Lemon Icebox Pie

Oh. My. Stars. This dessert is summer in a graham cracker crust.

Brad and I were serving in the children's ministry at our church one Sunday when he had a random craving for a Lemon Icebox Pie. I searched some recipes online but didn't love the way any of them sounded. 

Then I remembered this refreshing recipe that my sister always made using cool whip, cream cheese, and sugar. She knows the one...neither of us have it written down anywhere and we always forget which type of sugar we use in the recipe (powdered or granular) so it's always a lot of wondering if the recipe will turn out because we haven't bothered to write it down after all these years. You know, one of those recipes...the best kind. :)

So I decided that I would use my sister's recipe as my inspiration and make my darling hubby some Lemon Icebox Pie ASAP. I mean, he did just work with a room full of 1 year olds for several hours (ok, there were really only 2 children there that day), but let's get this man some pie already!! 

Here's what ya need:

8 oz block cream cheese, softened

1 cup Countrytime Lemonade Mix

8 oz tub of Cool Whip, thawed

zest and juice of 2 lemons (use 1 lemon for less tartness)

Graham cracker pie crust 

Here's what ya do:

Get yourself a cute kitchen assistant. Like this:

Next, use an electric hand mixer to beat cream cheese and lemonade until smooth. Add zest and lemon juice and beat until combined (about 5 seconds). Fold in Cool Whip until blended. Pour into graham cracker crust (I buy the pre-made one) and smooth evenly. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours to set. Stuff your face. 

Warning: this recipe has dairy, gluten, and non-organic ingredients. And I'm ok with all of that because it's summa-time and this pie is kinda awesome. And sometimes you just need to eat a bunch of sugar poured into a graham cracker crust. Can I get an amen??? ;)

Now go make this pie. 

Xoxo-The Simple Mama