{"id":6057,"date":"2015-03-12T23:44:34","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T06:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sugarhero.com\/?p=4141"},"modified":"2025-06-10T15:06:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T22:06:41","slug":"fresh-mint-grasshopper-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sugarhero.com\/fresh-mint-grasshopper-pie\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Mint Grasshopper Pie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nothing is more refreshing than a Fresh Mint Grasshopper Pie. This frozen, minty pie has a light, herbal mint filling and a thick chocolate Oreo crust! <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’ve got your perfect Friday night right here. Check the ingredients:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. You, relaxing in comfy loungewear after a long day of [insert your noble profession here<\/em>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. A piping hot pizza with plenty of crushed red peppers on top<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Your entertainment of choice—might I suggest Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt<\/em>?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. A big slice of this grasshopper pie for dessert, cold and refreshing and packed with fresh mint flavor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Your celebrity crush, giving you a foot massage<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    I can’t help with that last item, but I can most definitely bring the grasshopper pie love! I mean, it’s Friday. It’s Pi Day (3\/14) tomorrow. It’s St. Patrick’s Day<\/a> next week. You NEED a minty chocolatey pie in your face this weekend. I am here for you, friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    I’m a huge chocolate-mint fan, but I’ve never actually had a grasshopper pie. I know. I KNOW! Looking online, there seems to be a big variation in recipes, and the only thing people seem to agree on is that there’s a chocolate cookie crust<\/a>, and some sort of creamy mint filling. Some recipes use Cool Whip, some use cream cheese, and some use mint ice cream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Apparently, it’s a sort of choose-your-own-adventure dessert, so I chose to fill my grasshopper pie with a fresh mint semifreddo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “A semi-whatto<\/em>?” you say. “Stop talking nonsense, girl.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    The name “semifreddo” means “half-frozen” in Italian, and it refers to a dessert made with whipped cream, whipped yolks, and whipped whites. It’s kept in the freezer and is often considered a cousin to ice cream, but unlike ice cream, it has a marvelously creamy texture that stays fairly soft even when frozen. This means it’s great for making terrines and frozen pies that need to be sliced—no awkward defrosting periods where the edges are melted but the center is still rock-hard. Just pop that bad boy out and get to slicing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I chose a semifreddo because I wanted the coolness of a frozen mint dessert with the hassle of wrangling hard ice cream<\/a>. It’s also an ideal vessel for infusing with fresh mint—since it already calls for cream in the ingredients, it’s no trouble at all to soak a bunch of mint<\/a> leaves in the cream, then strain them out before whipping the cream. The result is a dessert that’s super refreshing, with a light, herbal, fresh taste that’s miles away from the typical bottled mint flavor. (However, if bottled mint is your jam, I won’t be angry if you skip the fresh mint step and add a teaspoon of mint extract instead.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    To make this pie extra-special, I made some elegant green-and-brown striped chocolate cigarettes for garnishing. Their fancy pinstriped appearance notwithstanding, they’re actually pretty easy to make! You’ll need a few special tools, all of which are $5 or less, and the patience to practice a few times before you nail it. I’ve made a little photo tutorial for you, and down below you can find the full recipe for easy printing. If you want to give them a try, you’ll want to pick up a decorating comb<\/a>, bench scraper<\/a>, and an offset spatula<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    I know I’m utterly biased, but I can’t think of a better way to celebrate Pi Day than with a fat slice of this grasshopper pie. And you all know that this year we’re celebrating the Pi Day of the Century<\/em>, right? Instead of the usual 3 digits of Pi, this Saturday we can celebrate TEN digits, on 3\/14\/15 at 9:26:53 – when will you be able to say you’ve lived through 3.141592653 again?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    And yes, I had to google that, and yes, I haven’t taken a math class since high school, and yes, I don’t actually care that much about pi the number. But I do care a great deal about pie<\/a> the food, and that’s what’s really important around here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    So tell me where you stand on these important issues. Semifreddo or ice cream? Fresh mint or mint extract? Pi the number or pie the food? Commence internet judging…now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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