Lemonade Frozen Pie is the perfect, four ingredient refreshing dessert! It takes just 5 minutes to throw together and is a light and refreshing, no-bake treat that you deserve on those hot summer days.
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Why this Frozen Lemonade Pie Recipe is a Keeper
This summertime dessert is the best cool and refreshing pie. It’s sweet, super easy and takes about 5 ingredients. A perfect summer dessert.
- 5 Minutes: This dessert only takes 5 minutes to prepare.
- Easy Ingredients: You will need just 4-6 simple ingredients to make this dessert.
- Family Friendly: Everyone from grandma to the kids will love this refreshing dessert.
- No Bake: No need to heat up the kitchen! This simple recipe is perfect for hot summer days and a perfect make-ahead treat.
- Seasonal: Feel free to make this refreshing frozen lemonade pie throughout the year, but it tastes extra good in the summer months!
How Long Does it Take to Freeze?
It takes about 6 hours to freeze this pie! To make sure it’s totally frozen, I like to leave mine to freeze overnight.
Ingredient Notes for Lemon Icebox Pie
You will need just a handful of simple ingredients to make this recipe. If you don’t already have these ingredients around your kitchen, they’re all super easy to find at the store.
- Graham Cracker Pie Crust: You can either make your own delicious graham cracker crust or pick one up the next time you’re at the store.
- Sweetened Condensed Milk: If you’d like, you can use the fat free version.
- Frozen Pink Lemonade Concentrate: You can swap for regular frozen lemonade or for sugar free!
See the recipe card below for a complete list of the ingredients with measurements.
Prep Ahead Suggestions for Lemonade Icebox Pie
To make things go a little faster, it can be beneficial to prep ahead of time.
- Crust: If you’re planning on making your own graham cracker crust for this pie, make the pie crust in advance and store in the fridge until you’re ready!
No- Bake Pro Tip
Chill the pie crust before adding the filling. This will help the filling set more quickly and prevent it from becoming runny. Chilling the crust also helps to ensure that the flavors meld together properly.
How to Make this Easy Lemon Icebox Pie Recipe
This light and fluffy lemony recipe comes together in just 3 simple steps. It’s so easy to make and so cool and creamy, you’ll want it instead of ice cream all summer.
These are the basic steps for making Lemonade Frozen Pie. Refer to the full, printable recipe card below for detailed instructions.
1. Mix Lemon Pie Filling
Hand mix sweetened condensed milk and frozen lemonade concentrate in a large bowl. Fold in the whipped topping gently, using a large spoon or spatula.
2. Add Food Coloring (optional)
Add 3 drops of red food coloring to enhance the pink color and blend till the color is uniform.
3. Assemble Pie, Freeze and Top
Spoon lemon sweetened condensed milk and whipped topping filling into the homemade graham cracker crust and put it in the freezer for at least 6 hours. Right before serving the pie, decorate with canned or real whipped cream!
How to Store and Use Leftovers Lemonade Pie with Whipped Cream
- Storing: Store in the freezer until right before serving. Make sure it’s wrapped well or in an airtight container.
- Using Leftovers: If stored properly, this delish dessert will be good to enjoy throughout the summer!
Variations and Substitutions for No-Bake Frozen Lemonade Pie
There are so many ways to make this citrusy delicious dessert. Feel free to cut down on the sugar or try assorted flavors!
- Sugar free Sweetened Condensed Milk: Get a store-bought can while you’re a the store or make you own.
- Flavored Lemonades: If you don’t love lemon, use a different flavor! Try frozen strawberry, limeade, orange juice concentrate or raspberry lemonade concentrate.
- Fresh Berries: Mix in fresh berry pieces like strawberries, lemon zest, blueberries or raspberries to make this sweet treat prettier.
Lemonade Pie Recipe FAQs
The best way to cut this pie is to let it sit out and thaw for a minute or two and when ready, cut with a knife that has been sitting in a glass of hot water. Then place on pie plate and top as you wish.
