Halloween Pie

"Fabulous taste, and very light. Use any orange liqueur if you don't have Grand Marnier."
 
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Ready In:
2hrs 10mins
Ingredients:
8
Serves:
8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Either purchase a prepared chocolate wafer pie crust, or make one: Crush one package chocolate wafer cookies into fine crumbs, mix with 1/3 cup melted margarine, and press all but three tablespoons of the crumb mixture into a ten-inch pie plate.
  • To make the filling: Combine the orange jello, boiling water, sugar, orange juice and orange rind (freshly grated, not dried), stirring until the sugar crystals are dissolved.
  • Chill in a bowl until this reaches a soft jelly-like consistency.
  • Whip the chilled evaporated milk (a small tin, 160 mL in size, not the big one) until it becomes light and frothy.
  • Fold this into the jello mixture along with the liqueur.
  • Pour into the pie shell, and sprinkle with reserved crumbs, if available.
  • Chill for one to two hours before serving.
  • This lets the pie set and you'll be able to cut it into slices.

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Reviews

  1. As promised, from the thread on recipes that we wish someone would try, I made this pie this weekend. The fluffy, light, orange filling is WONDERFUL!! But, in my opinion, the chocolate crumb crust overpowers the orange taste too much. I am going to make this pie again, but this time, I am going to try it in either a regular graham cracker crust or a vanilla wafer crust.
     
  2. This was very unique and has a soft, fluffy chiffon-like texture. It also has a very attractive pale peach color and a tangy orange flavor. I enjoyed it, but not all tasters enjoyed it as well. The main issue was that the chocolate crust didn't quite compliment the filling as well as perhaps shortbread might. I usualy love a choco-orange combo, but I have to agree with the last poster on this point.
     
  3. Although the flavor is good, I did have a problem getting the slices out of the plate in one piece. Made for Everyday Holiday Tag game Halloween Recipes. :)
     
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