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Last week we headed to Cedar Lake in the Oauchita Mountains to go camping for a few days. It was so much fun! My extended family goes every year and has a family reunion on top of all the camping adventures. I was able to get pretty creative with camp cooking because my grandparents gave us their portable grill this year! One of my favorite treats to eat is pie and my favorite kind of pie always has the word cream in it: Banana Cream, Chocolate Cream, Coconut Cream… well you get the point!
One of the best and easiest ways to make a cream pie is with pudding and COOL WHIP Whipped Topping. The creaminess of the COOL WHIP makes the pudding go from good to great! I came up with these Mocha Cream Pies and my family could not stop raving about it! It was a great hit and can be made on the grill on the top rack or in the oven!
To start off I used a pre-made pie dough and used the top of the COOL WHIP container to cut with. This worked perfectly with the tart pans that I used for these pies. I wanted the pies to be smaller in size so they would cook up faster and easier on the grill. You can make these in tart pans or just make a large one- it’s up to you!
Cooking these on the grill is easy. I used the top rack so that they would cook more evenly. I just watched them carefully and took them out as soon as they started browning a little bit on the sides. If baking these you will want to do the same. It takes about 10 minutes to make on the grill or bake.
While they were cooking I mixed up the pudding which was just 6 packages of pre-made chocolate pudding and 3/4 cup of COOL WHIP.
Next I added a couple of Tablespoons of Instant Coffee. This made a great Mocha Flavor that everyone enjoyed.
Once the pie crust was cool I added the pudding and COOL WHIP mixture inside.
Then I drizzled on some melted chocolate on top.
Next came just a dollop of COOL WHIP to the top of each pie. Just perfect! What a wonderful treat!
Don’t they look pretty? I hope you enjoy these as much as I did!
Mocha Cream Pies with COOL WHIP
Ingredients
- 1 container COOL WHIP whipped topping
- 6 individual sized packs of pre-made chocolate pudding
- 2 Tbsp . instant coffee granules
- Pre-made refrigerated pie crust dough
- Pour-able Chocolate Shell topping, optional
- 6 foil tart pans
Instructions
- Cut the pie dough with the top of the COOL WHIP whipped topping container. You will cut 6 of these out and fill each tart pan with the dough and press the outside with a fork. Bake in a 350 degree oven or a grill that is set to medium/ high heat for about 10 minutes or until the crust is cooked and browning just a bit. Take out of the oven and let cool to room temperature. Mix pudding with COOL WHIP and instant coffee. Pour mixture onto the pie crust inside the tart pans until the mixture has reached the inside edge. Drizzle with melted chocolate or chocolate shell if you want. Then dollop a little COOL WHIP on top of each pie. Chill for about 30 minutes before serving. Makes about 12-16 servings Enjoy!
Nutrition Information
Serving Size
1 gramsAmount Per Serving Unsaturated Fat 0g
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pat
Saturday 8th of June 2013
although your mini pies look and sound awesome, I am still looking for the recipe that I once had. It was awesome and everyone loved it. 2 years ago my house burned to the ground and we lost everything. I had the most awesome pie recipe. it had coffee granules that was mixed with milk, I think. my problem is that I can not remember the entire recipe. I was hoping that someone might have the same one. I got it out of a Taste of Home mag. and have not been able to get it from them.
I am going to try your recipe. I used to make the pie for an elderly couple we know and I am cooking for them tomorrow and wanted to make the pie. your recipe looks likes it would be great. Pat
Jess Johnson
Friday 15th of June 2012
Those look delightful! I will have to try them(with fat free cool whip and fat free pudding)! I am amazed that you did this at the campsite!
Rachel
Friday 15th of June 2012
I was happy that it actually turned out! I didn't know you could bake a pie on the grill, but you can! :P
Vanessa
Friday 15th of June 2012
Looks delicious! I could eat cool whip alone, by itself....mmmm! As a matter of fact, that's what I usually do! Lol!