No Bake Key Lime Pie Dessert

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Key Lime Pie Shooters, Lime desserts, No Bake Key Lime Pie

Prep Time: 15

Total Time: 15

Servings: servings

Calories: 157kcal

Author: Colleen Kennedy

No Bake Key Lime Pie Dessert. 15 minutes and a handful of ingredients (egg free). Easy lime dessert recipe.

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Ingredients

12 graham crackers
2 ½ TBS butter melted or room temperature
1 TBS brown sugar
14 oz can sweetened condensed milk I like Eagle
½ cup plus 1 TBS Key Lime juice I like Nellie and Joes Key Lime Juice, it's just as good as fresh which I rarely can get
1 TBS Lime zest
1 cup Whipped cream see note
2 TBS sour cream

Instructions

Break apart graham crackers and toss them into your food processor.
Pulse until they become crumbs.
Add in butter and brown sugar and pulse until combined.
Set aside.
In a mixing bowl, combine sweetened condensed milk, key lime juice and half your lime zest, Mix on high for 2 minutes. Add in whipped cream and sour cream and mix until incorporated.
In your chosen glasses, mason jars, shooter cups or whatever you are using. Spoon in some of the graham cracker crumb mixture. Spoon or pipe in the key lime pie mixture in, top with additional crumbs, zest and a lime triangle.
See Notes.

Notes

I am a huge advocate of making fresh whipped cream, I mean it literally takes a minute and it is deeeelish! However, for this, use Cool Whip IN the mixture since it's stable. It holds up better and will literally keep well once made in the fridge for days. I use ⅔'s of an 8oz Cool Whip container for this recipe.

If you choose to top these mini desserts with whipped cream, that is where you can use fresh or use up the rest of the cool whip. In my house if it ever enters the house, my husband will gobble it up! It's a childhood thing, lol!

As far as calories and servings, this is a loose estimate. It depends on what you serve this in, shooter cups? It will make a few dozen, 4oz or 8oz mason jars? Maybe 8/6. Wine glasses maybe 6.

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