Grasshopper Ice Cream Pie is an insanely delicious (and easy!) dessert with a homemade Oreo crust and layers of vanilla ice cream, Oreo cookies, and mint chip ice cream. Then it gets drizzled with chocolate syrup for maximum chocolate effect!
With it being March, I’ve got pie on the brain thanks to our annual Pi Party on Pi Day (March 14th being 3.14…..). But I’m also thinking about green treats with it almost being St. Patrick’s Day. Enter Grasshopper Ice Cream Pie, which is basically the perfect solution for either event!
I mean, I’m obsessed with traditional pies like Blackberry or Old-Fashioned Banana Cream or Salted Caramel Apple. You can check out all of my Pie Archives if you are looking for even more inspiration for Pi Day. But since some people (ahem, my husband) aren’t huge fans of pie crust, I wanted to include an option with a crushed Oreo cookie crust instead!
You guys, this is one of those hardly-a-recipe recipes where the only baking involved is popping a crushed Oreo crust into the oven for a few minutes to give it a bit of structural integrity. And you can even skip that step if you decide to just go with a premade Oreo crust that you can find in the baking aisle.
The rest of it is just scooping slightly softened ice cream and broken up Oreo cookies into your pie shell and pressing them down into a deliciously vanilla-mint-chocolate pie that everybody will love. You stick the whole pie in the freezer for 4-6 hours (or more – this is great for making ahead!) so the slightly softened ice cream can firm up again and freeze really well before slicing the pie and drizzling each slice with chocolate syrup.
This is also a favorite summertime dessert for us when the weather gets hot since it has the double refreshing factors of being both cold AND minty.
I love the chocolate mint combination but even that is somewhat more subtle in Grasshopper Ice Cream Pie thanks to the vanilla ice cream layer which mellows out the mint just a bit. If you prefer a stronger mint version, try using mint Oreos instead of regular Oreos in this.
I used a 10″ springform pan to make my pie this time around (here is a link to the exact ones I have had for years) but you can absolutely just use a pie dish or even a square baking dish instead.
If you have any leftover pie, just cover it tightly with plastic wrap and stick it back in the freezer. I find myself sneaking into kitchen to slice off another little sliver of pie, then another, until it’s all gone. The last time I made Grasshopper Ice Cream Pie, I ate the last slice while Paul was at work and he was bummed when he got home and learned it was all gone. So I definitely need to make another one soon and be sure he gets the last piece this time, lol.
Grasshopper Ice Cream Pie is an insanely delicious (and easy!) dessert with a homemade Oreo crust and layers of vanilla ice cream, Oreo cookies, and mint chip ice cream. Then it gets drizzled with chocolate syrup for maximum chocolate effect!
- 30 Oreo cookies, divided (not quite a full package)
- 4 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 quart vanilla ice cream
- 1 quart mint chip ice cream
- Chocolate syrup
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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Finely crush 20 of the Oreo cookies in a food processor or by pounding them inside a large Ziploc bag with something heavy like a rolling pin until they are just crumbs with no large pieces remaining and have the appearance of course sand. It should be about 2 cups of crushed Oreos.
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Mix the crushed Oreos and melted butter in a medium bowl until they resemble wet sand, then press into the bottom of a pie dish, a 9- or 10-inch springform pan, or square baking dish. I find using the bottom of a clean glass works best for this. Bake for 8 minutes, then cool completely.
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When crust has completely cooled, pull both ice cream flavors from the freezer and allow them to soften slightly. Using a large spoon, scoop the vanilla ice cream out in large, flat chunks, and place them on top of the crust in the bottom of your pan. Cover the vanilla layer with a piece of plastic wrap and use your hands to press it down into a flat layer. The warmth of your hands will help smooth out the layer a bit. Discard the plastic wrap.
