This Frozen Key Lime Pie is the perfect summer dessert! It’s creamy, light, refreshing, and the perfect way to cool down on a hot day!
If you love this dessert, try my Cherry Limeade Kool-Aid Pie, Copycat Crumbl Key Lime Cookies or No Bake Strawberry Cheesecake!
Have you ever had a Frozen Key Lime Pie? If not, you are in for a treat! This dessert is just what you need for the summer. It has the perfect amount of tart that pair nicely with a graham cracker crust.
It’s also surprisingly simple to make and no need to turn on the oven to make. The hardest part is waiting for it to set in the freezer. You can even use store-bought crusts so that you don’t have to spend hours making a pie crust from scratch. Let’s get started!
Why You’ll Love This Frozen Pie Recipe
- Easy: Only 5 ingredients to make and requires no baking.
- Great way to cool off: It’s the perfect dessert for a hot day.
- Perfect for cookouts: Easy to transport to barbeques with a disposable pie container for a quick clean up.
Recipe Tips & Variations
- Use fresh key lime juice for the best flavor.
- If you’re making your own pie crust make sure the pie crust is fully baked before adding the filling, otherwise the crust will be soggy.
- Freeze overnight for best results.
- Make it gluten free by using a gluten free crust.
- If the pie is too hard, place on counter and allow to soften.
- Dip knife in a hot glass of water before slicing for a clean cut.
- This recipe serves about 8-10 depending on how you slice it. If you want to get more slices out of it, slice a little smaller.
What You’ll Need
1 pint heavy whipping cream
1 – 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
1 cup key lime juice ( I used Nellies from Key West)
1 lime, sliced
1 graham cracker pie crust
How to Make a Frozen Key Lime Pie
Add a whisk attachment to a stand or hand (this method takes longer) mixer.
Place heavy whipping cream to bowl and blend for 4 minutes (longer if using a hand mixer) on low speed. Adjust to speed 6 as it begins to thickens and resembles whipped topping.
Fold in can of sweetened condensed milk. Fold in key lime juice. Pour mixture into the pie crust.
Top the pie with sliced limes. Place the lid on top of the pie, secure and freeze pie for 6 hours or overnight.
Remove from freezer, cut with a warm knife and serve.
How to Store
Cover and place remaining leftovers in the freezer for up to a month. Thaw overnight in refrigerator before serving.
Recipe
Frozen Key Lime Pie
Ingredients
- 1 pint heavy whipping cream
- 1 – 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup key lime juice I used Nellies from Key west
- 1 lime sliced
- 1 graham cracker pie crust
Instructions
- Add a whisk attachment to a stand or hand (this method takes longer) mixer.
- Place heavy whipping cream to bowl and blend for 4 minutes (longer if using a hand mixer) on low speed. Adjust to speed 6 as it begins to thickens and resembles whipped topping.
- Fold in can of sweetened condensed milk. Fold in key lime juice. Pour mixture into the pie crust.
- Top the pie with sliced limes. Place the lid on top of the pie, secure and freeze pie overnight.
- Remove from freezer, cut with a warm knife and serve
Notes
Recipe Tips & Variations
- Use fresh key lime juice for the best flavor.
- If you're making your own pie crust make sure the pie crust is fully baked before adding the filling, otherwise the crust will be soggy.
- Freeze overnight for best results.
- Make it gluten free by using a gluten free crust.
- If the pie is too hard, place on counter and allow to soften.
- Dip knife in a hot glass of water before slicing for a clean cut.
- This recipe serves about 8-10 depending on how you slice it. If you want to get more slices out of it, slice a little smaller.
Nutrition Disclosure
Nutritional facts are estimates and are provided as a courtesy to the reader. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates. Nutritional values are calculated via a third party. Changing ingredients, amounts or cooking technique will alter the estimated nutritional calculations.
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