Granini's Grasshopper Pie
Ingredients:
Crust
1 box chocolate wafer cookies, smashed to smithereens
8 tablespoons melted unsalted butter
Crust alternative recipe: (it's completely up to you!)
one entire bag full of Oreos, crushed and smashed to smithereens
2 tablespoons of melted unsalted butter
Filling:
32 marshmallows or one jar of fluff / marshmallow cream
½ cup half & half
2 tablespoons creme de menthe
2 tablespoons creme de cocoa
2 drops of mint green food coloring
1 8 oz. carton heavy whipping cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
Directions:
For the crumb crust:
- Pour crumbs into a 9" pie plate.
- Pour melted butter over the crumbs.
- Using a fork, mix them together.
- Put 2 tablespoons of this yummy mixture aside (to be used to sprinkle on the top of your pie before serving)
- Wrap a plastic bag over your hand and press the crumbs to the sides and bottom of your pie plate.
- Cool in the fridge completely.
For the filling:
- Melt the marshmallows in the half and half. Stir, making sure all the lumps are gone.
- Add in 2 drops of green food coloring. Set aside to cool thoroughly.
- In a large mixing bowl, add the heavy cream, vanilla, salt, and sugar. On medium, allow mixture to whip for 1 minute. Then, turn the mixer on high and beat until the cream is fluffy and smooth and whips up completely.
- Stir your marshmallow gooey mixture. Add in both cremes and mix completely.
- Allow this mixture to cool and rest in the fridge for 1 hour, or until thickened.
- Fold in whipped cream with a wire whisk until smooth. Pour into crust.
- Either allow the pie to sit in the freezer for 1/2 an hour -- and then cover with plastic wrap and allow to remain in the freezer for 3 hours, pulling it out of the freezer about 1/2 hour before you're ready to serve. OR, chill in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours to set.
- Sprinkle the chocolate crumbs, or chocolate curls, on top of the pie before serving.
Pictures:
Pour butter into chocolate crumbs
Press the crumbs into the bottom and sides of the bowl.
I put my hands inside a bag because that's just how I do it.
See? So pretty. Now pop that sucker in the oven for 8 minutes and it'll be all set.
Whip up your cream with the sugar, salt, and vanilla and set aside.
Melt your marshmallows with the half & half.
Make sure all the lumps are gone.
Add in the mint green colored food coloring. 2 drops is all it takes.
I poured my cream into my marshmallows. I think it'd be better to do it the other way around -- drizzle your green goo into your heavy whipping cream. But it's up to you. Then I used a whisk to gently mix them all together, making sure that there were no lumps, and everything was mixed together.
Ready to go in the fridge.
Sprinkle a few chocolate crumbs on the top.
Or a lot.
Or too many.
Well, is there really such a thing as too many chocolate crumbs?
Cut a small slice. So you can go back and have a second small slice later. Because one small slice just won't be enough.
OOOOOOH so good!
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