Instant Sweet Potato Pudding Pie

This is a simple recipe that is fast, easy and very tasty.

The recipe is so easy, it’s surprising how good it tastes.

Basically, you just mix sweet potato mash into instant pudding and pour into prepared graham cracker crust.

I was able to use this recipe as a demonstration at the Livingston Sweet Potato Festival and it was a big hit! I topped it with a shot of whipped cream and all of the samples disappeared. Just to make sure I had samples that were chilled enough, I made two the day before. I took the pie I made in the demo home and it disappeared, too.

Ingredients

1/4 cup sweet potato puree

1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

1 box instant vanilla pudding mix

1 1/2 cups cold milk

1 premade graham cracker pie crust

1 oz. chopped pecans (optional)

1 can whipped cream (optional)

Directions

Mix together sweet potato puree, spices and milk first until well combined. Do this before adding the pudding mix because once you add the pudding mix, it starts to set up quickly.

Stir in the pudding mix and pour into crust.

Chill covered in the refrigerator for a couple of hours to let the pie set up.

I like leaving the pie in the fridge overnight so that the crust softens up some and isn’t so crumbly.

When serving, top with chopped pecans and whipped cream, if desired.

Why I would Make This Again

This is a very easy dessert and with careful selection of the ingredients, you can get the calories a lot lower than, say, a cheesecake. By not using all the milk, you can also get a firmer pie with some people prefer. I like to make this when there’s a last-minute invitation to a dinner or party where I want to bring a quick and easy dish. Plus the dry ingredients keep in the cupboard for awhile so you always have them in reserve.

Variations

Use a chocolate pie crust for a different flavor.

Cut graham cracker triangles and place in each piece of pie for a decoration.

The swirl: Sweet potatoes come in different varieties. Make two batches of sweet potato puree out of orange sweet potatoes and yellow sweet potatoes, then split the milk and pudding mix in half to make two batches – swirl the yellow and orange batches in the crust to make a neat special effect.