Pie Recipes from the Movie Waitress (Has anyone tried these yet?)

Well, I finally got a chance to see the movie Waitress.  I did enjoy the movie, it was different and the ending was not as expected, which I like when that happens.  BUT, for those who saw it, didn't you just think the pies made in the movie looked WONDERFUL?  Well, I did.  I particularly was interested in the Marshmallow Mermaid Pie.  After some internet searching I was able to find the following recipes and was wondering if anyone else had tried them and how they turned out. 

 

If you haven't seen the movie, it might be worth a trip to the video store, but even if you don't see the movie, you can still make the pie!

 

Take care!

 

Karen

 

Marshmallow Mermaid Pie

9 graham crackers
1/2 C. sweetened, flaked coconut, toasted
5 Tbs. butter or margarine, melted
34 lg. marshmallows (8 oz.)
1/2 C. whole milk
1 1/2 C. heavy or whipping cream
1 oz. unsweetened chocolate, grated

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine coconut and graham crackers in food processor until coarse crumbs form. Combine crumbs and butter with fork. Press to bottom and side of 9-inch pie plate. Bake 10 minutes and cool on wire rack. Heat marshmallows and milk in 3-qt. saucepan over low heat until smooth, stirring constantly. Remove saucepan from heat. Cool completely (30 minutes.) In large bowl with mixer at medium speed, beat cream until stiff peaks form. Fold marshmallow mixture into whipped cream with grated chocolate. Spoon filling into cooled crust. Refrigerate pie at least 3 hours or overnight. Top with mini marshmallows, maraschino cherries and rainbow sprinkles.

Falling in Love Chocolate Mousse Pie

9-inch baked pastry shell
1 14-oz. can condensed milk (not evaporated)
2/3 C. water
1 (4 serving) pkg. chocolate pudding mix (not instant)
1 1-oz. square unsweetened chocolate
2 C. (1 pt.) whipping cream, stiffly whipped

In large saucepan, combine condensed milk, water and pudding mix; mix well. Add chocolate. Over medium heat, cook and stir rapidly until chocolate melts and mixture thickens. Remove from heat; beat until smooth. Cool. Chill thoroughly; stir. Fold in whipped cream. Pour into prepared pastry shell. Chill 4 hours until set.

I Don't Want Earl's Baby Pie

1 pie crust
4 Tbs. butter
3 slices ham
8 green onions
1 C. brie cheese

1 C. parmesan cheese, grated
4 eggs
2 C. heavy cream
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cover pie crust with foil and bake for 10 minutes. Remove foil and bake 5 minutes more. Remove crust and reduce heat to 325 degrees. Julienne ham. Chop green onions. In skillet, saute ham until brown. Remove and set aside. Saute onion until tender. Remove with slotted spoon and combine with ham. Spread on bottom of pie crust. Spread brie over ham mixture and sprinkle with parmesan. Combine eggs, cream and nutmeg; pour over cheese. Bake 30 minutes or until set. Cool slightly, cut into wedges and serve.

Baby Screamin' Its Head Off In The Middle of the Night & Ruinin' My Life Pie

4 8-oz. cream cheese, softened
1 C. unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 C. sour cream
1/2 C heavy whipping cream
1 3/4 C. white sugar
1/8 . cornstarch
1 fl. oz. amaretto liqueur
1 tsp. vanilla extract
5 eggs
1 egg yolk
1 C. chopped pecans
1/2 tsp. nutmeg

Bring all ingredients to room temperature. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Wrap outside of 9-inch springform pan with foil. Generously butter inside of pan. In large bowl,beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Mix in sugar and cornstarch. Blend in sour cream and whipping cream. Add amaretto and vanilla. Stir in eggs and egg yolk one at a time, mixing thoroughly between each addition. Pour batter into pan. Place pan in another pan at least 1 inch wider and add water to outside pan (prevents cracks). Bake on center rack for 70 minutes. Turn oven off and let cool with door open for 1 hour. Remove cake from water and chill at least 3 hours before removing cake from pan. Top with crushed pecans and dust with nutmeg.

I Can't Have No Affair Because It's Wrong & I Don't Want Earl to Kill Me Pie

2 1/2 C. graham cracker crumbs
1/2 C. brown sugar
1/2 C. melted butter
2 large eggs
1/3 C. granulated sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
2 C. milk, scalded
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
3 egg whites
1/2 C. white sugar

Mix crumbs, brown sugar and butter until well-blended. Press mixture into a 9-inch pan. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Beat eggs slightly in a large bowl. Add sugar and salt. Slowly stir in hot, scalded milk. Add vanilla. Strain mixture into pie crust. Sprinkle top with cinnamon. Bake on lower shelf 25-30 minutes, or until custard is firm. In larger glass mixing bowl, beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add 1/4 C. white sugar, continuing to beat until stiff peaks form. Spread meringue over pie after custard is set, return to oven until meringue is slightly brown. Cool 15 minutes.

 

How much cornstarch in that Baby Screamin' pie?  Is there a more common cheese that could be substituted for the brie in the I Don't Want Earl's Baby pie?

These all look yummy.  Thank you for posting them.

I would think any really soft cheese could replace brie. I would try cream cheese...probably one brick of it. I don't care for brie and I think cream cheese would be delicious in this. I haven't seen the movie but I'm saving these recipes to try later.

