No-Bake Lemon Pie

5 from 2 votes

Bursting with lemon flavor, this no-bake lemon pie recipe combines creamy pudding and whipped cream on a crunchy homemade graham cracker crust to create this fluffy and sinful dessert.

Prep Time15

Chill Time30

Total Time45

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: No-Bake Lemon Pie Recipe

Servings:

Calories: 330kcal

Ingredients

½ cup salted butter
1¾ cup graham cracker crumbs
¼ cup granulated sugar
6.8 ounces instant lemon pudding mix (two 3.4-ounce packages)
2 cups whole milk, or 2% milk
1 teaspoon lemon zest
8 ounces Cool Whip, divided in half

Instructions

Place the butter in an 8x8 square glass baking dish and microwave for 30 to 45 seconds to melt the butter.
Add the graham cracker crumbs and sugar directly into the baking dish and mix with the melted butter to combine.
Press the graham cracker mixture evenly across the bottom of the baking dish and place in the freezer to firm up while preparing pudding.
In a mixing bowl, whisk together the contents of the pudding packages, milk and lemon zest. Continue whisking until the pudding thickens.
Scoop 1 cup of pudding from the mixing bowl and spread it evenly over the chilled graham cracker crust.
Fold ½ of the container of whipped topping (4 ounces) into the remaining pudding in the mixing bowl. Spread this layer of pudding/whipped topping evenly over the pudding layer in the baking dish.
Gently scoop the remaining whipped topping into the baking dish and spread evenly. Be careful not to mix into the layers below.
Chill the lemon pie in the refrigerator or freezer until set. Top with lemon zest and serve.

Notes

If you don’t have an 8x8 square pan, you can make this a round dessert using a round 9-inch cake pan.
For this recipe, it is better to overmix rather than undermix to ensure that all of the pudding has dissolved.
Chilling this dessert overnight will make it easier to cut and give it a thicker consistency.

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