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Candy Cane Pie

written by Vera Z. November 4, 2016
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Candy Cane Pie is the only dessert recipe you’ll need this Christmas! It’s an easy no-bake pie with crumbly Oreo crust and white chocolate ganache on top. This pie filling combo of cream cheese, whipped cream, instant pudding, butter, chocolate chips and crushed candy canes, makes the tastiest homemade Christmas dessert!

Candy Cane Pie is the only dessert recipe, you’ll need this Christmas! It’s no bake pie with crumbly Oreo crust and white chocolate ganache on top.

A Christmas Dessert for Candy Cane Lovers

However, there are still a few weeks until Thanksgiving and I’ve already shared a lot of Christmas dessert recipes, too. When it comes to Christmas and New Year, I’m always excited like a kid. I can hardly wait my favorite holidays to come.

To tell you the truth, I made this Candy Cane Pie for Halloween. You are probably 100% sure that I’m crazy! But wait, I can explain this! October 31 was my birthday, not just Halloween!

My little boy asked me if we could organize a party at our house. And so we had a party! That was Halloween/birthday party for a few of my closest friends and a bunch of their kids.

But a bunch of kids could eat a bunch of sweets, right?!

Candy Cane Pie is the only dessert recipe, you’ll need this Christmas! It’s no bake pie with crumbly Oreo crust and white chocolate ganache on top.

Also, that was a great opportunity for me try out some new recipes I’ve planned to share here on my blog before Christmas baking season starts. And the kids are the best taste testers! They will frankly tell you if something is good or bad. Moreover, they will spit it out to your face whether they love or hate yours cakes, too.

Having a bunch of kids at the party was also a great opportunity to share a lot of cakes and desserts, so I won’t be stuck with tons of desserts siting in my fridge for days.

Thus, I made this Candy Cane Pie with my birthday cake, and they both vanished in the blink of an eye! Kids loved them, they all asked for one more slice.

Candy Cane Pie is the only dessert recipe, you’ll need this Christmas! It’s no bake pie with crumbly Oreo crust and white chocolate ganache on top.

Homemade Christmas Candy Cane Pie Recipe

Let’s get back to this Candy Cane Pie. It’s completely homemade! I wasn’t lazy this time, so I made everything from scratch. I haven’t used store bought Oreo crust or Cool Whip. I’ve already used Cool Whip in many recipes because it keeps the thick texture of the fillings, but many of you hate desserts that have Cool Whip in them. So, this time I kept it 100 % homemade with no artificial stuff!

Don’t let the list of ingredients and recipe instructions discourage you. It’s all really simple, I promise! If you try this one, I think you’ll love it, it’s delicious.

In the next few weeks many melt-in-your-mouth Christmas recipes will follow. I want to make sure you are ready in time for this special holiday season. Until new recipes arrive, check out some of my old Christmas recipes: Christmas Tree Krispie Treat, Homemade Peppermint Patties, Christmas Lasagna, Reese’s Peanut Butter Christmas Trees or Christmas Cranberry Pound Cake.

Candy Cane Pie is the only dessert recipe, you’ll need this Christmas! It’s no bake pie with crumbly Oreo crust and white chocolate ganache on top.

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Christmas Cranberry Pound Cake is perfect dessert for Christmas. It’s really moist, flavorful and easy to make.

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Christmas Lasagna is whimsical layered dessert with buttery red velvet shortbread cookie crust, peppermint cheesecake layer, white chocolate pudding, whipped cream and mini marshmallows on top.

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Christmas Tree Cheesecake on a stick is festive and fabulous Christmas treat. Eating cheesecake has never been this fun!

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Candy Cane Pie


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  • Author: Vera Z.
  • Prep Time: 1 hour
  • Cook Time: 5 hours
  • Total Time: 6 hours
  • Yield: 12 slices 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: American
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Candy Cane Pie is the only dessert recipe you’ll need this Christmas! It’s no-bake pie with crumbly Oreo crust and white chocolate ganache on top. This pie filling combo of cream cheese, whipped cream, instant pudding, butter, chocolate chips and crushed candy canes, makes the tastiest Christmas dessert!