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Break up the 10 remaining Oreos into chunks, then sprinkle them evenly over the vanilla layer. Repeat the process of scooping ice cream in large flat chunks with the mint chip ice cream, pressing it down onto the layers of vanilla ice cream and Oreos until the top of the pie is flat. If you have more ice cream than fits in your pan, just mound it up in the center for a mile high ice cream pie. Cover with clean plastic wrap and freeze for 4-6 hours until the ice cream freezes solid again.
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Remove plastic wrap from the top of the ice cream pie and unmold from the springform pan (if using). Slice into 10-12 slices, then plate and drizzle each slice with chocolate syrup before serving.
You can use either regular or mint Oreo cookies in your pie for you crust and between the layers of ice cream.
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I'm Amy: former lawyer, now SAHM in the CA Bay Area. I love food, photography, books, travel, exercise, adoption and pie. Definitely pie. 
A lovely recipe as I love minty things only the name grasshopper was at first a bit unappetizing until I read Grasshopper is a trade name .
This pie looks incredible Amy 🙂 Leftovers? I don’t think there will be any leftovers heheh
Ha! I wish!
Oh my gosh! This grasshopper pie looks so amazing! And it’s perfect for Saint Patrick’s day! Hubby is going to be so happy!!
Oh yum! I love mint chip anything and this looks delicious!! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Mint and chocolate is one of my favorite combos! This pie looks scrumptious! 🙂
As weird as it sounds, my Grandma always used to feed us grasshopper ice cream, and not any grasshopper recipe just takes me all the way back. This pie looks amazing!
What a wonderful memory!
Oh MY! Grasshopper pie has always been a favorite of mine — and my daughter. Chocolate and mint is her #1 combination. I’ve never made an ice cream pie before, but you’ve made it look easy, accessible and most of all– delicious! Wish I could stick my spoon through the screen right now.
I’m not sure how I’ve never had grasshopper pie before. Despite not being big on sweets, I do have a weakness for anything Oreo and chocolate chip mint ice cream. This looks and sounds fabulous!
The classic flavours of this recipe never go out of style. My grandson happens to love chocolate mint ice cream. I think he would love gramma making this next time he comes over for dinner. Lucky little guy!!
The name!! I love this, and I could totally see myself doing this. How fun, I’m going to send this to my daughter, she will be smitten. Thanks for sharing your recipe!
I haven’t had mint chocolate chip ice cream in YEARS, but growing up it was my favorite! Do you have a favorite brand? This makes me wish it was summer!
My favorite mint chip ice cream is actually Haagen Daas, but it only comes in pints and it’s white, not green. So I just use whatever green mint chip version I find at the store when I make this pie!
How fun is this ice cream pie! We love mint chocolate chip ice cream in our house, especially with fudge or chocolate syrup. This looks so easy to make and the layers are so pretty!
I love that this pie does double duty and goes with Pi Day and St. Patrick’s day. When I was at university, our math department used to hand out free pie slices on March the 14. Pi Day = Pie Day 🙂 I love how you talk about it, not many people get this joke.
This pie looks really good and delicious. I am not a huge fan of ice cream cakes because I don’t like icing, but I like that yours doesn’t have it.
This used to be my # request for cake when I was a kid!! I LOVE how easy it is to actually make. And that chocolate…. to die for!
My kids would love this dessert! So festive for St.Patty’s Day and easy, I love an easy dessert (which could be made with non-dairy ingredients fairly easily, I think!)
I’m not the biggest fan of mint chip ice cream yet you said the vanilla ice cream layer mellows out the mint ice cream so I am so down to try this! Thanks for that great tip. It’s looks so delicious, especially with that Oreo crust. Oh, and the chocolate syrup! 😍
My husband is also not a fan of our crust but this one he could get behind! Chocolate mint is one of his favorite ice creams so I can’t imagine he wouldn’t LOVE this! Thanks for the dessert recipe this week.
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I am swooning over this pie! Wish I had a slice right now. Mint and chocolate is quite irresistible!