Frozen Coffee-Fudge Pie

Submitted by Chef mariajane

"This is another fantastically delicious pie - I love that coffee-fudge flavor -"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 9

ingredients

• FOR THE CRUST

• 1 cup Oreo cookie crumbs
• 1 tbps. butter or 1 margarine, melted
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• cooking spray

• FOR THE FILLING

• 2 teaspoons instant coffee granules
• 1 tablespoon boiling water
• 3⁄4 cup fat-free hot fudge topping, divided (such as Smucker's)
• 4 cups low-fat coffee ice cream
• 9 chocolate-covered coffee beans (optional)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. TO PREPARE THE CRUST: Combine first 3 ingredients, and toss with a fork until moist. Press into bottom and up sides of a 9-inch pie plate coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350F for 8 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Place crust in freezer.
3. TO PREPARE FILLING: Place a large bowl in freezer. Combine coffee granules and boiling water in a small bowl; stir until coffee dissolves. Add 3 tablespoons fudge toppng; stir well. Set asside.
4. Spoon ice cream into chilled bowl, and stir in fudge topping mixture. Spoon ice cream mixture into chilled crust; freeze 30 minutes. Cover with plastic wrap; freeze 4 hours or until set. Place pie in refrigerator 20 minutes before serving to soften. Serve pie with 9-tablespoons fudge topping, and garnish with coffee beans, if desired.