Choloate chip pecan pie

It is what it sounds like. Divine. Oh yeah. With the holidays coming up (I know, they're not immediately around the corner, but they'll be here before we know it), this is a perfect pie. Top it with whipped cream or ice cream. This comes from my Texas friend, Melissa. Thanks, Melissa!! Oh, the good times we all had together just eating!

What you need:

Pie crust dough (you can make your own or do what I do, and get the kind in the refrigerated case, just don't tell my mom!)--you need only 1
3 eggs
1 cup light-colored corn syrup
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup butter--melted and cooled
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup coarsely chopped pecans (I've used mixed nuts, too, both very good)
1/2 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/3 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 Tbs. butter or shortening

Place the pie dough in a 10-inch pie pan. Don't prick it, but press it into sides.

In a mixer, beat eggs, then add in corn syrup. Add brown sugar, butter and vanilla until sugar is dissolved. Stir in nuts and 1/2 cup chocolate chips. Carefully pour filling into pan with crust. Cut dough to fit pan, and you can do any sort of fancy design on the edge (my fancy was fork-tine design. Ooo!) Place pan on foil or another baking sheet because it tends to leak over.

Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes (at my altitude, 8,000+, this actually took almost 1 hour, so keep that in mind, based on your alitude). The top should be sort of solid/crispy. My test is, I jerk the oven rack a bit, and it there's no jiggling in the pan, then it'sgood.

Meanwhile......take that 1/3 chocolate chips and the tablespoon butter and melt together in a saucepan or in the microwave (just for about 30 seconds). Stir together. When pie has cooled just a bit, use a spoon and make zigzag lines all over that pie. So pretty!