Friday, April 8, 2022

G is for Grasshopper Pie

#AtoZChallenge 2022 Blogging from A to Z Challenge letter

One week into this year's A to Z Challenge and you may have figured out that I'm kind of a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants kind of person. Every year, I swear I'm going to get at least half of my posts written before the Challenge even begins, and guess what? I don't! I start out like gangbusters, or maybe just gangbuster, because I DID plan and write ahead of time, but it was only one post and it was for "M." 

I have scrambled a couple of times this week to (a) come up with a post idea and (b) get my post done before midnight (can you say "haikus about food that begins with the letter 'E'"?). Yes, you would THINK someone who had to make (or find) a food that corresponds with each letter of the alphabet before a post could be written would actually DO that, but Thursday afternoon, I had absolutely NOTHING in mind for today's "G" post, and I was having people over that evening and wouldn't have a chance to work on anything.

My boss (and bestie) rose to the challenge and kept offering up ideas for "G". Guacamole (I don't like it). Gyros (I'm pretty sure I don't like them). German chocolate cake (not bad, but I didn't have that kind of time since I had company coming over). Grasshopper pie.

Hmmm. Simple. Delicious. Nice segue from Frog Eye Salad

Naturally, I didn't have all the ingredients, so I went to Walmart this morning just after 6:00 a.m. to get whipped topping, mint extract, and an Oreo pie crust (I had cream cheese, powdered sugar, and green food coloring at home). I also packed up my hand mixer and a decent spatula, because we have neither at school, and took all of it with me to work. I figured it would take me all of five minutes to make the pie, and I could sneak away from my classroom right after the kids went down for their naps to make it. Note: I cheated on the pie crust and bought it ready-made, because I would have had to buy Oreos AND lug my food processor to work, and it just wasn't worth it, despite the recipe saying it was much better to make my own than use store bought - pffffftttt!




It probably DID take only five minutes to make this pie, if I had had five minutes IN A ROW in which to make it. I was in the middle of beating powdered sugar into the cream cheese when there was a poop fiasco with one of my littles; I'm not going to go into any details here, nor do you really want me to, but it ended up taking me about half an hour to complete a five minute pie. 




When I resumed the pie making, all I had to do was add a blip of mint extract and a couple of drops of green food coloring to the cream cheese mixture, then fold in the whipped topping. I spooned it into the pre-made crust, popped it into the freezer so it would set up more quickly, and was able to serve it two hours later.


Had a little help with the project from
my boss....


Finished pie. The kitchen lighting is crap for
photography of any kind. Also, it would have 
looked better if I had sprinkled some crushed
Oreos over the top, but since I CHEATED and
didn't make the crust myself, it just nekkid


The first piece never comes out of the pan
very well, but it didn't matter because it
was MINTY DELICIOUSNESS!

The boss pronounced it to be amazing, as did the taste testers who wandered in for a piece. 

Definitely make again. And again. And again.

24 comments:

  1. Sounds like you have a winner all around here. Does look delicious.

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    1. I'd never made this before. Good to have a couple of really easy dessert recipes up your sleeve, and this has just gone on the list!

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  2. Yummmy... I'll be right over for a slice

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    1. Aw, man, I should have saved a slice for you! :) My student workers and the rest of the staff at work devoured it!

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  3. Oooh. I could hav tasted one! Looks flavorful and lol at that poop emergency .

    Good day
    Dropping by from a to z http://afshan-shaik.blogspot.com/

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    1. The poop emergency was hilarious, yet yucky! The pie took our minds off it!

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  4. Not so sure about the frog/fish eyes, but this sounds fantastic. thanks for sharing

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    1. The frog eye salad was really good, if you didn't think about the title! This was definitely better, though!

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  5. What a great name for a blog. A blog based on a line from A Bargain for Frances. It immediately reminded me of do you want to be careful, or do you want to be friends? https://dave-homeschooldad.blogspot.com/2022/04/g-is-for-grief-griffey-and-geode.html

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    1. Thanks! I love Frances! She has many lessons for all. And any fan of Frances is a friend of mine! :) Thanks for visiting!

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  6. Nothing wrong with a store bought pie crust to help things along! Glad this one was delicious. Weekends In Maine

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    1. I feel pretty confident in saying the homemade crust would have been messier and more difficult to cut than the mass produced, store-bought one, and that's a plus in my book!

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  7. That looks yum, and i'd cheat, too. Much faster.

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    1. Thanks, Mimi! Perhaps I should consider it a smart shortcut rather than cheating! :)

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  8. It looked delicious and WTG for putting it together at work while you were also keeping an eye on kids!! That is amazing!! I decided to do this year's A/Z challenge on a whim a few days before it started so I really didn't have much if anything planned. I got the whole rest of the month at least planned out, not necessarily written. I am still looking though for something for that always pesky X :)

    betty

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    1. You have to get really clever sometimes to make some of the letters work, especially X. I often play fast and loose with the letters, and I'm sure I will with X when I get there, since I haven't even given it a thought yet! :)

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  9. I'm glad I'm not the only one trying to come up with A to Z posts last minute.

    How do you think grasshopper pie would be in a graham cracker crust? I love mint, but I hate chocolate.

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    1. We are procrastination sistahs!
      TBH, I don't think the oreo crust was that noticeably chocolatey. I think a graham cracker crust would be just fine and the oreo crust wouldn't be missed. Of course, if I hadn't CHEATED and had made the crush from scratch, it might have been more chocolatey. And anyone else who WANTED chocolate with the mint could squeeze a little chocolate syrup over their serving

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  10. I don't eat much pie though I do like it. I had Grasshopper Pie many years ago, but it's been a while. Sounds tasty.

    Arlee Bird
    Tossing It Out

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    1. I've only had grasshopper pie once before, and it was when I was a teen and the crust was made from cocoa krispy cereal, kind of like a rice krispie treat. I remember it being hard to cut and a little too thick!

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  11. Its called grasshopper purely because of the green color is it ? Phew ! U had wild imaginations :)


    Jayashree writes

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    1. Yes, definitely because of the color! I wouldn't come anywhere near it otherwise :)

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  12. I'd like this, but since hubby wouldn't help me eat it, guess I'll have to wait for someone else to make... so I can eat.

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    1. You can freeze it in individual portions and enjoy it whenever you want! Follow me for more ideas on how to increase your daily calorie intake! :)

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