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Last Updated on June 12, 2019 by Tracy
With the holiday coming, I thought you guys would enjoy this easy dessert idea. Patriotic Mini Pies! Get your favorite canned fruits and get cooking!
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Patriotic Mini Pies Recipes
With the holiday weekend right around the corner I thought we would all enjoy a fun little dessert idea! I RARELY make pies, in fact, if I am being honest I don’t think I have ever made a fruit pie…And with my husband and I the only one that would eat it, it would probably go bad before we got the chance to eat it all. So I decided Mini Pies were perfect idea. The perfect serving size, perfect to share, and you can make an many or as little different varieties as you would like 🙂
I went with cherry, blueberry, apple, and a vanilla mousse. My husband’s almost favorite pie is apple, so I made apple for him. I wanted the cherry and blueberry because they were well…RED and BLUE 🙂
The vanilla mousse is delicious and the only one my kids will eat…and it’s WHITE 🙂
See a theme here? 😉
To make the pie crusts, you just buy the ready-made pie crusts and use a cookie cutter, pancake mold, biscuit cutter etc. to get a perfect circle.
Once you have your mini pie crusts you gently push them into an ungreased muffin/cupcake tin.
For the fruit pies, you load each pie crust up with your favorite filling.
For the vanilla mousse ones, you actually bake the shell empty and add the filling later, so be sure to watch that in the directions.
As you can see, I used canned pie filling in these. I’m sure I could have spent all day (and a small fortune) getting the fruit and making it into a homemade pie filling, but my life and my budget doesn’t allow for that. Using canned pie filling definitely makes this recipe a bit easier, which I know many of us appreciate!
Now, here is the recipe for my Mini Pies, be sure to Print It and Pin It so that you can make it again and again.
- 1 Can Cherry Pie Filling
- 1 Can Blueberry Pie Filling
- 2 Packages of Ready Pie Crust
- 8 oz Lite Cool Whip
- 1 Package Vanilla Instant Pudding
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- Unroll each pie crust and use a circle cutter – such as a pancake mold or cookie cutter – to make small circles
- Gently push each mini pie crust into ungreased muffin tin
- Fill each mini crust with desired pie filling
- Bake for 20 mins until golden brown
- Bake empty pie crusts at 400 degrees for 10-12 mins or until golden brown
- While they are baking, mix pudding mix, cool whip, and milk until well blended
- Refrigerate for 20 – 30 mins – it will get firm
- Once mini pie crusts are cool and mousse it firm, fill each pie crust with the vanilla mousse
- Feel free to arrange your pies into a flag!
- Enjoy!
I hope you enjoy this Patriotic Mini Pie Dessert with your family and friends this holiday!
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I love this recipe . What a cute idea
How cute are these! I will have to make some of these for our next family get together.
Thanks for the recipe, this is a great idea.
You’re welcome – let me know if you try them!
These are adorable and perfect for portion control thanks for sharing this one.
Thanks so much for the great idea on Patriotic Mini Pies Recipes! I just might have to make these for this coming weekend! I love this idea!!!! I would have never thought of mini pies! That’s so wonderful! Plus, it’s easy! I love when things look terrific and are easy to make! Thanks so very much for sharing this with all of us! I honestly do appreciate this! Thanks so very much! Michele 🙂
Thank you for your kind comment!! Have a fabulous holiday weekend!
I just had to pin this. This is easy and makes 28 – 30 servings. Just enough for a Memorial Day get together. The recipe sure is relevant for the holiday & you can go that extra step and arrange your pies into a flag!
CLEVER!!!
Thank you! They are yummy too 🙂 Happy Memorial Day!
This is such a cute idea. Mini pies seem like a better way to get the perfect portion size for kids and adults as well who need to cut back on sweets. I love both blueberry and cherry so this would be great to make for memorial day weekend!
Yes – I love the portion size too!! Have a wonderful holiday weekend!
What a great and yummy idea– perfect for even the littlest hands– thanks for sharing — We will be doing this one for sure!!!
How adorable and yummy looking.
So so cute and festive!!! 🙂
What a great idea and recipe. I can have my grandchildren help make them and choose what filling they want to put in them.
these look so good! do you think you could use filo shells instead?
Absolutely!
they look so good,
These look wonderful, I’m making these for sure!!
Yum, these Patriotic Mini Pies are perfect. They’re so easy to make., I can’t wait to try them. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
I am definitely making this at some point this summer probably for the 4th of July.
These look cute and taste. I have to make some
I love baking! This is a wonderful recipe. Sounds yummy. A delicious way to celebrate the love we have for our country.
Thank you! Happy Memorial Day!
Thank you for the recipe. it also looks very delicious.
I need to make these!! My kiddos would love them!!
Those are the perfect size for my husband and I. Vanilla mousse sounds delicious! I’ve got to try them all.
They are delicious – let me know if you try them!