This Mississippi Mud Pie recipe has all the sinfully delicious favorites in one pie. Chocolate, coffee, and cream together create a tantalizing frozen confection. For a twist on this classic, top each piece with a scoop of vanilla ice cream rolled in flaked coconut.
The origin of the Mississippi Mud Pie is just about as cloudly as you could imagine. No one knows for certain where this pie came from but the prevailing theory is that it is a 1970s reincarnation of the classic Mississippi Mud Cake that thrifty World War 2 housewives would cook up when rationing was in effect for the war effort. In the '70s when chocolate and sugar were more plentiful the mud cake came around as a richer and sweet version of the wartime cake.
Mississippi Mud Pie
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/2 (8 1/2 ounce) package of chocolate wafers
1-quart coffee ice cream, softened
1 1/2 cups chocolate fudge ice cream topping
Whipped cream, chocolate curls for garnish
Directions:
1. Crush chocolate wafers and set aside. Melt butter in a large pan over low heat, then add the crushed wafers and mix to coat well.
2. Press the crumb mixture into a 9-inch pie plate and cool.
3. Spoon the softened ice cream into the crust. Freeze until firm.
4. Top with fudge sauce (unheated). Freeze for 8 hours.
5. Before serving, top with whipped cream and chocolate curls.