Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1                 9"  unbaked pie shell
     1/3           cup  butter or margarine
     1/3           cup  hershey's cocoa
     2/3           cup  sugar
     1/4      teaspoon  salt
  3                     eggs -- slightly beaten
     3/4           cup  light corn syrup
  1                cup  chopped pecans -- optional
  1                cup  pecan halves

Preparation:

Heat oven to 375 degrees.Melt butter over low heat;add cocoa and stir until smooth.Remove from heat;cool slightly.Stir in sugar,salt,eggs and corn syrup.Blend thoroughly.Stir in chopped nuts,if desired.Pour into unbaked pie shell.Place pecan halves over top.Bake for 40 minutes.Cool.Let stand 8 hours before serving.Garnish with sweetened whipped whipping cream or whipped topping.

Nutritional Information:

433 Calories (kcal); 28g Total Fat; (56% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 46g Carbohydrate; 91mg Cholesterol; 203mg Sodium