:
- 1.5 cup raw cashews, soaked for 2 hours and drained
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 1/2 cup full fat canned coconut milk, stirred well before measuring
- 1/2 cup raw honey (sub maple syrup to make this completely vegan)
- 1 tblsp vanilla
Directions
- Combine all crust ingredients into a food processor and combine until sticky and malleable.
- Once combined, press crust evenly into a 7 in spring form pan and set aside.
- Combine filling ingredients in a high speed blender until well combined, and pour on top of crust mix.
I sprinkled more coconut flakes on top before setting in the freezer overnight. I wanted this for breakfast, and that’s exactly what I did hence the “morning light darkness” in my photos. Sometimes when you don’t want to wait for the daylight you settle for semi decent photos. I just wanted the pie.
I let mine sit overnight, but a few hours will do fine. This pie is softer than most raw pies so it will need some time to set. Once it was ready to eat, I felt it needed just a little something more….
Ah there we go, and a sprinkle of cinnamon to boot.
Next time you want to go for that breakfast pastry try this on for size instead. This pie fueled me on a handful of runs, including a solid 8 miler.
Q: Pie for breakfast, yay or nay? BIG FAT YAY when it’s packed with goodness.
Blissfulbritt 
54 thoughts on “No Bake Coconut Creme Breakfast Pie”
lanaelov
This looks heavenly!!
fashionathsta
Hmm looks so yummy !! ❤️ Xx Nathalie http://www.fashionathsta.wordpress.com
shellybartz
Yummmm! That looks AMAZING!!!
allisonfiorini
Holy mother of all things delicious. Pinning this now. Making it ASAP. THANK YOU!
Lindsay @ A Runnaroundd Life
Oh my wow. Definitely definitely making it this weekend. Bless your naturally sweet soul for sharing! ❤
Amy @ A Desert Girl
This looks really delicious!
Pip {Cherries & Chisme}
Pie for breakfast? YAY!
This looks divine, I can understand your impatience with the photos! I’ve got lazy with raw desserts lately, definitely need to jump on that bandwagon again.
Jessica
I read this right before lunch and now all I want is pie..
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy
Breakfast and pie are 2 words that should always go together. Put coconut in that and you have yourself the perfect sentence!
joanfrankham
Delicious, definitely YAY for breakfast, or any other time.
charissarunning
Ok this looks like one of the most delicious foods I’ve ever seen!! I’m going to the store after work, buying these ingredients and MAKING THIS ASAP! THANK YOU!!!
Amy
I’ve been waiting for this!!! I actually have never made a raw dessert before… Well, something that isn’t inherently raw. Like a certain batch of fudge I have waiting in my fridge to be posted soon. 😉 I’ve always wanted to try though, and your gorgeous breakfast dessert reminded me that this raw dessert thing needs to happen soon. I’d LOVE to fuel a run or movie marathon session with this!
Brittany
Yesss!! Please throw your spin on a raw treat, I just know that’d be fantastic.
Jade
This pie looks amazing! I love when things are made with goodness.
Lauren Rice (@heyricecake)
YUM! Raw pies are the best. This looks heavenly!
Laur
Can you send this to me PLEEEEEEEEASE. I love carrot cake!
Liz @ I Heart Vegetables
Ong yum!! And I love that it’s all “real” ingredients!
Ellie
This is wonderful! Did you invent it? I’ve never read a recipe with carrots in the crust.
peanutbutterandellie
Gimme gimme gimme! YUM. I love that there are carrots in the crust — I can never get enough carrots! 😛
Lora @ Crazy Running Girl
Holy cow, that looks incredible!!!
Jane
Oh my! How scrumptious! Gotta try that! 🙂
Leslie @ TriathleteTreats
Looks awesome!!!
Melanie
WOW, that pie looks so beautiful and I LOVE all of the good clean ingredients!
Jess @hellotofit
Oh, just lovely presentation 😉 but DROOL. That looks so good!!
And can I say I think we’re Lodge cast iron twinsies?
Brittany
HA! Excellent observation, and yay for great cast iron!! The only way to make pancakes in my house. 😉
Heather
I wish I was your neighbor! I’d be over in a heart beat! I’d seriously eat too much of that- but when do I NOT overeat delicious healthified foods? Great job on a successful experiment in the kitchen 🙂
Brittany
I ate a slice everyday, sometimes two slices. It may not sound like a lot, but they were RICH! I had some snug pants for a day or two, but no regrets.
Heather
Heck no, no regrets! That’s the beauty of knowing what you put into it and know it’s good ingredients! Eat on, sister!
Nicole @ Foodie Loves Fitness
I love the idea of pie for breakfast, and this crust sounds heavenly!
Rach @ This Italian Family
Oh my gracious that looks good!
mikeytbull
Looks good and sounds good! Let’s face it, the word ‘Pie’ in a breakfastesque description gets my vote!
familyrulesbyplainjane
Boy does that look amazing!!
oatmealo
Brittany- I think I might make this because I think the family actually would eat it.
Brittany
Yay! I hope you enjoy it. ❤
specialkkluthe
Looks delicious!
Amanda @ .running with spoons.
Seriously loving the addition of carrots to the crust! I’ve done the nut/date thing, but never tried adding anything else. Brilliant. And I’m all on board for pies, cakes, cookies, and desserts for breakfast. I made a raw birthday cake one year and ended up eating that for breakfast for about a week after the big day.
An Unrefined Vegan
Breakfast pie! Breakfast pie! Breakfast pie! How sad my bowl of oatmeal looks…
stateeats
Pie for breakie? Yay! I read recently that this was quite common at the turn of the century , esp. for country folk so I say, let’s do like our forefathers. – Kat
The Vegan8
Looks amazing! I love that you used carrots in the crust, what a wonderful idea!!
Kayse
This is beautiful and looks so delicious!!!!
Meghan@CleanEatsFastFeets
I love the look of this pie, especially in the pre-morning light. Also, the crust is genius. Go ahead and get yo’ carrot on.
jejansonius
This looks awesome! also love all the ingredients, it seems to me this is something that once you get good at making it, it can be made quickly and all the time. ha. So first I just have to get over the learning curve of making it for the first time.
Brittany
Exactly! It’s seriously so easy, takes like 10 minutes.
Allie Zottola
Breakfast and pie in the same sentence = music to my ears! I love that the crust has carrots in it. Such a good idea!
BabetaRuns
As soon as I come back from my first marathon “thing” happening this weekend I WILL try this!!!
Arman @ thebigmansworld
Need this in my face right now!
GiGi Eats Celebrities
Don’t tempt me.. I would totally stick my face in a can of coconut milk (FULL FAT) right now! No joke. You know me! LOL!
Christine @ Swallows from my Kitchen Window
Looks A-Ma-Zing! Can’t wait to try this.
wwwpalfitness
Pie in the morning I love it!!!
willrunforpizza
This looks gooooood!!! I love a good carrot cake! And coconut just makes everything better.
P.s. I made your coffee energy bites over the weekend and they were a hit!
Brittany
Yay!!! This comment makes me so happy. 🙂
literaturemistress
This looks delicious! Will have to recreate this if a friend of mine, who has to eat gluten-free at the moment due to health issues, drops by!
Luv What You Do
You had me at ‘breakfast pie’!
Elyse M
This looks delicious! I love how creative this is and how versatile it could be. I can’t wait to try it!