Frozen Grasshopper Pie Food

FROZEN GRASSHOPPER PIE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix wafer crumbs and sugar; stir in butter. Press onto bottom and up sides of a greased 9-in. pie plate. Refrigerate 30 minutes., Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, combine marshmallows and milk; cook and stir over medium-low heat 12-14 minutes or until smooth. Remove from heat. Cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally. Stir in liqueurs and, if desired, extract., In a large bowl, beat cream until soft peaks form; fold in marshmallow mixture. Transfer to crust. Freeze 6 hours or until firm. If desired, top with cherries and additional whipped cream just before serving.

GRASSHOPPER PIE

Steps:

• Set aside 1 cookie for later use. Process the remaining cookies and chocolate in a food processor until they form a crumb mixture. Add the butter and process until the mixture starts to clump together.
• Press the mixture into a high-sided fluted tart pan, making a smooth base and sides with your hands or the back of a spoon. Put it into the refrigerator to chill and harden.
• Melt the marshmallows in a saucepan over low gentle heat along with the milk. Once the milk starts to foam (not boil), take off the heat and keep stirring until the marshmallows blend into the milk to make a smooth mixture.
• Pour the mixture out of the saucepan into a heatproof bowl, then whisk in the creme de menthe and creme de cacao. Leave until cool.
• In a medium bowl, whisk the cream until it starts to hold soft peaks then, still whisking, add the cooled marshmallow mixture. This filling should be thick but still soft, not stiff or dry, so that it will eventually drop easily out of the bowl into the chilled pie crust.
• When the marshmallow mixture and cream are combined, whisk in a few drops of food coloring, if desired.
• Spread the filling into the chilled base, swirling it about with an icing spatula or silicone spatula to fill evenly. Put the pie in the refrigerator, covered, to chill overnight or for a minimum of 4 hours until firm.
• Crush the remaining cookie and sprinkle it over the top of the pie before serving.

GRASSHOPPER PIE

Steps:

• Throw the cookies and melted butter into a food processor and pulverize. (Or, if you have some aggression or energy to expend, you can crush them in a large resealable plastic bag using a rolling pin!) Set a small handful of crumbs aside to sprinkle over the finished pie. Pour the rest into a pie pan and press into the bottom and up the sides of the pan. Set aside.
• Heat the marshmallow and half-and-half in a saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly. As soon as it's all melted and combined, place the saucepan in a bowl of ice to cool down quickly. (Stirring occasionally will hasten this process.) Once cool, add the creme de menthe and creme de cacao. Taste and add more creme de menthe if needed. Add the green food coloring if using.
• In a mixing bowl, beat the cream until stiff. Pour the cold marshmallow mixture into the whipped cream and fold together gently. Pour the filling into the chocolate crust. Sprinkle over the reserved cookie crumbs.
• Freeze until very firm, about 2 hours. Remove from the freezer 10 minutes or so before you want to slice and serve.

MINT COOKIE FROZEN GRASSHOPPER PIE

Steps:

• Crush 18 cookies; mix with butter. Press onto bottom and up side of 9-inch pie plate.
• Spread ice cream onto bottom of crust. Freeze 3 hours.
• Remove pie from freezer 15 min. before serving. Top with whipped topping and grated chocolate. Place 1 of the remaining cookies in center of pie. Cut remaining cookies in half; use to garnish pie.

FROZEN GRASSHOPPER PIE

Steps:

• Beat marshmallow creme and 2 cups of the whipped topping in large bowl with wire whisk until well blended. Add mint extract and food coloring; mix well. Gently stir in chopped wafers.
• Spoon into pie crust.
• Freeze at least 4 hours or until firm. (Pie will be firm, but not frozen solid.) Top with remaining whipped topping just before serving. Store leftover pie in freezer.

GRASSHOPPER PIE

Steps:

• Place the cookies in the bowl of a food processor and process until fine.
• Drizzle in the melted butter and toss together until combined.
• Press the mixture into the bottom of a standard sized pie dish.
• Whip the cream cheese and powdered sugar together on medium speed until smooth.
• While continuing to whip, add the heavy cream in a slow, steady stream, stopping frequently to scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl with a silicone spatula.
• When all the cream has been added, turn the mixer up to high speed and whip until the mousse can hold stiff peaks (about 30 seconds).
• Fold in the peppermint extract, green food coloring, and chopped Oreos (if using).
• Transfer the filling to the prepared pie crust, and top with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.
• Whip the cream and powdered sugar together until it holds soft peaks.
• Layer the whipped cream over the mint mousse filling, and top with chocolate shavings.*

GRASSHOPPER PIE

Steps:

• Whisk together marshmallow creme and creme de menthe and stir until well blended. Mix in candy on low speed (save a piece if you like to use as garnish on top).
• Whip cream (no extra ingredients needed for heavy cream) and fold into marshmallow mixture.
• Pour into prepared crust (don't throw out that plastic covering the crust--use as an inverted lid for pie in freezer). Garnish with candies or sprigs of mint.
• Freeze 2 hours or until firm.
• Remove from freezer about 5 minutes before serving. If leaving out on table for awhile put a frozen ice pack under the pie to keep it cold as the whipping cream will wilt. It's so good it won't last long! This can be refrozen or you can slice how much you need and keep in freezer. Easy to do ahead of time for a great 'homemade' delicious frozen pie!

ICE CREAM GRASSHOPPER PIE

Steps:

• Beat together ice cream, sherbet, creme de menthe and cream de cacao.
• Fold in whip cream.
• Freeze mixture until it mounds when dropped and holds its shape.
• CRUST: Combine cookie crumbs and butter.
• Press over bottom and sides of a deep dish pie pan; Chill.
• Then spoon filling into pie shell and freeze 3 hours, or until completely frozen.