Happy Pi(e) Day! Since we just moved to Las Vegas and don’t know where the good food spots are yet, I decided to try an easy nutella pie recipe for Pie Day! I ended up making mini nutella pies just because mini ones are always cuter and easier to share. :) You can buy pre-made mini graham cracker crusts here or at your local grocery store, but I decided to make my own! They looked pretty simple to make and ended up taking only 5-10 minutes. I was really happy with the way they turned out and how simple the recipe was.
The consistency of the graham cracker crust:
Easy No-Bake Nutella Pie Recipe and Easy Graham Cracker Crust Recipe (via all recipes and my basil leaf)
Ingredients:
- 1 and 1/2 cups of graham cracker crumbs (for graham cracker crust)
- 3 Tbsp brown sugar (for graham cracker crust)
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted (for graham cracker crust)
- 13 oz nutella or hazelnut spread
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 8 oz whipped topping
Directions:
- Mix graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar, and butter in a medium bowl (for graham cracker crust).
- Pack firmly into a pie pan or cupcake pan with cupcake liners approx 1/3 in / ~1 cm (for graham cracker crust).
- Spread 1/4 hazelnut spread over the graham cracker crust (for graham cracker crust).
- Spread 1/4 cup of the hazelnut spread over the bottom of the graham cracker crust.
- Mix remaining nutella or (1 and 1/2 cup nutella if you didn’t buy the 13 oz jar) and cream cheese together until smooth.
- Fold whipped topping into the cream cheese mixture.
- Pour into the pie crust(s) and spread evenly. I ended up with 18 mini pies.
- Refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.
Baker’s Notes:
- We spent way too much time breaking graham crackers into fine crumbs, so next time I would probably buy the crumbs. At least we can make smores with the rest of it! :)
- You can also skip step 3 to make it a little less rich. It is a very rich pie.
- We topped it with bananas or whatever we thought went well with nutella right before serving, but that’s also optional. But the toppings make it more photogenic!
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Oh my friggedy wow. I love Nutella and these sound amazing! Just wondering, do you know if whipped topping is just whipped cream in the UK/Europe?!
Same here! I loooove nutella. Hmm good question. whipped topping is like cool whip and you find it in the freezer section. I feel like whipped cream comes in an aerosol can and you find in the dairy section. Is that the same thing in the UK?
Sounds amazing!! Have you ever watched Pushing Daisies? The main character is a pie shop owner and his love interest makes mini pies called cup pies – like cupcakes! Can’t wait to try and make these nutella cup-pies :)
I haven’t seen that? Can I watch it on hulu? :) I bought mini loaf pans too to make mini banana bread loafs. I just like mini. haha Let me know if you try this!
No-bake? Nutella? I’m sold!
haha! That’s what I said.. AND it was so easy to make but tastes like you slaved in the kitchen. :)