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This Alligator Pie is a dessert pie recipe created from the classic children’s song. This recipe is fun, delicious, and the perfect way to get children involved in baking dessert from a book they love!
Classic Alligator Pie Song
If you have had a young kid, you know the song. It has been passed on forever and this Dennis Lee song is sure to get stuck in your head:
Alligator pie,
Alligator pie…
If I don’t get some…
I think I’m gonna cry!
Give away the green grass,
Give away the sky,
But don’t you give away my Alligator pie!
I figured that turning alligator pie into an actual recipe could be a great way to make some memories with your kid, but also use it as a way to teach them about baking in a way they find interesting! My daughter loved making this pie when she was young and she could almost do it all by herself!
This pie starts with an easy store-bought or homemade graham cracker crust, and then topped with the yummy pistachio flavor of pudding mixes. I then added the face to make the cutest little alligator!
Ingredients Needed
- Graham Cracker Crust: Store-bought or homemade!
- Pistachio Instant Pudding Mix (or vanilla pudding mix and green food coloring)
- Milk: Dairy milk is needed for the pudding to set up
- Decorations: Chocolate chips, or any other type of baking chip.
How to make Pudding Pie
- Pour milk and pudding mix into a large bowl. Whisk for 30 seconds. Pour into pie crust. Let set 5 minutes, then chill for at least 1 hour.
- When you are ready to serve, gather your decorations and remove pie from fridge. Slice and decorate with chocolate chip eyes, peanut butter chip nostrils, and white chocolate chip teeth.
- Eat the alligator before he eats you!
Expert Tips
- If pistachio instant pudding mix isn’t your thing; grab a box of vanilla instant pudding mix and some green food coloring. It all works the same! (remember with food coloring, a little goes a long way)
- You ca. switch out the crust for a store-bought or homemade Oreo Crust or All-Butter Crust.
- Store the pie in the refrigerator loosely covered with plastic wrap. I don’t recommend freezing this pie.
Alligator Pie Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 (9-inch) Graham Cracker Crust
- 2 (3.4-3.9 ounce) boxes pistachio instant pudding mix
- 2 ¾ cups milk
- Chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, etc (for decorating)
Instructions
- Pour milk and pudding mix into a large bowl. Whisk for 30 seconds. Pour into pie crust. Let set 5 minutes, then chill for at least 1 hour.
- When you are ready to serve, gather your decorations and remove pie from fridge. Slice and decorate with chocolate chip eyes, peanut butter chip nostrils, and white chocolate chip teeth.
- Eat the alligator before he eats you!
Recipe Video
Recipe Notes
- You can also use vanilla pudding mix, or cheesecake pudding mix, and add a few drops green food coloring.
Eeeek! This is so cute. Jordan is such a good little helper!
Well…sometimes. 😉 Thanks Hayley!
What a fun idea to actually make alligator pie with her!!!! Love all the chips poking out of him!!!!
So cute! And don’t you love an easy recipe now and then?
For sure, easy is sometimes the best!
What a cute idea! It would be good with pistachio pudding instead of the vanilla, too. :0)
What a cute idea! Thanks for sharing!
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