This shortcut (no-cook) dessert recipe for mini pumpkin pie bites with just 2 ingredients, will be your go-to idea for all your Thanksgiving and Christmas parties! 2 Ingredient Pumpkin Pie Minis is crazy easy!
This shortcut recipe is genius and you will want to share it with everyone you know....or it can be our little secret and your guests can think you spent hours making the pumpkin pie from scratch in special molds.
Do I need a special mold to make these?
No. Cut them out with a cookie cutter from a regular size pumpkin pie! These 2 Ingredient Pumpkin Pie Minis look like a pastry chef spent hours making the pie in tart pans but I'm going to share my secret with you.
What are the 2 ingredients in Pumpkin Pie Minis?
Pumpkin pie and Reddi Wip. It's that simple. Keep reading and I'll give you some more options but that's what you see in the picture!
Do you make your own pumpkin pie for this recipe?
No. This recipe idea was born out of necessity. I needed a quick dessert to take to a party and had little to no time to make a homemade pie. Plus, I needed more of a "pick up/finger food" dessert.
Here's 5 pie options to choose from:
- Frozen (already cooked) pumpkin pie, thawed
- Frozen, ready-to-cook, pumpkin pie. Bake according to directions. Let cool completely. Refrigerate until very cold.
- Pumpkin or sweet potato pies from the Walmart bakery "day old" cart. The dates are still good, they just made too many. I buy them and throw them in the freezer until I'm ready to use them. Refrigerate until very cold.
- Freeze leftover pies from Thanksgiving to plan ahead for a Christmas party. Or, make an extra pie at Thanksgiving while you're already making pies, and freeze for Christmas or New Years.
- Lastly, if you really want to make your own pumpkin pie with your favorite recipe, you absolutely can. Make the pie, let it cool and refrigerate until very cold.
How do I cut the perfect circles like yours?
It's easy. Make sure your pie is very cold. I made these on stage during my recent Holiday Cooking Show and the pie had become almost room temperature. The pie stuck to the cookie cutter a little so I had to use a spoon to help push it out. If you have to do this, no worries. Just cover up where you pushed it out with the Reddi Wip!
Another tip is to use a tall circle cookie cutter or biscuit cutter that doesn't have a ridge at the top. Many biscuit cutters have a "top" on them. This will mash down the top of your pie.
If you use a cutter that is shorter than your pie and it has a ridge on it, your sides won't cut quite as cleanly. I've given you an example of a set of circle cutters below in my Amazon picks for this recipe below.
You can change the portion size of the pies by changing the size of the cookie cutters. You can see above that I used two different sizes.
If you want to serve them as individual desserts instead of bite-size party food, increase the size to 2 -inches or larger. You may need to buy more pie!
How many mini pie bites can I get from one pie?
Using a 1 1/2-inch cookie cutter, you can expect to get about 10 or 11 from a 9-inch pie. The sweet potato pies from Walmart were smaller so I bought two of them...but they were only $1.99!
Can I make 2 Ingredient Pumpkin Pie Minis with another kind of pie?
Yes and no. Sweet potato, absolutely. They are interchangeable. Key lime and lemon pie, yes!
Apple pie, probably not. You won't be able to get as clean a cut because the apples will be harder to cut with the cutter. You might try cutting the pie partially frozen get decent results.
Can I use whipped cream instead of Reddi Wip?
Yep! You can use Cool Whip, homemade whipped cream or even Almond milk Reddi Wip!
This is a shortcut recipe. You can make halfway homemade or homemade all the way, if you choose.
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2 Ingredient Pumpkin Pie Minis
Equipment
- cookie cutter
Ingredients
- 1 9-inch cooked pumpkin or sweet potato pie store bought
- Reddi Wip or Cool Whip
Instructions
- Press a 1 1/2-inch round cookie cutter into the cooked and chilled pie, turning back and forth gently to cut through to the bottom of the crust. If the cutter does not remove easily, use a spoon or offset spatula to gently press down in the middle of the cut out.
- Place the cut out pie bites on a serving tray and decorate with Reddi Wip or Cool Whip.
Notes
- Frozen (already cooked) pumpkin pie, thawed
- Frozen, ready-to-cook, pumpkin pie. Bake according to directions. Let cool completely. Refrigerate until very cold.
- Pumpkin or sweet potato pies from the Walmart bakery "day old" cart. The dates are still good, they just made too many. I buy them and throw them in the freezer until I'm ready to use them. Refrigerate until very cold.
- Freeze leftover pies from Thanksgiving to plan ahead for a Christmas party. Or, make an extra pie at Thanksgiving while you're already making pies, and freeze for Christmas or New Years.
- Lastly, if you really want to make your own pumpkin pie with your favorite recipe, you absolutely can. Make the pie, let it cool and refrigerate until very cold.
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