This simple Frozen Strawberry Lemonade Pie is prepped in minutes! This easy, delicious, and refreshing dessert makes the perfect summer treat. I love the creamy lemonade filling mixed with the tart strawberries. Strawberry Cool Whip Pie couldn’t be easier or more refreshing. Summer, here we come!
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Lemon Strawberry Cool Whip Pie
Autumn may be on its way, but it’s not here yet! There’s still time for some delicious tastes of summer–and it’s still ice cream season in my book (It can be ice cream season all year long, as far as I’m concerned!).
This weekend I made a super simple Strawberry Lemonade Freezer Pie…and I think I’m hooked. I love easy summer dessert recipes, and this is one of the easiest of them all.
Why you’ll love this Frozen Strawberry Lemonade Pie:
- Light and refreshing: With a citrus kick from lemons and lemonade, and fresh strawberries, no less!
- No-bake: Keep the kitchen cool in the summer with this easy recipe.
- Summer Dessert: This frozen dessert idea is a summer favorite that you’ll want all year round.
Frozen Cool Whip Pie Ingredients
- Pie crust – premade graham cracker crust works great.
- Frozen whipped topping – low fat; thawed before mixing.
- Lemonade – canned lemonade concentrate delivers a great, zesty flavor.
- Strawberries – chopped. You can use fresh or frozen.
- Sugar
- Yellow food coloring – optional but pretty!
- Garnish – lemon slices and strawberries.
How to make this Frozen Pie
- Combine strawberries and sugar in a food processor.
- Then, in a mixer, combine thawed whipped topping, lemonade, and sweetened condensed milk and pour the lemonade mixture into the pie crust.
- Then pour the strawberry mix on top.
- Freeze until solid; slice and serve!
What Is a Freezer Pie?
A freezer pie or icebox pie is a delicious classic southern dessert that was named after the ice box where these pies were kept.
They were quick and easy to make, required no cooking in the heat of summer, and could be stored in the icebox until it was served. Iceboxes date back to the 1830s, FYI.
How Long Does Strawberry Lemonade Pie Need to Freeze?
It will depend on your freezer of course, but it’s a good idea to let this pie freeze overnight or at least 8 hours–just to be safe. Return any pie leftovers to the freezer promptly–the pie thaws quickly!
What Type of Crust Works Best?
This pie is not going in the oven, so obviously, you don’t want to use a raw pastry crust. And while you could pre-bake a traditional crust, the lemonade mixture could soak through and make a soggy bottom layer.
Instead, try cookie crumbs or graham cracker crumbs for the crust. You can by pre-made cookie crusts at the grocery store, and I’d suggest a vanilla wafer-flavor or graham cracker variety–but probably not a chocolate cookie crust.
More Strawberry Recipes to Try this Summer
- Strawberry Cookies
- Strawberry Jello Pie
- Strawberry Pound Cake
- Strawberry Lemonade Poke Cake
- Strawberry Brownies
- Strawberry Lemonade
- Strawberry Shortcake Pie
- Frozen Strawberry Margaritas
Strawberry recipes are a must make in the summertime, and even year round. We cannot get enough!
This freezer pie is a delicious no-bake dessert and a great go-to treat with minimal fuss. No cooking. Just mix the ingredients, pour into the pie crust, and slide it into the freezer – done!
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Have you tried this Strawberry Lemonade Freezer Pie? Feel free to leave a star rating and I’d love to hear from you in the comments below!
Strawberry Frozen Lemonade Pie Recipe
Equipment
- Kitchen Scale (optional)
Ingredients
- 2 cups chopped strawberries 334 grams, frozen or fresh
- ¼ cup granulated sugar 50 grams
- 8 ounces frozen whipped topping 227 grams, thawed (1 regular-sized tub), low-fat works fine
- 12 ounces frozen lemonade concentrate 340 grams, thawed (1 can)
- 12 ounces sweetened condensed milk 340 grams, low-fat works fine (1 can)
- 20 drops yellow food coloring optional
- 1 (6-ounce) premade graham cracker crust 170 grams
- Lemons and strawberries optional, for garnish
Instructions
- In a food processor, combine the strawberries and sugar; pulse until well mixed. Set aside.2 cups chopped strawberries, ¼ cup granulated sugar
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the whipped topping, lemonade concentrate, and sweetened condensed milk together until smooth and creamy. Add food coloring if desired.8 ounces frozen whipped topping, 12 ounces frozen lemonade concentrate, 12 ounces sweetened condensed milk, 20 drops yellow food coloring
- Pour the lemonade mixture into the pie crust1 (6-ounce) premade graham cracker crust
- Pour the strawberry mixture over the lemonade mixture and swirl into the top using a knife. (You may not need to use all the strawberry mixture, depending on the size of your crust. Pour a bit at a time as to not overflow the crust.)
