Looking for an easy, refreshing dessert to make on a hot summer day? Frozen Margarita Pie is just the ticket! It has a tart lemon/lime flavor from margarita mix powder, but doesn’t actually contain alcohol so the kids will love it too. I like to make it in small dessert cups so I can pull out just what I need, but you can also use a graham cracker crust and make it as a whole pie.
Ingredients:
8 oz cream cheese
8 oz Cool Whip
2.5 Tbsp dry margarita mix (Holland House, Ready Rabbit, and Lasco are brands that I have tried and work well)
1/4 cup granulated sugar
splash of lemon juice
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
1 Tbsp butter, optional
Step 1:
Mix softened cream cheese with the margarita mix, sugar, and lemon juice in a medium sized mixing bowl until well blended.
Step 2:
Add in Cool Whip and mix gently until well blended.
Step 3:
Add 1 heaping tablespoon of graham cracker crumbs to the bottom of each dessert cup. If desired, you can mix 1 tablespoon of melted butter into the crumbs before dividing into the cups to help it stick together better. It tastes good either way!
Step 4:
Divide the cream cheese/Cool Whip mixture evenly into the 8 dessert cups and spread on top of the graham cracker crumbs.
Step 5:
If desired, you can add a sprinkling of graham cracker crumbs to the top of each dessert cup for garnish.
Step 6:
Cover each cup with plastic wrap and freeze for 4 hours or overnight. You can eat it frozen or allow to thaw for about 15 minutes if you like a softer consistency.
Margarita Pie
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- 8 dessert cups or 1 pie pan
Ingredients
- 1 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 1 8 oz Cool Whip thawed
- 2.5 Tbsp margarita drink mix dry
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 splash lemon juice
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 1 Tbsp butter optional
Instructions
- Mix cream cheese, margarita mix, sugar, and lemon juice in a mixing bowl until well blended.
- Add in Cool Whip and mix gently until well blended.
- Add 1 heaping tbsp of graham cracker crumbs to each dessert cup. If desired, you can mix 1 tbsp of melted butter into crumbs before dividing into the cups to help it stick together better. It tastes good either way!
- Divide the cream cheese/Cool Whip mixture evenly into the 8 dessert cups.
- If desired, you can add a sprinkling of graham cracker crumbs to the top of each dessert cup for garnish.
- Cover each cup with plastic wrap and freeze 4 hours or overnight. You can eat it frozen or allow to thaw for about 15 minutes if you like a softer consistency.
This is delicious and so light and refreshing. Especially good after a heavier meal or lots of fun card games.
Thanks–we knew you would love it!
What a yummy and refreshing dessert/treat! I really like the fact that it is easy to make and has individual size portions.
Hi Sandi, Individual portions is one of the things I like too. If you can manage to just eat one at a time then they can last up to a few weeks in the freezer!
Can not wait to try . It looks amazing.
Hi Lisa. Thanks for visiting my site. I think you will love the margarita pie–so light and refreshing. The best thing is that it is easy to make too:)