Gah. It’s soooo hot! No one wants to heat up a kitchen or go outside. Better to stay inside, eat something cool and read a good book, right? The sale is still going on and boy, do I have a treat for y’all. Time to chill out, yeah? As y’all know, I’m rather fond of coffee. I’m especially fond of coffee that is sweet and creamy. And then there’s pie. I especially like pie in the summer. So, coffee AND pie? I’m all over that!

Coffee Ice Cream Pie

Prep: 20 min
Total: 2 hr 35 min
Servings: 8

Only six ingredients and no baking required! Here’s a frosty treat for a hot summer’s day from Pillsbury Kitchens

Ingredients
Crust
30 chocolate wafers, crushed (about 1 1/2 cups)
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/4 cup coconut
3 tablespoons finely chopped cashews or macadamia nuts

Filling
1 quart (4 cups) coffee ice cream, slightly softened

Topping
1 cup hot fudge topping, warmed
Whole cashews or macadamia nuts, if desired

Steps
1 – In medium bowl, mix crushed chocolate wafers, butter, coconut and chopped cashews. Press mixture in bottom and side of 9-inch glass pie plate; refrigerate 15 minutes. Carefully spoon softened ice cream into chilled crust. Cover and freeze about 2 hours or until firm.

2 – Top individual servings with fudge topping; garnish with whole cashews. Cover and freeze any remaining pie.

Expert Tips
1 – To make cutting the pie easier, remove it from the freezer about 10 to 15 minutes before serving.

2 – Sprinkle each slice with chocolate-covered coffee beans.

3 – Chocolate wafers and coconut. Not a fan of coconut? Leave it out. For the wafers, I use Oreos but I scrape the creamy filling off. If you want a sweeter crust or are just lazy, leave the cream on ’em.

This recipe comes from PILLSBURY so click on over to get all the nutritional details. When a friend pointed out to me that Sade would like this dessert, I commented that Hannah and Sade might go head-to-head over the last piece. Sade, the MC of the Penumbra Papers series, and Hannah, the…well…I guess she’s now the matriarch of the Moonstruck Wolves series, might give up their men for coffee. Probably not. But…maybe…?

You still have until July 31st to grab one of my books at 50% off from Smashwords. Sade’s story begins in THAT OL’ BLACK MAGIC, the first book in the Penumbra Papers. The beginning of Hannah’s story can be found in BLOOD MOON is the abbreviated version of the start of Hannah’s story. The full tale is told lin the MOONSTRUCK: SECRETS, though she’s pretty much has a big role to play in each of the Moonstruck books. Just click on the book cover or the title and you will zoom away to the links page where you can pick your favorite etailer, including Smashwords. If you use the QR code, click on the pie pic or Smashwords, you’ll zoom over to my profile page there, wshere you can find my books.. Anyway, what’s your favorite pie? Stay cool out there and just remember…COFFEE ICE CREAM PIE! FTW!!!

PS: Anyone that wants the full story of the Moonstruck Wolves of the 69th SpecOps unit, you’ll get all of it and spend less money if you buy the Moonstruck Genesis series. Each of those books has two novels plus extra added scenes and stories. Just an FYI…