Ingredients

Oreo Crust:

  • 36 Oreo cookies
  • ½ cup unsalted butter melted

Pie Filling:

  • 8 oz. cream cheese – softened
  • 1 ¼ cups confectioners’ sugar
  • ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter- softened
  • 1 and 1/3 cups heavy cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla (or peppermint) extract
  • 3.9 oz. box vanilla or white chocolate instant pudding (for 4 x ½ cups serving)
  • ¾ cup milk
  • 2 teaspoons gelatin powder
  • 2 tablespoons cold water
  • ½ cup crushed candy cane or peppermint candies
  • ¼ cup mini chocolate chips

For Topping:

  • 4.5 oz. white chocolate (or white chocolate chips)
  • ¼ cup heavy cream

For Garnish:

  • 1.5 oz. semi-sweet chocolate-melted
  • Crushed candy canes
  • Snowflake sprinkles

Instructions

Crust:

  1. In a food processor ground whole Oreo cookies with the filling into fine crumbs. then, stir in ½ cup melted butter until evenly moistened.
  2. Next, press the mixture in the bottom and up the sides of tart pan. Place in the freezer while you make the filling.

To make the filling:

  1. Mix 1 ½ cups heavy cream until soft peaks form. Add ¼ confectioners’ sugar and vanilla extract and continue mixing until STIFF peaks form. You can use peppermint extract instead of vanilla, it’s up to your taste. Set aside.
  2. Beat softened cream cheese and ½ cup softened butter until smooth. Add 1 cup Confectioners’ sugar and beat until well blended and smooth, too.
  3. In a small heatproof bowl dissolve 2 teaspoon gelatin in 2 tablespoons cold. Set aside for 5 mins. then, heat over double broiler until the gelatin has melted, set aside to cool.
  4. Next, stir white chocolate or vanilla instant pudding with ¾ cup milk until thickens.
  5. Now, add the pudding into cream cheese and butter mixture and mix to combine.
  6. Then, add 2 cups of beaten heavy cream(reserve leftovers of for garnish), mix on low speed just to combine.
  7. Add cooled melted gelatin and mix just to combine.
  8. Finally, stir in chocolate chips and crushed candy canes. Now, pour into crust, smooth the top and refrigerate until firm (5-6 hours).

Topping:

  1. In a heatproof bowl place white chocolate chips or finely chopped white chocolate. Next, heat heavy cream until gentle simmer, then pour over white chocolate and let it sit for 1-2 minutes. Now, stir until all chocolate has melted and the ganache is smooth.
  2. Then spread on top of firmed filling.

Garnish:

  1. Melt 1.5 oz. chocolate,then transfer in a small ziplock bag, cut off the corner and drizzle over the white chocolate layer. Use leftovers of beaten heavy cream to pipe the swirls around the pie.
  2. Sprinkle with crushed candy canes and snowflake sprinkles.
  3. Store in the fridge.

Notes

  1. To assemble Candy Cane Pie you’ll need dish with at least 8 cup volume. I used 9.5 x 2 inch tart pan with removable bottom. If you don’t have one, I suggest 9 inch springform pan or deep pie dish.
1 slice50138.6 g236.8 mg35.5 g43.7 g4.8 g80.2 mg
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56 comments

Llisa November 18, 2016 - 8:41 pm

You can’t label something as “from scratch”, when there’s instant pudding in the list of ingredients.

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Vicki Beasley November 9, 2018 - 12:59 am

Why not? It’s an ingredient. Just like the Oreos, candy canes, etc.

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Jen K December 5, 2022 - 1:17 am

Followed every step exactly but it didn’t set and came out more like pudding even after 6 hours in the fridge – what did I do wrong??

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Can i use non fat white chocolate pudding?

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Tara January 16, 2017 - 6:17 pm

The ingredients say to use 1 and 1/3 cups of heavy cream, but the instructions say 1 and 1/2 cups. I imagine it won’t make a huge difference, but could you let me know which measure you intended???

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Vera Zecevic January 19, 2017 - 8:15 am

Hi Tara, it’s 1 1/2 cups.

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Tara January 22, 2017 - 6:28 pm

I just made this for a dinner party and received rave reviews. I made it in stages – the crust and filling one night, the white chocolate topping the next and then decorating the day of. Thanks for this great recipe. A few little things that I found helpful: 36 Oreo cookies is an entire 14.3 oz package, 2 tsp of gelatin is 1 envelope of the 1oz box, 4.5 oz of white chocolate is 3/4 cup of chips and 1.5 oz of chocolate is 1/4 cup of chips. The gelatin mixture cools fast and solidifies; I had to melt a second time – only give it a couple minutes to cool. It’s really pretty easy to make, but it does get a lot of dishes dirty… but it’s worth it!

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Vera Zecevic January 23, 2017 - 8:43 pm

Thanks Tara 🙂

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Michelle December 1, 2017 - 1:38 pm

Hi! Can I make this ahead and freeze it?

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Vera Zecevic December 1, 2017 - 4:40 pm

Sorry Michelle; I haven’t tried to freeze this,but I’m guessing it could freeze well.