Serve this pie with whipped cream, blueberry syrup, cherry jello salad or instant pot milk tea boba.
Sweetened condensed milk is milk that has had all the water taken out and has had some sugar added. It’s used to give a creamy, sweet, milky flavor to whatever you add it to.
Expert Tips for Making This and Garnish Ideas for this Recipe
- Individual: Make individual ones by making your own tart crust and placing it into the bottom of a clear glass and make as usual.
- Cookie Crust: If you have time, make your own lemon cookie crumb crust by mixing crumbled lemon shortbread and butter for even more lemon flavor.
- Lemon Peel: After you pour the filling and top with whip cream, zest a little lemon on top of the cool whip for a lovely garnish.
- Decorate: Fresh blueberries, lemon wedges, vanilla wafers or strawberries on top are fabulous and so pretty. Also, you can use sprinkles or edible glitter.
- Mixer: You can use an electric mixer to mix all the ingredients together quickly.
- Cream Cheese Frosting: Make a delicious cream cheese frosting to top your pie instead of whip cream. Substitute the vanilla for lemon juice to get that tangy lemon taste!
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Ingredients
- 1 Graham cracker crust, prepared
- 14 ounces Sweetened condensed milk, 1 can
- 6 ounces Frozen pink lemonade, 1 can
- 12 ounces Whipped topping, thawed
- 3 drops Red food coloring, optional
- Whipped cream, garnish, optional
Instructions
- Hand mix sweetened condensed milk and frozen lemonade concentrate in a large mixing bowl.
- Add whipped topping.
- Fold in gently, using a large spoon.
- Add 3 drops of red food coloring to enhance the pink color.
- Blend till color is uniform.
- Spoon into the graham cracker crust.
- Freeze.
- Right before serving, decorate your pie with canned whipped cream for a festive look.
Christina’s Notes
- Individual: Make individual ones by making your own tart crust and placing it into the bottom of a clear glass and make as usual.
- Cookie Crust: If you have time, make your own lemon cookie crumb crust by mixing crumbled lemon shortbread and butter for even more lemon flavor.
- Lemon Peel: After you pour the filling and top with whip cream, zest a little lemon on top of the cool whip for a lovely garnish.
- Decorate: Fresh blueberries, lemon wedges, vanilla wafers or strawberries on top are fabulous and so pretty. Also, you can use sprinkles or edible glitter.
- Mixer: You can use an electric mixer to mix all the ingredients together quickly.
- Cream Cheese Frosting: Make a delicious cream cheese frosting to top your pie with instead of whip cream. Substitute the vanilla for lemon juice to get that tangy lemon taste!
- Scale the recipe: Simply adjust the serving size in the recipe card and the ingredients will update automatically.
- Make your own All Purpose Seasoning: When a recipe calls for All Purpose Seasoning, you can use my homemade All Purpose Seasoning recipe or substitute salt and pepper to taste.
- Meat doneness: I always use a meat thermometer to test for doneness when cooking meat.
- Use unsalted butter: I use unsalted butter so I can control the salt level in the recipe.
- Preheat the oven: Unless otherwise noted, always preheat your oven before baking.
For more helpful information about this recipe, such as variations, substitutions and other pro-tips, check out the blog post.
This is really tasty and super easy to make! Thank you so much for sharing this amazing recipe! Will surely have this again! Highly recommended!
My family came into town a couple of weeks ago and I made this. It was a huge hit! Thanks for the recipe!!
I have been making this wondeful pie for years (or variations of it). Everyone should try it. Thanks for showing it to us again.
Just curious if you can use other frozen drinks to make this…like frozen juice concentrate (maybe orange???)?
I would definitely give it a try! 🙂
Ruthie, I think it would taste great. In fact, I have p;lans to try an orange version real soon. If it is really, really good, I’ll tell you all about it. 🙂
I’m making it Friday night to eat Saturday…How about I let you know? Grin! I’m thinking there shouldn’t be any changes to make other than the food coloring. Unless I want to make it oranger LOL.
