Grasshopper Pie

Crust:

  •    1 package Famous Chocolate Wafers (You can also use Oreo cookies with cream centers removed.)

  •    1/3 cup butter, melted

 

Filling:

  •    7 ounces Marshmallow Fluff

  •    1 pint heavy cream, whipped

  •    1/4 cup green Cream d'Menthe

One 9-inch pie

Crust:  Set aside 8 whole cookies for decoration.  Break remaining cookies into bowl of food processor with metal blade.  Process into a fine crumb mixture.  Measure 1 ½ cups of crumbs and return them to processor bowl.  Add melted butter and process until just mixed.  Press 12-inch piece of heavy foil inside a 9-inch pie dish with potholder.  Fold edges over rim.  Pour in crumbs and press firmly into bottom and sides.  Freeze at least 4-5 hours.  Remove from freezer.  Lift crust by gently pulling foil.  Peel foil away.  Put shell back in the same pie dish. 

       Filling:  In large bowl, wisk Fluff with Cream d'Mint by hand.  Fold whipped cream into Fluff mixture.  Pour into pie shell amd gently smooth the top.  Insert cookies around rim to give scalloped effect.          Freeze at least 2 hours.  Remove from freezer 15 minutes before serving. 

Contributed by Diana & Dick Gough