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| Type | Pie |
|---|---|
| Course | Dessert |
| Place of origin | United States |
Grasshopper pie is a no-bake mint-flavored mousse pie with a chocolate crumb crust. Typically light green in color, it is associated with spring, and especially with Easter celebrations in the United States. [1] The pie takes its name from the Grasshopper cocktail. [2]
Grasshopper pie filling is made by folding whipped cream into marshmallow or cream cheese. The cream cheese version is made by adding green food coloring to a mixture of condensed milk with cream cheese, then gently folding in chocolate-covered mint cookie crumbs and whipped topping. [3] Alternately, melted marshmallows can be gently folded into fresh whipped cream. [4] The filling is infused with creme de menthe and creme de cacao, which give the mousse its characteristic green coloring. [5]
The crust is a chocolate cookie crumb crust, variations of which can be made with crumbled sandwich cookies, or by melting chocolate in a double boiler and stirring in crisped rice cereal, then pressing the mixture into a pie dish and allowing it to set in the refrigerator. [6]
