Mud Pie Recipe

This marvelous mud pie recipe is easy and delicious. My kids say this is their favorite dessert when asked. Who can blame them? An ice cream pie with a ganache top and Oreo cookie crust. How could you go wrong?

Want another great frozen pie recipe? Try my Strawberry Lemonade Ice Cream Pie.

Mud Pie Recipe

Mud pie – yum! This is a go-to dessert recipe for our family. It is my mother-in-law’s recipe and definitely one of my favorites. It’s an easy no-bake pie recipe.

I wanted to serve my mother-in-law one of her favorite desserts for her own birthday. She is often making it for others, and it is about time this recipe celebrated her.

When I first told my kids we would be making mud pie, they were pretty disgusted by the thought of eating “mud pie.” They were convinced they wouldn’t want any and were shocked that I was going to even attempt it. It’s funny because I’m pretty sure they have had this dessert before, so it was surprising to me that they really thought it would be made of mud. It took them making it with me to be convinced to try it after dinner. They gobbled it all up.

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Prep Time 25 minutes mins

Freeze Time 2 hours hrs

Total Time 2 hours hrs 25 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine Baking

Servings 8 slices

Ingredients

  

• 32 Oreo Cookies
• 1/2 cup 1 stick butter
• 2 squares unsweetened chocolate OR 6 Tbsp cocoa and 2 Tbsp butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 Tbsp butter
• 2/3 cup evaporated milk
• 1 quart coffee ice cream I really love using Starbucks Java Chip
• 1 cup whipping cream – I always like to make my homemade version
• Optional Toppings: chopped nuts chocolate sauce, caramel

Instructions

 

• Crush cookies to fine crumbs with a rolling pin. I use my food processor instead. Add melted butter. Mix well. Grease the bottom and sides of a springform pan. Press the crumb mixture on the bottom and partway up the sides of the pan. Try to get an even press (Option B is to press your crust into the bottoms and sides of a 9" pie plate). Chill in freezer. – See note below.
• Melt chocolate over a double boiler. If you do not have a double boiler, place a glass bowl with the chocolate on top of a pan, filling the bottom pan partway with water. Once melted, stir in 1 Tbsp butter and sugar. Add evaporated milk slowly. Cook for 2 minutes over hot water, stirring. Remove from heat to cool and thicken. Stir occasionally.
• Allow ice cream to melt slightly so it is easier to remove from the container and place on top of the Oreo cookie crust, spreading evenly. I like to mound it slightly in the center. Place back in the freezer.
• Once the chocolate mixture is cooled completely, spread it on top of the ice cream and place it in the freezer for a couple of hours or until ready to serve.
• Serve with a dollop of whipping cream and optional toppings (chopped nuts, caramel, and chocolate).
Note: If using a pie pan instead of a springform pan, use 22 Oreos and 1/3 cup butter instead
Note: While we love doing this with coffee ice cream, it works with any flavor, so have fun picking out your perfect combination.

Keyword frozen pie, ice cream pie, no-bake pie, pie

Baking with Kids

I won’t be Meaningful Mama unless I encourage you to build memories and knowledge by allowing your kids to join you in the kitchen. You won’t regret it.

It took the girls helping make the mud pie to convince them it might actually be worth a try.

Any coffee ice cream will work, but I decided to do the Java Chip Frappuccino ice cream by Starbucks because we just love it so much. I really think it made it even that much better. My husband really likes it with vanilla also, so that’s definitely an option.

I let my ice cream soften a bit before scooping it into the pan.

I mound my pie slightly in the center for looks.

Let your chocolate cool completely before adding to the top of the mud pie.

Here is the table setting.

Look at my beautiful mother-in-law. You’d never be able to guess her age.

The girls gift to grandma was a fabulous ballet performance. We had a fun celebration.

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Note: This post was originally written in 2013, but it was recently updated for better formatting.