Mint Pie

So, this has come to be called "Maria Mint Pie," but I take no credit for coming up with the recipe. Note: it's important to buy new peppermint extract every so often, as my mom recently discovered. :)

1 cup crushed Grasshopper Fudge Mint cookies

3 tbs hot water

3 oz cream cheese

8 0z whipped topping

green food coloring

graham cracker pie crust

1/3 cup sugar

2 tbs milk

1/4 tsp peppermint extract

Mix mint cookies with hot water. Spoon into crust and spread to cover bottom. Beat cream cheese until smooth. Beat in sugar, milk and peppermint extract. Fold in whipped topping. Divide mixture in half. Stir green food coloring (a few drops) into one half until evenly colored. Fill pie crust with alternate dollops of green and white whipped topping mixtures. Smooth top of pie with spatula. Chill 3 hours.