I’ve used this recipe countless times throughout the years. I have to bring many copies of the recipe wherever I take it.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 20 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 1 to 9 – inch pie |
Ingredients
- 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained with juice reserved
- ½ cup water
- 1 (3 ounce) package lemon flavored Jell-O® mix
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
- ¼ cup confectioners’ sugar
- 2 cups frozen whipped topping, thawed
- 1 (9 inch) prepared graham cracker crust
- ¼ cup graham cracker crumbs (Optional)
Instructions
- Combine pineapple juice and water until it makes one cup. Pour into medium saucepan and heat until boiling. Stir in gelatin until dissolved; set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat together cream cheese, sugar and pineapple until blended and creamy. Slowly add the gelatin mixture and continue beating. Cover and refrigerate mixture until it begins to set; do not let it set up completely.
- Remove from refrigerator and fold in whipped topping. Spoon entire mixture into graham cracker crust. Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs on top of pie if desired and then refrigerate for about an hour.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 355 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 41 g |
| Cholesterol | 31 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 5 g |
| Saturated Fat | 10 g |
| Sodium | 306 mg |
| Sugars | 30 g |
| Fat | 19 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
excellent
I have made this a couple of times and every time, my guests rave. Always want seconds. I made one change….I didn’t think the pineapple flavor was strong enough in the original recipe, so I double the crushed pineapple and used all of the juice instead of the water. Fantastic!
Very good.
This recipe tasted REALLY good! My husband loved it and we will make it again.
This is an awesome bakery like dessert. I have made it 2 times and the second time I made it I had forgotten to get lemon jello but I had a tropical jello on hand wc had pineapple.orange, and cherry flavor and it was better than with the lemon jello. I will def try this recipe again and experiment with it bc it def has endless possibilities.
This pie was okay, but not what I was looking for.
Five star, gourmet quality dessert. You will ABSOLUTELY love it! WOW…
This is a fabulous recipe! I was perusing this site for pineapple pie recipes, and couldn’t resist trying this one, because I also love lemon pies. The flavor of the lemon and pineapple is well balanced, and the recipe couldn’t be easier to make. I made my own crust because I wanted to use some ginger snaps as well as grahams. I also used low fat cream cheese and fat free cool whip and it came out wonderfully. If it’s summer, I think a few slices of strawberry would go quite well with it. This has been an instant classic at my house and I’ve had several requests to bring it to dinner parties and cookouts. I easily give this recipe 5 stars for it’s ease, the flavor, and the texture (wonderfully creamy/fluffy with the graham crunch).
I have been looking for this recipe for ages! My mother made it when I was growing up. There was one difference; she made her own graham cracker crust and put the dessert in a square pan instead of a pie plate. Then it was cut into squares for serving. This stuff is delicious! It’s satisfying and not too heavy. It’s always been my favorite dessert. I highly recommend this recipe.