No-Bake Key Lime Pie

No-bake key lime pie is a great dessert for when you don't want to turn on your oven. Or your oven broke and you need to bring a dessert to a potluck and you don't want it to be fruit salad. This key lime pie doesn't contain eggs so you want a good pop of flavor, which you'll get by adding fresh lime zest to the pie mixture and on top for garnish.

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No-Bake Key Lime Pie Basics

Fresh lime zest is key for this no-bake dessert.

A citrus zester (I've used this Microplane for years) is essential for adding citrus flavor whether you're grating lime skin or lemon skin.

The other crucial tip for this recipe is that the cream cheese should be at room temperature so that it blends well with the sweetened, condensed milk.

If the cream cheese isn't soft enough, no matter how much you beat the pie mixture, you'll still have teensy, tiny lumps of cream cheese in the batter.

Not the worst problem in the world, it just won't be as creamy.

So, tools you'll need for this dessert:

• Rasp or Microplane grater
• Pie plate
• Electric mixer (if you don't have one, borrow one, otherwise you'll be forever at the counter mixing the cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk together.)
• Measuring cups

Love key lime flavor? You're in the right place. Try my traditional 3 ingredeint Nellie & Joe's Key Lime Pie.

Citrus is one of my favorite flavors to cook with, try Easy Lemon Icebox Pie or Lemon Bars with Graham Cracker Crust or traditional Lemon Squares.

Ingredients You'll Need

• 16-ounces cream cheese (room temperature)
• 1 cup sweetened condensed milk (one 14-ounce can minus ¼ cup)
• ⅓ cup Nellie & Joe's Key Lime Pie Juice
• Zest from one lime (1 Tablespoon) plus more for garnish
• Juice of one fresh lime (1 Tablespoon)
• 1 graham cracker pie crust or make a homemade graham cracker pie crust
• Whipped Cream (for garnish)

How to Make Key Lime No-Bake Pie

So this is such an easy dessert.

1. Put all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
2. Zest the lime. Add the zest to the bowl.
3. Slice the lime in half and juice it, just using a fork to add the juice to the bowl.
4. Using an electric mixer, beat the batter until creamy, three to five minutes on medium-high.
5. Pour batter into pie shell.
6. Cover pie and put in fridge or freezer for at least three hours.
7. Serve with slices of lime for garnish and whipped cream.