Description
Key lime pie delights dessert enthusiasts with its creamy, tangy profile. Chilled graham cracker crust and zesty lime filling create a refreshing summer classic you’ll crave repeatedly.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 (14 oz/397 g) can sweetened condensed milk
- 8 oz (226 g) cream cheese, softened
- 8 oz (226 g) whipped topping, plus more for garnish
- 0.75 cup (180 mL) key lime juice, freshly squeezed (about a pound of key limes or good bottled key lime juice)
- 1.5 cups graham cracker crumbs (or 1 sleeve graham crackers)
- 4 oz (113 g) unsalted butter, melted
Instructions
- Crust Preparation: Crush graham crackers into fine crumbs and blend thoroughly with melted butter, creating a compact, uniform base mixture that will serve as the crisp foundation for the mini pies.
- Cream Cheese Blending: Utilize an electric mixer to whip cream cheese until achieving a silky, completely smooth consistency, eliminating any potential lumps and preparing a perfect base for subsequent ingredients.
- Milk and Cheese Integration: Gradually pour sweetened condensed milk into the cream cheese, mixing meticulously to create a uniform, glossy mixture with seamless incorporation of both components.
- Flavor Infusion: Add freshly squeezed key lime juice and blend continuously, ensuring even distribution of the citrusy essence throughout the creamy filling to develop a balanced, tangy flavor profile.
- Texture Enhancement: Fold whipped topping into the lime-infused mixture using gentle motions, preserving the light, airy structure while creating a luxurious, creamy consistency.
- Assembly and Freezing: Distribute the key lime filling into silicone cups or cupcake liners, leaving space for the graham cracker topping, then sprinkle the prepared crumb mixture over each mini pie before transferring to the freezer for a minimum of four hours to set completely.
- Serving Presentation: Remove pies from freezer, briefly submerge molds in warm water to facilitate easy release, and plate with graham cracker layer facing downward, optionally garnishing with additional whipped cream and a delicate key lime slice for an elegant finish.
Notes
- Crumb Crust Mastery: Crush graham crackers finely and mix thoroughly with melted butter to create a sturdy, crisp foundation that holds the mini pie’s structure perfectly.
- Cream Cheese Technique: Beat cream cheese until completely smooth and lump-free, ensuring a silky base for the filling that blends seamlessly with other ingredients.
- Freezing Precision: Freeze mini pies for at least 4 hours to achieve optimal texture, allowing flavors to meld and create a perfectly set dessert.
- Serving Tip: Briefly dip molds in warm water to release mini pies without damaging their delicate shape, presenting them with graham cracker base facing down for an elegant finish.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 9
- Calories: 300
- Sugar: 22 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 32 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 40 mg