Get creative with this dessert pie! Cream cheese, gelatin & whipped topping make a beautiful island with cracker crumbs sprinkled for sand.
Castaway Island Pie
- Prep Time 40 min
- Total 2 hr 5 min
- Ingredients 8
- Servings 8
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 6 tablespoons margarine or butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons sugar
Filling
- 1 (3-oz.) pkg. berry blue flavor gelatin
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1 (8-oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 (8-oz.) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
Instructions
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Step1In medium bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs, margarine and 2 tablespoons sugar; mix well. Reserve 1/3 cup crumb mixture for garnish. Press remaining mixture in 9-inch pie pan.
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Step2In small bowl, combine gelatin and boiling water; stir until dissolved. Refrigerate about 30 minutes or until slightly thickened, stirring occasionally.
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Step3Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat cream cheese and 1/2 cup sugar until fluffy. Reserve 1 cup of whipped topping for garnish. Add remaining whipped topping to cream cheese mixture; stir gently to mix. Add gelatin mixture; stir gently until well blended. Pour into graham cracker crust. Refrigerate 1 hour or until set.
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Step4Mound reserved whipped topping onto center of pie to resemble island. Sprinkle reserved crumb mixture on topping to resemble sand. Decorate island as desired with bear-shaped graham crackers, small paper umbrellas, and other small candies or snacks.
Nutrition
440
Calories
27g
Total Fat
5g
Protein
45g
Total Carbohydrate
34g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 440
- Calories from Fat
- 240
- Total Fat
- 27g
- 42%
- Saturated Fat
- 14g
- 70%
- Cholesterol
- 30mg
- 10%
- Sodium
- 310mg
- 13%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 45g
- 15%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 34g
- Protein
- 5g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 20%
- 20%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 1 Fruit; 3 Other Carbohydrate; 5 Fat;
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