What a Cutie Pie – A Giveaway!

A couple of weeks ago, I went to a Pie Social and have not been able to shake the images of all those adorable and yummy pies.  I wanted to make them all!  But how could I do that, I wondered, when I am not really a pie baker?

Then it hit me…make an easy mini pie!  We all have to start somewhere, right?

 I really am curious if kids make pies, especially after seeing Luci’s Blue Ribbon Pie. So I’ve decided to do another giveaway. More on that in a minute. First I want to show you how mine turned out.

My first one was a Strawberry-Banana Pie

 Put a few slices of banana into a graham cracker mini-crust

add some strawberry yogurt

smooth it out with the back of a spoon

Slice a strawberry but not all the way through

then, using both hands, gently spread the strawberry into a fan

and place on top, right in the center

Add a slice of banana.  I put mine vertically, you can do it another way if you want to.

Then I added a tiny piece of mint.  Kind of looks like a little hair pie-bow…cute huh?

Easy, right?  By this time, I was feeling confident so I decided to try something with chocolate.

This one is inspired by the niece and nephew who love S’mores!   Aren’t they cute?!

Preheat the oven to 350. Then put a few chocolate chips in a graham cracker crust

add a few mini marshmallows

Top with more chocolate chips and a few marshmallows.  Bake for 3-5 minutes until chocolate is kind of melty and marshmallows are beginning to brown.

Let it cool for a few minutes and then dive in.  You are in for a chocolatey, gooey, yummy treat!  So good and sooooo easy!

After that one, I was really on a roll.
So I made a third one inspired by my love of Sonic’s Cherry Limeade.

Put your favorite cherry ice cream and limeade concentrate into a mixing bowl.

Whisk till it’s all smooth and creamy.  Taste it and see if it needs a little more lime or cherry flavor.  Mine needed a teeny bit more cherry.

So, I added a drizzle of cherry juice.

Pour it into the pie shell and stick in the freezer for about an hour or so.

Top with a slice of lime and a cherry!

Now, back to other people’s pie baking days.  I thought it would be fun to hear from you and reward those pie memories with a giveaway.  The prize is an adorable monogrammed kid’s apron from Bundle of Stitches

All you have to do is leave a comment answering this question:

“What kind of pie have you made?”

Once there are lots of great pie stories, I will do a random drawing for the kid’s apron winner from