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Kristi b December 2, 2017 - 9:59 pm

Should the gelatin powder be unflavored?

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Vera Zecevic December 3, 2017 - 12:24 pm

Hi Kristi, yes, it’s unflavored gelatin.

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Ashley December 10, 2017 - 4:20 pm

I know you had mentioned that many people don’t prefer cool whip in their recipes, but I love it! If I am having a cheat day I say go big or go home!!!! This recipe sounds amazing and I want to try it for Christmas! Is it possible to substitute cool whip for the homemade version!? I wasn’t sure if it was possible or where to even begin with substituting what? Any insight you have would be so very helpful and greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance and I hope you had a happy birthday with all your “practice” Christmas treats that I’m sure were amazing!!! 🙂

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Vera Zecevic December 10, 2017 - 5:48 pm

Hi Ashley, skip step 1. for the filling(mixing 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream and 1/4 cup powdered sugar) and in step 6. use 2 cups cool whip instead, and just add vanilla or peppermint extract in this step. You’ll need more Cool whip for garnish, too. I hope it will work! Please let me know if you try.

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Jennifer December 17, 2017 - 3:48 am

I wanted to make this tomorrow, but wanted to skip making the crust and buy a 6 inch pre-made Oreo crust, will this fit in that?

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Jennifer December 17, 2017 - 3:51 am

Hi, I wanted to speed things up a little and buy a 6-inch pre-made Oreo crust. Will this pie fit in that size crust?

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Vera Zecevic December 17, 2017 - 10:08 am

Hi Jennifer, I think it won’t fit, This is made in 9.5 x 2 inch tart pan.

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Kevin January 16, 2018 - 2:20 am

Looking for a tart pan that will work and this one ( https://smile.amazon.com/Nordic-Ware-Pro-Form-Quiche-Interior/dp/B00004RFPV/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1516068842&sr=8-5&keywords=deep+tart+pan ) sounds right. However, the notes on the product indicate it holds 4 cups. The notes on this recipe say you need a pan that holds 8 cups. That is 2x the amount yet the pan sizes are very close. Am I missing something?

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Ghee Buttersnaps October 30, 2018 - 7:54 pm

Delish, but I couldn’t get gelatin to dissolve all of the way. Am I able to omit?

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Erika November 10, 2018 - 9:41 pm

This turned out to be delicious!

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Vera Z. November 11, 2018 - 2:59 pm

Thanks Erika 🙂

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angela November 21, 2018 - 5:33 pm

So I’m confused, I am suppose to make the instant pudding then add the 3/4 cups of milk (step 4) or just take 3.9 oz of insta pudding (powder form and add 3/4 cup of milk?

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Vera Z. November 22, 2018 - 11:59 am

HI Angela, do not make the pudding, just combine dry pudding powder with 3/4 cup of milk.

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Karin December 11, 2020 - 6:54 am

I haven’t made this yet but intend too for Christmas, I just hope that I can still get instant pudding here in Australia, never heard of cool whip, will let you know what my family think of it, looks sensational.

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Janine December 18, 2020 - 6:36 pm

Is there an alternative to using gelatin? What will happen if I don’t use it?

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Christina Hamalian December 25, 2020 - 4:53 pm

How much heavy cream is needed for the *whole* recipe? The ingredients say 1 1/3 cups, but the first step says 1.5 cups and step number 6 says 2 cups of beaten heavy cream with leftovers for the garnish…..

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Ayesha Ahad October 5, 2021 - 2:10 am

Although I haven’t attempted to make this yet, I hope to be able to accomplish that for the upcoming Christmas season, as I hope I can still find instant pudding and cool whip here in Australia. My family and I will let you know what they think as it looks delicious, I can’t wait to try it.

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M September 5, 2023 - 12:47 am

Think you took long enough to get to the recipe?! I don’t care about your life story, and I don’t want recommendations for other recipes, when you haven’t even listed the ingredients for THIS one! You’re pointless.

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sheryl feeken December 26, 2023 - 6:24 pm

I made this for Christmsa this year and the pie was beautiful to look at. I thought it would be a light, crisp pie with bright flavors, but was a bit disappointed at how heavy it tasted. The oreo crust was great and I liked the peppermint and chocolate bits in the filling. I didn’t care for the pudding (I used white chocolate) and the white chocolate coating on top. Both seemed too heavy for my expectations. I also dont understand what purpose the gelatin filled. But the pie was very pretty and festive to look at.

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Slot88 February 19, 2025 - 3:09 pm

haven’t made this yet but intend too for Christmas, I just hope that I can still get instant pudding here in Australia, never heard of cool whip

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