In a large bowl mix melted butter, sugars, flour, salt, cocoa, vanilla or bourbon and eggs together. Whisk well. In an unbaked pie shell, sprinkle chocolate chips and pecans over bottom of crust.

In addition to water, as the name implies, you'll need just a handful of pantry staples and 5 minutes to pull this pie together. During the Depression, smart cooks came up with a way to make a ...