This easy fuzzy navel ice cream pie is light and summer-y, and best of all, quick to put together and totally no bake!
Is there anything that screams late summer louder than peaches and citrus and ICE CREAM? I say no.
So, I have this fear that when I die I’ll leave behind a liquor cabinet packed with almost-full bottles of alcohol that no one really wants to drink. And my grandchildren will feel a duty to hold on to those bottles. They’ll pass them on to their children, who will pass them on to their children and so on.
In 300 years those bottles of Gammel Dansk and buttered popcorn vodka will still be hanging around, collecting dust while my great-great-great grandchildren are flying their space cars around their neighborhood on Pluto.
This might seem like an oddly random fear, but when my grandma died my parents ended up with half a dozen bottles of seriously old (like turn of the century) liqueurs, which they still have, and which no one ever touches. My family is not good at throwing things away.
There is not a doubt in my mind that one day those bottles will be all mine. So in an attempt to clear out some space before that day comes, I’m using up what I already have! This is good news for all of us.
Because I happen to have a bottle of peach schnapps.
After these ice cream sandwiches turned into soup during my photo sesh, I’d promised myself I wouldn’t do another ice cream recipe this summer. My plan was to come up with a bunch of recipes for next summer, then do all the photography in December.
No amount of AC is enough to keep ice cream cool in August in Phoenix.
But then the idea for fuzzy navel ice cream pie popped into my brain and I knew I couldn’t wait a full year to share it.
The crust is a simple graham cracker crust. Then you fill said crust with no churn ice cream that you flavor with orange zest and schnapps. You top the whole thing with schnapps-infused whipped cream, freeze for a few hours and voilà! Dessert is served.
So light, so refreshing, so sweet and delicious. And I’m a few tablespoons closer to some empty space in my cabinet. Win-win!
Have a lovely week!
Easy, no-bake, and slightly boozy, this pie just screams summer!
- 7 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs from about 9 graham cracker sheets
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
- finely grated zest from 3 oranges
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice
- 3 tablespoons peach schnapps
- orange food coloring optional
- 2 cups heavy cream well chilled
- 3/4 cup heavy cream well chilled
- 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon peach schnapps
- Lightly grease a 10-inch pie plate. Set aside.
- Combine all ingredients in a medium mixing bowl and stir until well combined. Press into an even layer in the bottom and part way up the sides of the prepared plate. Freeze for at least half an hour.
- Combine the sweetened condensed milk, orange zest, and schnapps in a small mixing bowl and stir until combined. Add food coloring (if using) and mix well.
- Beat the heavy cream in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment (or in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer) until the cream holds stiff peaks. Fold about a quarter cup of the heavy cream into the sweetened condensed milk mixture just to lighten, then gently fold in the remaining heavy cream until combined.
- Pour into the frozen pie crust and freeze for half an hour. (You’ll probably have a little filling left over. This is for you to snack on.)
- Beat the heavy cream in a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment (or in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer) until it thickens. Add the powdered sugar and beat until the cream holds stiff peaks. Beat in the schnapps just to combine. Spread the topping over the frozen pie. Freeze for at least 8 hours. Serve and enjoy.
Emma says
Ha ha ha I’m the same with my liquor cabinet, I have a 12 year old banana liquor that will probably out live me. Glad you didn’t wait 12 months to share this lovely pie.
Kelsie says
Haha! Glad I’m not the only one Emma!
Teesh Osita says
Buttered popcorn vodka?? I didn’t even know something like that existed! This looks super yummy, Kelsie. My family has the same problem of not knowing when to throw things away which made me the ‘anti’ hoarder kind who throws everything away…. only to realize I need something from the pile I just put to trash and ending up buying something I used to already have lol
Kelsie says
Haha! It exists. Don’t ask me why :). I save things and then can’t find them and have to buy new ones anyway. . .I need to learn to throw them away since either way I’ll buy duplicates, haha. Have a great rest of your weekend, Teesh!
grace says
i’ve actually never had a fuzzy navel, but this pie sounds delicious, and definitely perfect for the peak of summer!
Kelsie says
Thank you Grace! Happy Saturday!
Merryn Galluccio says
This is purely gorgeous! I love that you can create an ice cream cake dessert with no cream cheese in sight. Just perfect for summer and oh so pretty 😀
Kelsie says
Thank you so much, Merryn!
kitchenriffs says
Fun recipe! Very creative. And although we have a ton of booze bottles around (because of all the drinks we feature on our blog), we don’t have a bottle of peach schnapps. I’ll have to remedy that. 🙂
Kelsie says
Thank you John! Have a great weekend!
thebakingskillet says
Wait my dream is to inherit a bunch of liqueur so I can drink and use them in desserts. I know for sure, nothing will be left after me!! lol.. you are on the right track here girl! This looks and sounds amazing!
Kelsie says
Thank you Jenny! Have a great weekend!
heather (delicious not gorgeous) says
that’s a very unique concern (; not sure i’d want to be left with bitters or buttered popcorn vodka (i’m not even a huge fan of those buttered popcorn jellybeans), but peach schnapps i could do! especially if it yields a pie like this ?
Kelsie says
Haha! Thank you Heather!
evolvewithmary says
Another mouth watering masterpiece. I love drinking fuzzy navels so I know I will devour this pie in a heart beat. YaY it’s no bake!! Whoop Whoop I can make this 🙂 I’ve never heard of buttered popcorn vodka, I need some of that in my life.
Kelsie says
Thank you Mary! If you like the drink you’ll definitely love the pie!
Karly says
How fun is this!? The perfect summertime dessert. Definitely need to give this one a try 🙂
Kelsie says
Thank you so much, Karly!
Marissa (@pinchandswirl) says
Not only does this pie look absolutely delicious, but you have me cracking up over here! Buttered popcorn vodka? I’m cracking up because we have the very same liquor cabinet problem. We literally have some bottles that are 10+ years old and nearly full…
Kelsie says
It’s an epidemic! Sometimes I think the bottles multiply–I don’t remember buying half of them, haha!
Abbe@This is How I Cook says
This does sound really good. Back in the days when we had garage sales we used to give away old bottles with purchase! Even now we have those cheap bottles of wine, bitter beer and weird liquors. After cleaning out my parent’s place I strongly believe it getting rid of it! Love peach schnapps though. I use it in margaritas and now this pie!
Kelsie says
That’s such a good idea! Maybe I’ll start giving them away along with my baked goods :). Thank you Abbe!
hummingbirdthyme says
I remember when I first tasted the Fuzzy Navel cocktail – thought I’d gone to heaven! While I wouldn’t choose a fuzzy navel cocktail now, I’d love this pie – it sounds so refreshing and delicious. Not so sure about the buttered popcorn vodka, though….that might deserve another story?
Kelsie says
Aren’t they delicious! Fuzzy navels I mean. Not the bottles of buttered popcorn vodka :). Crazy impulse buy, haha! Thank you Laura!
Deepika|TheLoveOfCakes says
Orange and peach together!! Gorgeous flavors in there!! And I can’t get over the pretty peachy color! This Fuzzy Navel Ice Cream Pie is literally summer on a plate :).
Kelsie says
Thank you Deepika!