Description
A festive, no-bake dessert inspired by the Grinch, featuring a red cookie crust and a creamy green mousse filling. Perfect for holiday celebrations!
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups red cookie crumbs (red velvet Oreos without filling or any red sandwich cookie)
- 5 tablespoons melted butter
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup whipped topping (Cool Whip)
- 1 cup heavy cream, whipped to soft peaks
- ½ cup small red heart sprinkles
- ¼ cup green nonpareils or green sprinkles
- 1½ cups whipped topping or stabilized whipped cream
- 2–3 drops neon green gel food coloring
- 1–2 drops regular green gel dye
- Extra red heart sprinkles
Instructions
- Make the red cookie crust (20 minutes): Crush the red cookies into fine crumbs, mix with melted butter, and press firmly into a pie dish. Chill to set.
- Prepare the mousse base (5 minutes): Beat cream cheese until smooth and fluffy. Add powdered sugar and vanilla. Fold in Cool Whip, then fold in whipped heavy cream to create a thick mousse.
- Add festive sprinkles (3 minutes): Stir in red heart sprinkles and green nonpareils. Spread the mousse evenly into the chilled crust.
- Chill the pie (4–6 hours): Refrigerate until the mousse is firm enough to slice cleanly. Overnight is ideal.
- Make the Grinch piped topping (3 minutes): Tint whipped topping with neon and regular green gel coloring until it becomes bright Grinch-green. Pipe tall swirls on top.
- Decorate (1 minute): Add extra small and medium red heart sprinkles for that perfect Whoville touch.
- Slice and serve (1 minute): Use a hot knife for clean edges. Serve chilled and enjoy!
Notes
- For an even richer flavor, use full-fat cream cheese.
- Feel free to customize the sprinkles to suit your holiday theme.
- This pie can be made a day in advance; it tastes even better after chilling overnight!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 300
- Sugar: 24g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 50mg