Millionaire Pie is a family favorite. A rich creamy base is loaded with pecans, coconut, pineapple, and cherries. You’ll need just about 5 minutes to prepare this pie and no baking is required!
Millionaire Pie (No bake and only 5 Minutes to Prep!)
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No-bake, no fuss… Millionaire Pie is simple to make and the best part is that it tastes delicious! There’s a very good reason this is one of the top recipes of all time on my blog!
We’ve served ambrosia salad at every holiday meal for as long as I can remember. It’s such a great side and as a kid I always felt like I was having dessert with my dinner. This pie has a similar flavor so if you like ambrosia salad, you’ll love this pie (plus pretty much anything with sweetened condensed milk has to be amazing right?!)!
This pie starts out with a base of sweetened condensed milk mixed with lemon juice (which causes it to thicken). Once thickened, all of the yummy add-ins are mixed in including cherries, pineapple, coconut, and pecans. It’s all poured into a graham crust and put in the fridge to set.
That’s it, no baking, no stove… just easy-peasy stir and pour!
You’ll want to make sure you squeeze out your pineapple as much as you can just to make sure your pie sets up well. If you don’t have a store-bought graham crust, of course, this works with a homemade graham cracker crust.
Note: If you do adapt this recipe to your tastes, do not leave out the lemon juice. The addition of lemon juice thickens the pie and if you skip it your pie will be runny.
Ingredients
- 1 graham cracker crust
- 1 cup sweetened coconut flakes
- 15.25 ounces crushed pineapple well drained, 1 can
- 1 cup maraschino cherries drained & chopped
- ½ cup chopped pecans
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk 14 oz
- 5 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon maraschino cherry juice
- 1 ½ cups whipped topping plus extra for garnish if desired
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine coconut, crushed pineapple, maraschino cherries, pecans, (Eagle Brand) Sweetened Condensed Milk, lemon juice and maraschino cherry juice.
- Gently fold in whipped topping. Pour into crust.
- Top with additional whipped topping and cherries if desired. Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight.
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Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Dessert
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Will try pie + would like to see more recipes.
Where is the actual recipe?
Hi Sheila,
Thanks for stopping by. If you scroll down past the ingredients just a little, the instructions are listed. I hope you enjoy the recipe!
what can be used instead of condensed milk, in recipes (i have an allergy and breakout using that)
Unfortunately I’ve only made this recipe as written so I’m not sure.
Love the millionaire pie. Smores pie etc. so far love them all
Absolutely brilliant recipe with a brilliant name! I hope eating this makes me a millionaire too haha! :)
LOL! Thanks Lev!
Wow that looks fabulous and so simple like you say!
Thank you Brian!
Oooh, this looks like a great pie to share with my co-workers and so easy to mix up too! Love the addition of pecans for the additional texture!
What an interesting recipe, I’ve never seen anything like this before.
I’ve never heard of a millionaire pie!! It’s so pretty and sounds delish!
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Made this for my Easter Family Gathering, took some advice from the comments and used a 9×13 pan, and made my own graham cracker crust but I used real finnish butter and sweetener to make it a little friendlier for diabetics. But otherwise did not derive from the recipe or the crust recipe in comments. Everyone literally loved it. It was half gone by the time I got some lol and I dunno if it was even still there by the time I left. I never get such positive feedback from family gatherings on my contributions so I was pleasantly surprised. Thanks for the recipe!!
I’m so glad everyone loved it! It’s one of our favorites too!
I used to make this with fruit coctail or crushed pineapple, could u post how i could do this again?I forgot
What difference does another brand of condensed milk make in this recipe?
Any brand should work, Eagle Brand is the brand I generally use.
I am curious about changing ingredients. I like everything in this recipe except pineapple. could I change that out for dark chocolate chips/pieces?
I think that would work but I haven’t tried it so I can’t say 100% for sure. If you do try it just be certain to keep the lemon juice in the recipe as it helps the pie set.
Can anyone tell me if the lemon juice has a substitute? My mom is highly allergic to lemon (and lime) and I would love to make this for an upcoming family get together!
Unfortunately this pie has not worked for those who have substituted the lemon juice. The combination of the lemon juice and the sweetened condensed milk is what makes this pie set.
Made the pie and it turned out great!!! It does fit into a pie crust but it mounds up high. I added mandarin oranges and left out the coconut and pecans and it was still a yummy dessert!! Wasn’t runny at all, you definitely need that lemon juice mixed with the sweetened condensed milk for it to thicken it. Thanks for posting it, Holly.
So glad you enjoyed it Tami!!
Do you think that the canned pineapple be substituted with canned peaches or mandarin oranges? This looks super yummy, but I am highly allergic to pineapple. :(
I haven’t tried it but I think it would work. The only issue you could run into would be that the pie may not set up as well… IF that were to happen I think it’d still be delicious (with a spoon).
This pie was so bad. I’m sorry, but yuck. It tastes like cheap sugary ingredients (perhaps because that’s what it’s made of). It’s like, when you take a bite of a cheap cherry pie. You know, the kind that’s just pre-made pie crust and a can of cherry filling. And you take a bite and, ugh. Not worth the calories. I’m sorry. =(
I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy this pie, we love it in our house but we love ambrosia salad and think this is similar. :)
looks yummy, can’t wait to try it.
I just made this pie and put into fridge. Should the mixture be fairly thin when it is poured into the crust?
It shouldn’t be too thin. Did you add the full amount of lemon juice?
I used 5 tbsp. Seems to be getting a little more firm as it sets. Thanks!
You’re welcome!