This was our Valentine’s Day Dessert this year! It isn’t as simple as opening a box of ice cream and a package of oreos, but this way it is grain-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar-free! It combines a few different recipes that I’ve already posted.
Grasshopper Pie
Ingredients:
2-3 cups prepared Mint-Chocolate Chip Ice Cream (we used 3 cups, but this is more than one recipe of the ice cream…)
3/4 cup almond flour
3/4 cup almonds, finely chopped
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 cup raw honey
3 Tbsp. coconut oil, melted (or butter)
3 Tbsp. cocoa or cacao
Coconut Whipped Cream and/or melted chocolate chips for garnish
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Combine almond flour, almonds, salt, honey, butter and cocoa in a bowl.
3. Press into a 9″ pie plate.
4. Bake at 325 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
5. Cool completely and place in freezer.
6. If your ice cream is already prepared and in the freezer, let it stand at room temperature until you can scoop and spread it fairly easily. Fill frozen pie shell with softened ice cream and place back into freezer to firm up. (If you prepare your ice cream after making the crust, you can pour it right into the crust from the ice cream maker.)
7. (Optional) Decorate pie with prepared coconut whipped cream and/or melted chocolate. Place back in the freezer until ready to serve! Remove pie from freezer for a few minutes before cutting and serving.
*I have only made this recipe once, and even though we loved it, we did have a bit of trouble with the crust coming apart from the ice cream section…if anyone has any tips that would help that, let me know!
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donna andrews
Sep 5, 2015 -
i am allergic to almonds–what else could i use
donna andrews
Sep 5, 2015 -
i am allergic to almonds–what else could i use that would be close to the recipe
Bonni
May 13, 2012 -
I made this and the crust didn’t separate from the pie. After I cooked the crust I let it cool but didn’t put it in the freezer. I made the ice cream and put the whole thing in to freeze together. I did make some coconut cream tufts around the outside after the pie had frozen and they didn’t stick. I bet if I did it right away after the ice cream went in it wouldn’t be a problem and they would stick.
Great recipe, everyone enjoyed it!
Kim
Apr 4, 2012 -
I am allergic to chocolate. Can I substitute something else or just skip it altogether?
Jennifer
Apr 4, 2012 -
I would just skip it and have a plain crust, mint ice cream without the chips and forget the chocolate drizzle on top. Unless you can do raw cacao, then I would substitute that.
Adrienne @ Whole New Mom
Apr 2, 2012 -
Thanks so much for linking up to Allergy-Free Wednesday. Hope to see you next week.
eryn
Mar 28, 2012 -
Yum! This looks fanatastic! I love mint chocolate chip ice cream. It’s one of the things I miss about being Paleo. And pie … Oh my goodness! I can’t wait to try this!
Jennifer
Mar 28, 2012 -
Enjoy!
Adrienne @ Whole New Mom
Mar 28, 2012 -
I’m back again here! Question about the coconut cream. Can one use Homemade Coconut Milk? I can’t seem to get consistent results.
Jennifer
Mar 28, 2012 -
I haven’t had success using homemade coconut milk, but I believe there are ways to do it…This recipe (which looks DELICIOUS) has a part in it about adding coconut oil to the recipe if using homemade coconut milk. Check it out and see if that helps! http://comfybelly.com/2011/08/chocolate-peanut-butter-ice-cream/#.T3NolNkmySo
Adrienne @ Whole New Mom
Feb 21, 2012 -
I can’t wait to try this! I have a coconut milk Mint Chip recipe on my site as well :-).
Jennifer
Mar 28, 2012 -
Sweet! I love the combo of mint and chocolate…YUM!