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posted: 01/20/19

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This Shamrock Shake Pie is your favorite McDonald’s Shamrock Shake made into an easy no bake pie!

This recipe is only six ingredients and you can make it in less than 5 minutes! Of all the treats you could make for St. Patrick’s Day, you for sure need to make no bake pie!

piece of green shamrock shake pie on a white plate topped with whipped cream and a cherry

Do you guys know that when I started blogging, I was so hesitant to try recipes. I didn’t have the confidence to cook for strangers on the internet. I didn’t think that I would be good at creating recipes. But the thing is that I really love to eat. And I really do love to cook. I love to create. Coming up with new recipes really is a joy that I couldn’t deny. So I started dipping my toes in the waters of developing recipes.

But I started doing it by creating recipes that were . . . weird. Desserts that were other desserts mutated. My S’mores Magic Bars or my Krispy Kreme Pie are perfect examples. I started making cocktails by smashing two other cocktails together. Like my Strawberry Daiquiri Sangria or more recently my Mojito Margarita (seriously so good!).

SHAMROCK SHAKE PIE

Another one of those early weird dessert combos was this Shamrock Shake Pie! I recently made a video of it and decided the photos needed an update.

If every year around this time you start craving a Shamrock Shake, you are going to want to make this pie! It is so easy, fast, and delicious. I love a good no bake pie. It doesn’t get much easier than that. Another great no bake pie that has become super popular recently is my No Bake Baileys Chocolate Pie.

overhead view of two plates with no bake shamrock shake pie on them

WHAT DO I NEED TO MAKE A SHAMROCK SHAKE PIE?

You only need six ingredients for this amazing dessert!

  • instant pudding mix
  • milk
  • cool whip
  • green food coloring
  • mint extract
  • store bought pie crust (or you could use this great graham cracker crust recipe)

CAN I USE WHIPPING CREAM INSTEAD OF COOL WHIP?

The short answer is no. Besides being lazy, the reason that I use Cool Whip is that it is stabilized. Homemade whipped cream is not. So using homemade whipped cream will result in a melty pie. If you want a homemade option, I would recommend this Homemade Cool Whip.

fork digging into a piece of green shamrock shake pie

OTHER FUN ST. PATRICK’S DAY DESSERTS

I have also always been obsessed with making holiday themed desserts. So! If you are looking for all the green, mint, rainbow, and whiskey themed treats you can handle, you’ve come to the right place.

two pieces of no bake pie on two white plates
piece of green shamrock shake pie on a white plate topped with whipped cream and a cherry
5 from 14 votes

Shamrock Shake Pie

Serves: 8 pieces
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Prep: 5 minutes
Total: 5 minutes
This Shamrock Shake Pie is your favorite McDonald’s Shamrock Shake made into an easy no bake pie!  This recipe is only six ingredients and you can make it in less than 5 minutes!  Of all the treats you could make for St. Patrick’s Day, you for sure need to make no bake pie!

Ingredients

  • 2 3.4 oz vanilla instant pudding mix
  • 2 cups milk I used skim
  • 8 oz cool whip thawed (or homemade cool whip)
  • 1/2 tsp mint extract
  • 16 drops green food coloring
  • store bought graham cracker crust

Instructions

  • In a large bowl, mix together the pudding mixes and the milk until well combined. Then add the cool whip, the mint extract, and the green food coloring.
  • Pour the mixture into a premade pie crust. Refrigerate until completely set, about four hours or overnight.
  • Serve a with whip cream and a cherry.

Notes

Please note that the calorie count for this pie is using full fat Cool Whip. It would be slightly lower if you used Lite Cool Whip.
Serving: 1piece Calories: 299kcal (15%) Carbohydrates: 45g (15%) Protein: 3g (6%) Fat: 10g (15%) Saturated Fat: 8g (50%) Cholesterol: 1mg Sodium: 490mg (21%) Potassium: 100mg (3%) Fiber: 1g (4%) Sugar: 37g (41%) Vitamin A: 150IU (3%) Vitamin C: 0.8mg (1%) Calcium: 80mg (8%) Iron: 0.4mg (2%)
Author: Lisa Longley
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
piece of green shamrock shake pie on a white plate topped with whipped cream and a cherry

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  1. Antoinette Schiller says

    How about pistachio pudding mix instead of vanilla?

    • Lisa Longley says

      That would also work for the color but I’m not sure how it would taste with the mint.

  2. Paige N says

    5 stars
    Holy cow, this really does taste like a shamrock shake!

    I just made this and I’m eating a bit of the filling that was left. It’s so much like a shamrock shake! I used one vanilla pudding and one white chocolate pudding because that’s what I had, and I used an Oreo crust. Thanks for the easy recipe!

    • Lisa Longley says

      You are so welcome! I’m so glad you liked it!

  3. Sue says

    Can you freeze overnight? I made last year and it don’t set correctly so I froze and it was better. Not sure what I did wrong. Making it again so I’ll see what happens. Would love your feedback.
    Thanks

    • Lisa Longley says

      Hi Sue! I haven’t ever had to freeze this one in order for it to set. You are definitely using two boxes of pudding mix? That is the only thing I can think of.

  4. DonnaAnderson says

    5 stars
    easy peezy so good…..I sprinkled some gram crumbs on top……looked really pretty

    • Lisa Longley says

      I’m so glad you liked it!

  5. catrina arochi says

    i made this pie for the first time and it came out so good and yummy

    • Lisa Longley says

      I’m so glad you liked it!

  6. Tiffani Walvoord says

    The Shamrock Shake is to women what the McRib is to men…we wait for it all year. I am going to make alot of ladies in my office very happy when I bring THIS for Pie Day (3/14) tomorrow.

    • Lisa Longley says

      I hope everyone loved it, Tiffani!

  7. Connie LeBoeuf says

    I made this pie today it was very tasty I added 2 drops of the mint extract to the half a teaspoon of the extract it came out just right in flavor for the mint extract my husband loved this pie I’m happy I chose your Recpie 😊 I’m sure it would be good to made with a chocolate pie crust.

    • Lisa Longley says

      I’m so glad that you liked it!

  8. Mary Dispenza says

    For adults this pie falls short. It tastes like puddle – great for little kids. Easy – yes. Go adults no go.

    • Lisa Longley says

      I’m sorry this wasn’t a hit for you. This is different from my experience and from the experience of a lot of my readers.

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