Never fear, readers. This is actually a very easy recipe, assuming you know the difference between crème de menthe and mint extract!
Ingredients:
Crust - 1 1/4 cup chocolate wafer crumbs and 1/3 cup melted butter (or just use a store bought crust if you don't want to mess with this).
24 large marshmallows
1/2 cup milk
1 package of Dream Whip, prepared
4 tbsp. crème de menthe
For the crust, mix and press into a buttered pie plate.
For the filling, dissolve marshmallows in hot milk over a double broiler. Cool. Prepare Dream Whip and add crème de menthe. If desired, add extra green food coloring at this point. Combine the two mixtures and pour in crust. Top with crème de menthe chocolate pieces and freeze.
It was fun to share this with the boys, as they loved it every bit as much as I did as a kid.
Readers, do you have any funny cooking mistakes you'd like to share?
What an incredible dessert.I love the ease for it.
ReplyDeleteI like to make a snowman when hiking. They greet you on your return, and its fun to try and figure out where they were after a melt.
ReplyDeleteone of the first cooking tasks we were given as kids was to learn to make desserts. apple crisp was a standard in our household. i once misread the recipe and put in 1/4 cup salt instead of 1/4 teaspoon. the barn cats wouldn't even touch it.
ReplyDeleteLooks really good! Do you think I could substitute Cool Whip for the Dream Whip? That is just how lazy I am! I will try and see what happens, it looks divine. What a funny story!
ReplyDeleteNow, that looks really good! Lisa, I probably would have thought the thing as you did in college except that I'd probably think the same thing now! :)
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Well that is going to be a tasty way to celebrate St Paddys Day. Yum.
ReplyDeleteAh yes, this is the only way I enjoy eating grasshoppers! Yummy.
ReplyDeleteDid the boys ask if grasshoppers were in the pie? :-)
ReplyDeleteMany years ago I decided to make potato soup the way I thought my mom made it. But instead of using evaporated milk, I used condensed milk. Sweet soup is not good! Then I tried to drain the liquid and start over with the same potatoes. Of course, the potatoes had absorbed the sweet milk, so the soup could not be salvaged. lol
Wow it looks great! I had never heard of Grasshopper Pie
ReplyDeleteThat looks good! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI like that it's green. It's perfect for the spring holidays!
ReplyDeleteEvery time I cook it is a mistake ;).
ReplyDeleteYUM! Love the story. We used to make Mac 'n Cheese without the milk when we were in college. Wasn't so "creamy", but we were starving, so we ate it anyway.
ReplyDeleteLooks yummy!
ReplyDeleteMy first apartment: I had my parents and an aunt visiting. So, I tried to make Bulgarian Pita--sheets of dough with cottage cheese and butter--baked. They were howling at how badly I bungled it. But there was lots of laughter!
ReplyDeleteWow! I heard the name for the first time! Not sure if i will find that creme here in India... and loved your story, by the way! We all make mistakes and we learn, don't we ?
ReplyDeleteThat does sound easy as pie to make. ;) Sorry, I couldn't resist. My husband is a huge mint fan, I bet he'd like this a lot!
ReplyDeleteHum. I once put a can of c-ration beef stew on a rock by a camp fire but forgot to punch a hole in the top. It blew up and threw stew all over the fellows cooking by the fire. This made me unpopular for a bit.
ReplyDeleteThat looks so yummy and playful!! Thanks for sharing! <3 - www.domesticgeekgirl.com
ReplyDeleteLove the name and it looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteOnce I was draining boiled potatoes with a lid that had holes in the top. Somehow the lid came away from the pot and all the potatoes went into the sink. My daughter was helping at the time and told me to just put them back in the pot and she wouldn't tell a soul. I had just scoured the sink so I reluctantly followed her advice, but I felt guilty as I watched everyone consume the mashed potatoes.
ReplyDeleteUnusual name for a yummy looking pie!
ReplyDeleteThat looks super yummy! May have to try making it sometime soon (using crème de menthe, of course!)
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