 

Shannon

Hi! I don't normally post over here but I saw your post about the pies from the movie.  I tried the chocolate mousse "Falling in Love" pie.  It was delicious!  

Mathmomma, I have never made these so I can't help you with the cheese question.  As for the cornstarch, I can't help you there either, that's copied from the website I found it on (http://www.articleplanets.com/articles/207/1/039Waitress039-Bakes-Up-Pie-To-Die-For/Page1.html), but I would "think" it would be 1/8 tsp., but my "thinker" could be wrong.  Sorry.

 

Shannon, if you try them, let me know how they turn out.  I think I might try the marshmallow one soon and when I do I'll post a review.

 

Jangrif, thanks for letting me know.  Actually, the Falling in Love pie was my second choice.  I'll make sure I try it now. 

 

Anyone else try any?

 

Have a great day!

 

Karen

Marshmallow Mermaid Pie

9 graham crackers
1/2 C. sweetened, flaked coconut, toasted
5 Tbs. butter or margarine, melted
34 lg. marshmallows (8 oz.)
1/2 C. whole milk
1 1/2 C. heavy or whipping cream
1 oz. unsweetened chocolate, grated

 

For all intents and purposes that's nothing more than cool whip and marshmallow fluff mixed with coconut. Now I'll eat just about anything with coconut but that pie would give my dentures cavities lol.

Hey Karen! Hope you are doing well. Thanks for these recipes. That Falling in Love Chocolate Mousse pie looks yummo! I think I might have to make it. Looks easy enough for me to make as far as pie goes. I don't make a lot of pies, but I do like to eat them. The movie sounds cute from the names of the recipes! ttyl Terri

I recently saw this movie and liked it.  I was telling a friend about it.  She told me she had heard on the news that the "Waitress" was killed by her stalker husband.  Does anyone know if this was true?

Hi  I saw the movie and it was good and the ending was not what i expected either.   I understand the writer  of the movie who also was one of the waitresses, I think the one that got all prettied up for the date, was in real life murdered but not sure if it was a stalker but it was so sad to see the movie and see her in it.     Shirley

I loved this movie so much I had to put the recipes on our site. I got a hold of most of them: 

Waitress Pie recipes

Thanks for sharing yours too!

 Hi Karen!  I have been trying to find the recipe to the pie the main character and the Dr bake together.  The one with the dark chocolate and blackberries on top?Do you know the recipe to that one?  So glad someone out there took an interest to the pies too!

All the best,

Stephanie

Hi Stephanie,

 

 That pie was called "Lonely Chicago Pie", and I found a couple of recipes by doing a Google search:

 

 Lonely Chicago Pie
Cinnamon, spices and sugar underneath rich melted chocolate and smashed berries. Inspired by the movie "Waitress".

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tbsp flour
1 tbsp ground cinnamon
1 egg, beaten
2 tbsp melted, salted butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups milk
1 (10 inch) unbaked deep-dish pie crust
1/3 cup fresh strawberries or blackberries, lightly crushed
3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 tsp salted butter

Preheat oven to 400F.
In a large bowl, combine the sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt. Add the beaten egg, butter, and vanilla. Mix well and add the milk.
Pour mixture into crust.
Bake for 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 350F and bake 40 minutes.
Top pie evenly with crushed berries, return to oven and bake 10 minutes longer.
Let cool completely on rack.
Melt together chocolate chips and 1 tsp butter, pour thoroughly over baked pie. Allow to chill in fridge before serving.

 

 I haven't tried it, so I don't know how it is, but if you try it, let me know, okay?

 

 I also found this website, with a variation:

http://www.ifoods.tv/desserts/Lonely-Chicago-Pie-/T411/

 

 I would like to know a whole bunch of recipes from the movie, lol - most of which we don't even have names for (as far as I can remember), such as the key lime (I assume) in the beginning, pretty much all of the pies in the beginning sequence (all those pretty colored custard-ish pies) ... I would really like to know a recipe for the chocolate and mashed banana pie she makes - I don't remember if it had a name or not.

Bumping to read later,thanks,Wattle,J

 

 Hi-The writer/director and also actress (that played Dawn, the shy waitress) was murdered by a 19 yr old construction worker, who happened to be an illegal immigrant. She used an apartment in Greenwich Village as an office and he was working in the building. He strangled her after she caught him trying to steal out of her wallet. He then tried to make it look like she hung herself. He was convicted and is in jail.

She lived with her husband, a very nice man, and their young child, in my sister's small apartment building in Tribeca.The script is fiction. You can read more details on her wiki page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrienne_Shelly 

 

  

YES! My sister (who always gets me into trouble) asked me if I had ever had Mermaid Pie last week. She told me it was from the movie Waitress. I immediately went online and found the recipe. Intrigued after reading the simple ingredients I sent my college aged daughter to buy heavy cream. Delicious! Its delicately flavored and oh so light. The coconut in the crust and also the baking of the graham cracker crust give it a special taste. I wondered how the flecks of unsweetened chocolate would flavor the pie and my surprise this pie's taste reminds me of an oreo, for some reason. I recommend this pie for summer time serving,as its light and airy texture just goes down so easy. it was very good but unusual dessert compared to what I normally make. I notice the other recipes that you listed also from the waitress movie look very similar as they are also cream based filling. Oh la la- tell me if you have tried it yet! Maggie