- Freeze for approximately 8 hours or overnight, until well frozen.
- Slice and serve, garnishing with lemons and strawberries, if desired.Lemons and strawberries
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Becky’s Tips
- Store in the freezer and bring out just before serving. The only drawback to this lemonade pie is how quickly it seemed to melt. Which isn’t that big of a drawback–it just means you have to eat it faster!
- Save time and stay ahead of the game by making a few pies at once. They’re perfect for party prep or just to have a ready treat waiting in the freezer.
- Return any leftover pie to the freezer. It thaws quickly!
- Top with slices of lemon and strawberries for a pretty garnish.
- Nutritional information does not include optional ingredients.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Did you make this? Leave a comment!
I’m making this for my nieces birthday this week. Can you use any flavor frozen Lemonade?
I have made a lemonade pie for years and use only a small can of lemonade instead of 12 oz. can. This works out better. Mine never melts. I also use a regular size container of whipped topping. Hope this helps.
Thanks Kathy! That’s a huge help!
I am always trying to cut down on sugar and this pie is loaded with it — sweetened condensed milk, sweetened lemonade, sweetened cool whip. Has anyone tried to make a lower sugar version of it? The small can vs. the large can of lemonade would help some. I’m wondering if you could use lemon juice instead of the lemonade? Just wondering if anyone has experimented.
Although this looks Ah-Ma-zing…and it sounds like it tastes just as good…I am not a huge Cool-Whip fan. Do you know of any alternatives…or could regular whipped cream be used instead? Any thought? Cheers!
I’ve only ever made it with whipped cream. I would think the same amount of whipped cream would work just fine! Thanks for stopping by!
If you don’t want this to melt so quickly, try adding 8 ounces of softened cream cheese. Combine the cream cheese and the sweetened condensed milk before stirring in the lemonade concentrate, tben proceed as directed. If this “dilutes” the lemon flavor too much try adding lemon juice until you get the flavor you want.
So smart Nita, thank you!
This is scrupulous!!! I did have lots of leftover filling and strawberry mix. Possibly enough for another pie but, I made 8 little ramekins for the grandkids. Yummy !
I’m so glad you loved it!
Ok, I haven’t even eaten this yet, I just mixed it up & put it in the freezer, but just from licking the knife from swirling it… oh…my… Wow! I can’t wait to pull it out & eat it!
Yay!!!! Hope you love it :)
Do you happen to have the serving size and how many calories it is? It doesn’t look like it would be too many but I’m on a diet and only have a certain amount per day.
Hey Katie-
I don’t currently have a way to measure the calories or nutritional info (I’m hoping to get a good app in the future for that). It makes about 8 slices of pie though as far as servings go. You could make them as big or as small as you wanted :). Cool Whip is very low in calories, and the only other ingredients are sweetened condensed milk (I use the low fat kind) and lemonade concentrate). Hope that helps a little!! Thanks for stopping by :)
This looks and sounds like my kind of dessert. What exactly is Lemonade Concentrate? Can I just usw a regular can of lemonade?
The lemonade concentrate is just the frozen can of lemonade that you can buy and add water to to create lemonade. It’s usually in a 12 oz can. That’s probably what you’re thinking of too…we are most likely just using different terms :). Hope that helps!
It would be helpful to know the size can for the lemonade. Using the wrong size leaves the possibility of a disaster of a dessert. Unfortunately this is happening too often with these kind of recipes not getting the proper quantities or size cans to use.
You’re so right, sorry I forgot to indicate that! I used a standard 12 ounce can of concentrate. I’m updating the recipe now. Thanks for stopping by!
Thank you so much for adjusting the recipe- your recipes are always so good and you and your 4-legged baby are a so fun–some people would not have been as lovely and cooperative with the critique and you were !!!
No problem, I’m glad you caught it! And thanks so much for stopping by. Scout appreciates it too :)
the recipe states: 12 oz. can lemonade
As long as it melts in my mouth – I’m okay with it! LOL This is stunning, what a lovely pie to make for a summer dessert. You have stunning photos as usual. I envy your family, I wish I lived in your house.
Ha!! Thanks so much Lesley, you are always so sweet. Thanks so much for saying hi :)