Creamsicle Pie

5 from 5 votes

If you love orange and vanilla creamsicles, then you're going to love this fluffy creamsicle pie.

Prep Time10

Cook Time4

Total Time4 10

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Creamsicle Pie Recipe

Servings:

Calories: 242kcal

¼ cup cold water
0.25 ounces unflavored gelatin
½ cup boiling water
1 teaspoon pure orange extract
3 ounces orange-flavored gelatin
¼ cup crushed ice
8 ounces whipped topping, thawed
15 ounces mandarin oranges, drained and halved (reserve 8 whole slices for garnish)
6 ounces premade graham cracker crust, or homemade graham cracker crust
whipped cream, optional garnish

Add ¼ cup of cold water to a small bowl. Sprinkle the unflavored gelatin packet over the cold water, and stir to combine. Allow the gelatin to bloom for 1 to 2 minutes.
Add ½ cup boiling water to a medium-sized mixing bowl.
Add the bloomed gelatin to the boiling water.
Stir in the orange extract.
Sprinkle the orange gelatin powder over the boiling water and stir until the gelatin completely dissolves.
Stir in the ¼ cup crushed ice until the ice is completely dissolved.
Fold in the whipped topping and halved mandarin oranges.
Pour the pie filling into the premade graham cracker crust. Cover and chill in the refrigerator for 4 hours. Slice into 8 slices.
Just before you are ready to serve, garnish with a swirl of the canned whipped cream. Place 1 of the whole segments of mandarin oranges on top of the swirl.

You can make this the night before to save time, especially since it needs time to chill before serving.
If your pie crust is in a foil tin, we’d recommend sitting it (foil pan and all) inside a glass pie dish to give it a bit more stability when taking it in and out of the fridge.
Make sure you give this pie plenty of time to chill in the fridge so that the filling sets fully before serving.
Blooming gelatin means allowing it to sit for 3 to 5 minutes until it has absorbed the liquid and the powdered granules have dissolved. The granules will swell as it blooms.