I never know what to have for dessert after our corned beef and cabbage meal.  It's always the same thing....green jello. lol.  Sad, but true.  Does anyone have any other suggestions and if so, would you mind sharing the recipe?  Thanks in advance.

Hi, Widdle,

Here is a Taste of Home recipe for Mint Brownie Pie. It is from the February/March 1999 issue, on the "Just Desserts" page. My family thought this was very good.

It looks fancy but is not hard to make. 

Click here for mint brownie pie recipe.
 

 Well, jello is good, and green is the right color!  (LOL right back to you!)This is a recipe I used to make quite a bit.  However instead of making it up into a pie as directed, I just put it into dessert cups.  I recall once putting it into parfait glasses, layering it with Oreo crumbs.

 GRASSHOPPER PIE

2 pkg (3 oz. each) lime jello
4 Tbsp. sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
2 cups boilling water
3/4 cup cold water
1/3 cup green creme de menthe
1/3 cup white creme de cacao
1 tsp. vanilla
1 egg white
1 env. Dream Whip Dessert Topping Mix OR 1 cup whipping cream
9- or 10-inch chocolate crumb pie crust

Dissolve jello, 2 tablespoons of the sugar and the salt in boililng water.  Add cold water, liqueurs, and vanilla.  Chill until slightly thickened.  Beat egg white until foamy.  Gradually add remaining sugar, beating after each addition until blended.  Then beat until meringue will stand in shiny, soft peaks.  Prepare dessert topping mix as directed on pacakage, omitting vanilla, or whip the cream.

Then measure 1/2 cup jello and set aside.  Blend meringue and dessert topping into remaining jello mixture.  Chill until quite thick.  Spoon into crust, using as much as possible.  (Any remaining filling may be chilled in sherbet glasses for another meal.)  Drizzle the reserved clear jello over the top of the pie; pull spoon through a zigzag course to marble.  Chill until firm.  Garnish with chocolate curls, if desired.

 Here is a simpler version which I posted on Recipezaar.

Grasshopper Pie Lulubelle Recipe

You're probably thinking that I do like the grasshopper flavor and you are right.  So I cannot forget this choice recipe from Paula Deen!  Hope one of these recipes looks promising to you.
Lorraine

Thanks Saw-Whet & Shoppingaddict!  OK.  These pies do sound a tad more interesting than a cup o' jello. lol.  The mint brownie pie sounds great, Saw-Whet.  I love mint (and brownies.)  Then again the Grasshopper pies by Lulubelle or Paula Deen sound delicious too, SA.  Well, I still have a few days to think about it.  Maybe I'll make all of them!  lol.  Thanks so much for your help.   Yum.  I'm hankering for a piece of pie just thinking about these. lol.

LIME JELLO SALAD

Serves:  12

Source:  Grandma

Effort:  average

Ingredients: 

1 pkg. lime Jell-O

1 pkg. lemon Jell-O

4 cup water

1 cup crushed pineapple, drained

8 oz. cool whip

small pkg. Oreo cookies

Instructions: 

Dissolve Jell-O in 2 cup boiling water.

Add 2 cup cold water

Stir well & set in refrigerator

When Jell-O is thickened, but not quite set, add pineapple & cool whip

Crush the cookies

Place a layer of cookies in 9 x 12" pan

Pour Jell-O mixture over them

Cover with remaining cookies

Refrigerate until set well

"Faith will move mountains"

Candykisses,  that sounds good.  Looks pretty simple too.  Actually, lime is my favorite jello flavor and you can NEVER get it in a diner.  What's with that?  They only have red all the time.   The more I look at this the more I like it.   Decisions, decisions.  Thanks for the reply.  I could actually make that tonight!  And, on St. Pat's Day too!

How about some mint ice cream or vanilla ice cream with some cream de mint poured over it for the adults.

Fast Yogurt Pie

1 (12-ounce) container whipped dessert topping, thawed

An activity i recall doing as a kid is making rice krispie treats and then dying them green w/ food coloring for St. Patrick's Day.

Ohhh, this recipe looks delicious! I have to try it out this year!

Mkmac, now that does sound simple enough.  And tasty!   So many ideas.  That's why I love this place.   Thanks for the reply.   I do like quick, easy and simple.  This is a keeper too!

Stacy78, I remember doing that too.  That was fun.  My mother used to have green milk and butter and green beer.  Today you can get green bagels.  But, I did enjoy those rice crispies.   You brought back some fond childhood memroies.  Thank you.

Try a chocolate graham cracker crust and put a little choc sauceor hot fudge on it, then spoon mint chocolate chip ice cream into it and top with either choc sauce or the hot fudge. (You have to put it back into the freezer for a little while choc sauceor hot fudge can melt the ice cream...  It is really good!!

Hi Kimberly!  I like it.  Can't get any easier than that. lol.  And it does sound delicious.  Tasty and simple who could ask for anything more?  Thanks Kimberly!

Hi Widdle,

Here is a recipe I've been making forever. To me it's easy and so delicious. Hope you give it a try... You won't be disappointed. Dessert Girl  P.S. It's also green!

Pistachio Dessert

Crust:  2 cups flour      1 cup butter or margarine    1 cup finely chopped pecans

Filling: 1 8oz pkg  cream cheese, softened   - 1 cup icing sugar     -  1 pkg 6 serving size       pistachio instant pudding  -  2 cups milk

1 cup whipping cream or 1 envelope topping  - 2-3 Tbsp slivered almonds

Crust: Put flour and butter in a bowl. Mix until crumbly. Stir in pecans. Press into an ungreased 9x13 pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Cool.

Filling: Mix cream cheese and sugar together well. Spread over cooled shortbread crust.

Beat pudding mix with milk. Pour over cheese-sugar layer. Chill a few minutes to firm.

Whip cream until stiff. Spread over pudding layer. Sprinkle with slivered almonds.