Chocolate Pecan Pie

1 unbaked 9 inch deep dish pie shell
3 eggs
1 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup pecan halves, coarsely chopped
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350.  Combine eggs, corn syrup, sugar, butter and vanilla in bowl with wire whisk.  Stir in pecans.  Sprinkle chocolate chips over bottom of crust.  Pour pecan mixture into pie shell.  Bake 50-55 minutes or until knife inserted 2 inches from center comes out with little bits of filling attached.  During cooking, if it browns too quickly, cover with foil.  Cool on wire rack for 2 hours and refrigerate until serving.

Serves 8