Mandarin Orange Pie
Those of you familiar with the second recipe I ever posted on Southern Plate know how much I love my Mama’s Mandarin Orange Cake. It’s so light and refreshing and the little bits of mandarin oranges taste just like sunshine. This pie combines all the flavors in the Mandarin Orange Icing into the wonders of a pie. The cool thing about it (well other than the fact that is really is “cool”) is that the recipe makes two and you store them in the freezer. So you can have one for dessert and save the other one for unexpected company or little treats as you need them. Summer is prime time for drop-ins and I don’t know anyone in my neck of the woods who isn’t looking for something cool, light, and refreshing in the middle of a sunny day.
Speaking of sunshine, I like to bring my own with me. I’m a firm believer that sunny days have nothing to do with weather and everything to do with mindset. I usually post “Good Morning” greetings on the Southern Plate Family Facebook page but I’m gonna share one with you today. This is what I do each morning. I wake up around five and lay there in bed coming up with what I want to say to people to start the day. I lay there until I find the little bits of wisdom given to me by grace with the rising of the sun. Starting a day out like that really helps get your head screwed on straight.
Here is my lil bit of wisdom for today:
When you wake up to find you’ve been given an entire day, the world and all its possibilities, complete with sunshine, love, and hope -
The best first response would be “Thank you.” ~Me
At the beginning and end of the day, there is so very much for us to be grateful for. Wake up and look for it. Set your alarm ten minutes early if you have to just to give yourself time to lay there and think about it. It’s a crying shame so many folks spend their time counting their sorrows instead of counting their blessings. What you nurture is what you grow. I sure don’t wanna be caught nurturing negativity!
So sit back and count your blessings today. If this isn’t something you normally do each day then I challenge you to try it for a week. One whole week of taking just a few minutes to think on how very good life is right now. Do you have a house? Food on the table? Healthy kids? Some people have more money than we could ever dream of but they still can’t buy the blessings of a healthy child or sitting down to a meal cooked by someone who loves them.
If you have ever found yourself sitting around hoping to someday have more, I’m challenging you to set aside an entire week full of mornings contemplating the abundance you already have. Better yet, join me in posting a positive and uplifting good morning message on your facebook page each morning this week. I’d love for you to link to the Southern Plate page or come post it on my page as well and let’s all just join in lifting each other up all week long.
And while you’re at it, make this pie. Best served with love. 
You’ll need: Mandarin Oranges, Crushed Pineapple (if you have chunks or tidbits that’d be fine too), Sweetened Condensed Milk, Lemon Juice, Whipped Topping, and two Graham Cracker Crusts.
Notice that I got the “Lite” whipped topping. Hey, every little effort counts .
Of course, you can make your own graham cracker crust if you want to. On that same note you can also relocate to the rain forest or memorize the entire United States Constitution. It’s a free country. As for me and my house, I’m buying the graham crust. No sense in complicating an easy recipe and just because I can make a graham cracker crust doesn’t mean I hafta! 
Place your sweetened condensed milk, whipped topping, and lemon juice in a bowl.
If you don’t get a good taste of that sweetened condensed milk then I’m gonna disown ya here and now.
I love that stuff. Any recipe that has it in there is bound to be good.
Mix that up until nice and creamy.
Don’t blink, we’re almost done.
Drain your mandarin oranges and pineapple and toss them in.
Don’t worry about a little bit of liquid left in there. I know crushed pineapple tends to want to hang onto the juice a bit so no sense in arguing with it. It’ll be fine. You know, most recipes require a lot less fuss than we seem to think. Of course, it helps that I tend to avoid recipes that put on airs anyway. I find them as useful as I do people that put on airs. If it’s someone I can’t serve iced tea in a solo cup, there just isn’t any reason for them to be in my kitchen.
Now stir that up really well with a spoon, it won’t take much.
And spoon the filling into two graham shells. Place lids on and freeze.
Before serving, set out on counter for about ten minutes but even that is optional.
If you don’t feel like waiting, just dive on in.
Oh yum! LOVE this stuff!
Mandarin Orange Pie
Ingredients
- Mandarin Orange Pie
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- 2 graham crusts
- 1/2 c lemon juice
- 1 -8 oz container cool whip
- 20 ounce can crushed pineapple, drained
- 15 ounce mandarin oranges, drained
- 14 ounce sweetened condensed milk
Instructions
- Mix together whipped topping, sweetened condensed milk, and lemon juice until smooth and creamy. Stir in drained fruit. Fill crusts and freeze. Remove from freezer approximately ten minutes or so before serving.
