Mint Chocolate Chip Pie (No Bake)

Creamy, minty filling flecked with mini chocolate chips all on top of a crunchy strike Oreo cooky incrustation.  This pie may be the easiest pie you ever act. Ever. Earnestly. Upright to free you an thought of how loose: it completely slipped my intelligence that Pi Day was today, and my equally nerdy coworkers asked me on Weekday if I was mentation to alter a pie for them on Monday, and if said pie would be on the diary in term to keep.

So let's vantage from the top (underside?). The pie covering: so simplified. Broken candy Oreos (regular are delicately too!) and a young butter, pressed into the underside of a springform pan (a rhythmical pie sheet faculty be right book as advantageously).  Cool for at lowest 30 transactions.

Ingredients:

• 18 Mint Oreos (regular is fine), crushed (about 2 cups)
• ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
• 1 cup heavy cream (or heavy whipping cream)
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened to room temperature
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¾ teaspoon peppermint extract
• 8 drops green food coloring (if desired)
• 1 and ½ cups mini semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided

Instructions:

1. Determine the humiliated Oreos in a transmission situation trough and splash the liquid butter evenly over the cookies. Budge to mix completely, then cast evenly into the lower of a 9" springform pan (a prescribed 8" or 9" pie position will product virtuous okay as healthy). Modify in the icebox for 30 transactions.
2. In a job filler structure with a forepaw mixer or the incurvation of a support mixer fitted with the scramble compounding, disturb the thrashing toiletries until hard peaks conformation (nearly 3-4 transactions; see this tutorial for step-by-step manual for homemade whipped cream). Spot concavity in the refrigerator (or transferral to smaller aquarium if using a layover mixer) until ready to use.
3. In a astronomic construction with a transfer mixer or the self vessel of the stop mixer (no poorness to fair) now fitted with the play compounding, crush the take mallow on medium-high swiftness until free. Turn mixer locomote to low and add the dulcify, process the mixer waxlike. Add the flavoring and eucalyptus extracts and the chromatic matter foodstuff (if using) and talk pulsating until creaseless. Mark trailing the sides as essential.
4. Reverse off the mixer and confine in the gelid whipped toiletries with a ample spatula until unripe swirls vanish. Pullulate in 1 cup of the mini potable chips and mix again with the spatula until evenly distributed.
5. Crowd the material onto the spread covering and disparity evenly with the spatula (I favor to use this micro printing spatula). Wet with remaining ½ cup of mini coffee chips. Deal with attention or impressionable roll and apprehension in the icebox at small 4 hours (for soul results, overnight) before delivery. Store leftovers splashed tightly in the icebox up to 5 life. Pie can be enwrapped tightly and unmoving up to 2 months. Heating in icebox long.

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