That will be great. Come back and let me know!
I made it last night and had some for breakfast. Here’s how I made mine:
2 9oz Graham Cracker Crusts
1 12-oz can Old Orchard Pineapple-Orange juice
2 14-oz cans Sweetened, Condensed Milk
24oz total Whipped Topping
2 8oz cans crushed pineapple in juice (drained well)
Red and Yellow Food coloring
I made it the same way the instructions say, but added the crushed pineapple and used the entire thing of juice…so I just doubled everything else. Then I split it between the two pie shells…it still nearly overfilled them. But talk about delicious!
This will be a go-to recipe from now on. I plan on trying a number of different things, possibly using some frozen fruit.
Here is a that I posted on Facebook.
Umm oops. My HTML didn’t work. Here’s a pic I posted on Facebook.
A must try recipe! Thank you for linking up to Creative K Kids’ Tasty Tuesdays. I have pinned your post to our Tasty Tuesdays Pinterest Board.
Thanks so much! 🙂
So glad you like it!
This.recipe was in a cookbook for children published more than 40 years ago. I have bee, making it for that same time period and occasionally I trade the lemonade for drozen orange juice and use red and yellow food coloring. A great recipe
I was thinking that a touch of “orange” food coloring would be needed. It is on my “to do” list to make an orange version real soon. What shall I call it? I am thnking “Orange Creamsicle No-Bake Pie”
Thanks for mentioning that. That’s what I’m planning on doing Friday night 🙂
This recipe was in a children’s cookbook published more than.40 years ago and I have been making it for moree than 40 years it is quick easy and a good starting point for a young cook. No burnt or cut fingers with this one.
I started to make it about that time myself! LOL
My mother-in-law made these for years and they are delicious! I have also used the regular frozen lemonade and also the key-lime concentrate.
Oooh, key-lime. Now that is a great idea!
This looks SO good and one I need to try! Thank you so much for sharing this simple, but amazing recipe with us. Carrie, A Mother’s Shadow
It is such an easy, delicious pie!
I have made this pie so many times. It is super easy to make and makes a huge statement. Simply DELICIOUS!
Thank you for sharing,
Diane Roark
You know, Diane, this would be fun to make with kids. Just have to do it when there is plenty of time to let it freeze before serving. Maybe sometime when we have a whole day with nothing to do?
Do you know if this pie will be firm if you just chill it in the fridge instead of freezing it?
Thanks!
I haven’t tried that so I’m not sure :/
Is this really sweet or sweet/tart?
I would say “sweet/tart”
YUM! Thank you for linking up at the Creative K Kids’ Tasty Tuesdays! I have pinned your post to our Tasty Tuesdays Pinterest Board! I hope to see you again this week! xo
I make a version of this pie but the difference is instead of using grams for crust use crushed Ritz crackers a little sugar and melted butter!! It is the perfect match with the buttery Ritz with a touch of salt is so good with this pie! I also crush a few extra crackers and sprinkle on top!!
Yum! Great idea!
This sounds delicious, perfect for summer! Thanks for sharing at What’d You Do This Weekend? I hope you will join us again this Monday!
It is. Just be sure to serve it someplace where you can get it back in the freezer or put it on ice. It will disintergrate quickly if left sitting out at a picnic.
Love this recipe- will have to try. Thanks for linking up #bloggersbrags
You will be glad!
Finally the lemonade pie my mom and I have made for years and LOVE! So great to see you sharing it! It’s also good with limeade!
I thought it might be good with limeade. We are going to have to try it! ♥
Yum! This looks so light and refreshing! I’m a huge fan of rich pies and chocolate desserts, but sometimes I want something fluffy and fun. Thanks for sharing!
Hey Christina… my husband loved this pie so much, I made him one for a Father’s Day gift! LOL It’s half gone already. 🙂