Description
Grasshopper Pie is a classic no-bake dessert made with an Oreo cookie crust and a light, fluffy mint cheesecake filling inspired by the vintage grasshopper cocktail.
Ingredients
Scale
- 25 Oreo cookies
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 8 ounces cream cheese, cold
- 1½ cups powdered sugar
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon mint extract
- 3 drops green food coloring
- 1½ cups heavy whipping cream, cold
Instructions
- Pulse Oreo cookies into fine crumbs and mix with melted butter.
- Press mixture firmly into the bottom and sides of a 9-inch pie dish and freeze.
- Beat cold cream cheese until smooth.
- Add powdered sugar, salt, mint extract, and food coloring; mix until combined.
- Whip heavy cream to stiff peaks in a separate bowl.
- Gently mix whipped cream into the mint mixture until fluffy.
- Spread filling evenly into the prepared crust.
- Chill for at least 2 hours or freeze for 30–60 minutes before serving.
Notes
For clean slices, run a knife under hot water and dry it before cutting each slice.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 565
- Sugar: 42g
- Sodium: 280mg
- Fat: 36g
- Saturated Fat: 23g
- Unsaturated Fat: 11g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 55g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 95mg
Keywords: grasshopper pie, mint chocolate dessert, no bake pie, vintage dessert