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Ingredients
- Mandarin Orange Pie
- 2 graham crusts
- 1/2 c lemon juice
- 1 -8 oz container cool whip
- 20 ounce can crushed pineapple, drained
- 15 ounce mandarin oranges, drained
- 14 ounce sweetened condensed milk
Instructions
- Mix together whipped topping, sweetened condensed milk, and lemon juice until smooth and creamy. Stir in drained fruit. Fill crusts and freeze. Remove from freezer approximately ten minutes or so before serving.
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed.
Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.
– Denis Waitley. Submitted by Jenny
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Posted by Christy Jordan
on Jun 5 2011. Filed under Misc, Pie.
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New to your website and this was one of the first recipes we’ve tried my daughters basically made it and we all love, love, love it!
I love this pie! I remember getting so excited when my mom would make this pie. VERY YUMMY!
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Oh my stars this is DEEELISH!!!!!!!!!
~giggles~ I am so glad that you liked it!!
We are eating this pie in tropical Vanuatu. Thank you Christy for this simple but gorgeous dessert. We love it!
Oh WOW!! I am so glad you like it, thank you so much for letting me know. Now I have to go see where Vanuatu is!
I made this last night for dinner today, i took both pies to turkey dinner, everyone was so excited for the pie they ate little of the dinner so they could try it. that pie was so good that BOTH pies were GONE in less then 20 minutes. My mother even said that it was what she wanted me to make for every holiday and for her birthday and that it was her new favorite pie!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
[...] This pie is super easy to make, and is so cool and refreshing on a hot summer day. It reminded me of a frozen lemon pie my mom used to make when I was a little girl, but with the added burst of flavor from the mandarin oranges, and pineapple. The perfect pie to beat the heat. Mandarin Orange Pie Source: Southern Plate [...]
I remember this recipe vividly,its so good and my family loves it as well now as they did then….thanks again for another great one…
The print option is there Christy, but not the save recipe option, can you fix that, thanks ♥
I made the mandarin orange cake for my bunco group a few weeks ago. It was a big hit. I could eat a bowl of the icing. Can’t wait to give this pie a try. Yummy!!
I make this at least a couple of times a month! I have used strawberries, strawberry yogurt and pineapple, peaches, peach yogurt, and pineapple. The Hubs loves this pie and because it is low calorie, it is wonderful for those of us who have had WLS!! You can get fat-free sweetened condensed milk-doesn’t alter the taste-as well as fat free and sugar free cool-whip!! My family thinks this pie is the best!!
This is filled with words of wisdom. I’m not a morning person, but I wish I could be. I struggle every morning getting out of bed and wishing I could sleep just a few more minutes. I have always hated feeling this way about mornings so I’m gonna take your challenge and work on being more positive in the mornings. I’m gonna try to get up earlier, think positive & be thankful for another day God has so graciously given to me. I struggle getting my Bible study done, so this would be the perfect way to start the day…….reading the Bible. Baby steps…..
I messed up and boughr 2 11 ounce cans of mandarin oranges & sliced pineapple. The pineapple went in the blender & I used the extra oranges. The pies are now in the freezer & I’m sure they’ll be yummy if I can leave them in long enough to freeze. I’ve already decided thifs recipe is a keeper.
I hope you enjoy your pies Anita!!! Have a bite for me please!
I have made that pie for awhile now…. but only with the pineapple and never thought to add the mandarin oranges…. great idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope you get to try it soon Beverly!!!
Awesome recipe and blog post! Thank you for all your uplifting words. You are an inspiration. Have a wonderful day!
I hope you enjoy the recipe Charlene!! I hope you have a wonderful day as well!!
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Hi Christy, can you please add the “Save” button so I can add this to my list of your delicious recipes? Thank you!
I can not wait to make this pie. Sounds sooo good. Christy, I truly enjoy Southern Plate; your recipes are so good, and you are so witty, I feel like I’m reading an email from a forever friend.
I hope you enjoy the pie Rhonda!!!
My. but that pie sounds as if it will soon appear in my freezer! To be really gilding the lily, maybe add cream cheese to the mixture. There are several flavors of cream cheese now, one could go off the deep end with different flavor combinations. Also, with the Apple Blush Julep, I might just freeze a mint leaf or a cherry in ice cubes to add to the drink. I am thirsty now. Mind if I join you on the porch with a glass an d put my feet up?
I would love for you to join me Ruth!!!