Easy No-Bake 3 Ingredient Key Lime Pie Recipe (2024)

Last Updated on: 24th June 2024, 12:38 pm

-This delicious and easy, no-bake 3 ingredient key lime pie recipe is made with simple ingredients: tart fresh key limes, sweetened condensed milk, and a store-bought graham cracker pie crust.

If you can find key limes, you still have options to make a delicious 3 ingredient key lime pie! I’ll talk about that below.

Traditional Key Lime Pie is the staple dessert in the Florida Keys, not just Key West. With its sweet yet very tart, creamy filling and buttery graham cracker crust, you can see and taste why.

Add this 3-ingredient key lime pie recipe to yourVacation Meal Planbecause it’s a no fuss dessert with little prep especially with a limited kitchen. You can make this no bake pie by hand without using a mixer or oven.

However, if you have time and want to make your own homemade graham cracker crust, I’ve provided a recipe below.

I’m lucky to have been to the sunny and warm state of Florida many times and have visited the the Florida Keys. Key Lime Pie was on nearly every restaurant menu.

The first time I made key lime pie, I was amazed at how easy it is to make. Nowadays, at a nice restaurant, you’ll pay a pretty penny for a slice of it but, you can make it at home for about the cost of one slice!

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The key to getting this pie right is using the right amount of key lime juice and fresh lime zest. So, measure correctly.

Fresh key lime juice is more tart than the juice from regular limes. Therefore, it’ll pack a punch of fresh lime flavor. Also, the zest from key limes provides even more tart lime flavor and gives it a fresh taste!

This recipe is much like thetradtional key lime pie without the egg yolks. Therefore, it doesn’t need to be baked.

It’s a perfect summer dessert for a hot summer day when you can’t image turning on your oven!

You may also like myFrozen Key Lime Piemade with Cool Whip or the lemon version of it which is myFrozen Lemonade Pie.

What to do if you can find key limes

You can use regular limes (for their juice and zest) but, it won’t be as tart or you buy bottled key lime juice with or without regular lime zest. I suggest using fresh lime zest.

Fresh lime zest adds a good bit of fresh citrus flavor so, don’t skip that if you can.

Where do I find sweetened condensed milk?

Sweetened condensed milk is canned and will be found in the baking aisle of the grocery store or you can buy it on Amazon.

Ingredients

*The full, printable recipe is in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.

Pie Filling Ingredients

• 10-12 key limes (for zest and juice) or bottled key lime juice if you can’t find key limes
• sweetened condensed milk

Crust

• 9 inch store-bought graham cracker pie crust

Don’t use a ten inch pie crust because the filling won’t be enough to fill it. However, if you’ve accidentaly bought the wrong one, which I’ve done too, you can fill the pie at the top with Cool Whip.

Summary Instructions

*The full, printable recipe is in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.

Mix the pie filling ingredientswell in a large bowl and then pour it into the store bought graham cracker pie crust. Then, let it chill in your refrigerator for about four hours.

Cover leftover pie with plastic wrap and store it in your refrigerator if you don’t eat the whole pie, that is.

Substitutions

I like providing substitutions because I use them all of the time. Why run out to the store to buy one ingredient when a substitute will work just fine?

• Use bottled Key Lime Juice such asNellie and Joesif you can’t find key limes.
• Use regular limes(a.k.a. Persian limes) if you can’t find key limes at the grocery store.
• Substitute a shortbread pie crust if you prefer it over the graham cracker pie crust.
• Substitute a Nilla waffer pie crust if you prefer it over the graham cracker crust pie crust.

How to Decorate

• Add fresh homemade whipped cream with some heavy cream to the top of the pie or each piece when serving.
• Add dollops of Cool Whip around the key lime pie.
• Cut lime slices of a regular lime and fan them on the pie or put them on top of cream dollops.
• Make a sour cream topping and top with fresh lime zest.

Homemade Graham Cracker Crust Recipe

If you want to make your own graham cracker pie crust, follow this recipe:

• 12 graham crackers or 2 cups ofgraham cracker crumbs
• 2 tbsp brown sugar (white sugar will work too)
• 6 tbsp melted butter

First, preheat oven to 350F.

Next, pulverize the crackers in a food processor.

Then, add the crackers to a 9″ pie plate.

Next, add the brown sugar and stir together with crackers.

Then, add the melted butter and stir it in until the crackers absorb the butter.

Then, press down into the bottom and sides of the pie plate.

Next, bake in a 350F oven for ten minutes. Let cool 15 minutes before putting in pie filling.

Can you Freeze Key Lime Pie?

The short answer is yes but, read how to do thathere.

This easy key lime pie recipe requires minimal effort but, is sure will tickle your taste buds much like a classic key lime pie. It’s sure to become a family favorite.

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