Mandarin Orange Pie
Made with a sweet and creamy combination of whipped topping, sweetened condensed milk, mandarin oranges, and crushed pineapple pieces in a graham cracker crust, this mandarin orange pie recipe screams summer and couldn’t be easier to make.
Those of you familiar with the second recipe I ever posted on Southern Plate know how much I love my Mama’s mandarin orange cake. It’s so light and refreshing and the little bits of mandarin oranges taste just like sunshine. This pie combines all the flavors in the mandarin orange icing into the wonders of a pie.
The cool thing about it (well, other than the fact that it really is “cool”) is that the recipe makes two and you store them in the freezer. So you can have one for dessert and save the other one for unexpected company or little treats as you need them. Summer is prime time for drop-ins and I don’t know anyone in my neck of the woods who isn’t looking for something cool, light, and refreshing in the middle of a sunny day.
Another cool thing about my mandarin orange pie recipe is that it couldn’t be easier to make. You only need five ingredients: lemon juice, whipped topping, sweetened condensed milk, crushed pineapple, and mandarin oranges. You simply mix the ingredients together and then pour the pie filling into the two graham cracker crusts. That’s it! After they freeze you’re ready to serve them to family and friends.
This no-bake mandarin orange pie is light, creamy, fruity, and refreshing all at once. After one bite I bet you’ll understand why it’s a favorite, so let’s get mixing!
Recipe Ingredients
- Mandarin oranges
- Crushed pineapple (or pineapple chunks)
- Sweetened condensed milk
- Lemon juice
- Whipped topping
- Graham cracker crusts
How to Make Mandarin Orange Pie
Place your sweetened condensed milk, whipped topping, and lemon juice in a medium bowl.
If you don’t get a good taste of that sweetened condensed milk then I’m gonna disown ya here and now.
I love that stuff. Any recipe that has it in there is bound to be good.
Mix that up until nice and creamy.
Don’t blink, we’re almost done.
Drain your mandarin oranges and pineapple and toss them in.
Don’t worry about a little bit of liquid left in there. I know crushed pineapple tends to want to hang onto the juice a bit so no sense in arguing with it. It’ll be fine.
Now stir that up really well with a spoon, it won’t take much.
And spoon the filling into two graham shells.
Place lids on and freeze.
Before serving, set them out on the counter for about 10 minutes but even that is optional.
If you don’t feel like waiting, just dive on in like I just did.
Oh yum! LOVE this stuff!
Storage
Store leftover pie in the freezer for up to 3 months. Simply let it thaw at room temperature for a few minutes before serving.
Recipe Notes
You can definitely make a homemade graham cracker pie crust if you like, but I just used store-bought pie crusts. Another option is to use a simple shortbread crust, whether it’s store-bought or homemade.
You may also like these other fruit pie recipes:
Caramel Banana Pie (a.k.a Easy Banoffee Pie)
Ingredients
- 2 pie crust graham cracker
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 8 oz Cool Whip
- 20 oz crushed pineapple , drained
- 15 oz mandarin oranges , drained
- 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, mix together the whipped topping, sweetened condensed milk, and lemon juice until smooth and creamy.1/2 cup lemon juice, 8 oz Cool Whip, 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
- Stir in the drained fruit.20 oz crushed pineapple, 15 oz mandarin oranges
- Fill crusts and freeze.2 pie crust
- Remove from the freezer approximately 10 minutes or so before serving.
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I make this at least a couple of times a month! I have used strawberries, strawberry yogurt and pineapple, peaches, peach yogurt, and pineapple. The Hubs loves this pie and because it is low calorie, it is wonderful for those of us who have had WLS!! You can get fat-free sweetened condensed milk-doesn’t alter the taste-as well as fat free and sugar free cool-whip!! My family thinks this pie is the best!!
I made the mandarin orange cake for my bunco group a few weeks ago. It was a big hit. I could eat a bowl of the icing. Can’t wait to give this pie a try. Yummy!!
The print option is there Christy, but not the save recipe option, can you fix that, thanks ♥
I made this last night for dinner today, i took both pies to turkey dinner, everyone was so excited for the pie they ate little of the dinner so they could try it. that pie was so good that BOTH pies were GONE in less then 20 minutes. My mother even said that it was what she wanted me to make for every holiday and for her birthday and that it was her new favorite pie!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
We are eating this pie in tropical Vanuatu. Thank you Christy for this simple but gorgeous dessert. We love it!
Oh WOW!! I am so glad you like it, thank you so much for letting me know. Now I have to go see where Vanuatu is!
Oh my stars this is DEEELISH!!!!!!!!! 🙂
~giggles~ I am so glad that you liked it!!
Any one have suggestions: I did exactly what the recipe said to do and my pie isnt firming up in the freezer.its been like 2hrs