Grasshopper Protein Pie

Grasshopper Protein Pie

There are few things I enjoy more than grasshopper pie. Mint and chocolate are an awesome flavor combination, especially when made with liquor. The only problem I have with eating grasshopper pie is that it's loaded with sugar and fat with hardly any protein to speak of. Well, that all changed when I decided to create my own grasshopper pie recipe for Protein Pow(der). This grasshopper pie maintains the same great taste as the original, but with a whole lot more of what you want to put in your body and a whole lot less of what you don't.

When I decided to try my hand out at grasshopper pie, I looked at a ton of recipes. And then I had a few unsuccessful attempts. At first I tried combining the mint and the chocolate flavors, like most recipes suggested. But that didn't work out too well with the protein flavors I was using. I also tried baking my own protein oreos, crushing them and using that for a crust. But that was just too long and complicated of a process (it's all about simplicity on this site).

Finally, I hit the jackpot when I decided to layer my grasshopper pie just like my stepmom does (and her pies are fantastic!). And instead of a cookie crust, I combined some protein, crunchy cereal, and sweetener to make a cookie-like crust without all of the fat and sugar that normally comes with a cookie crust. The result was a great tasting grasshopper protein pie with a crunchy cookie-like crust that I think you will agree earns the right to be called a grasshopper pie.

The pie you see in the pictures above was the end result of a several week long journey to create what I believe is the best grasshopper protein pie around (and possibly the only grasshopper protein pie around). I shared it with Anna Sward, the owner/operator of Protein Pow(der) and protein cooking superstar, and she asked I would like her to post it on site as a guest recipe. Umm... yea!

I had been a fan of Protein Pow(der) for a while. So, needless to say, it was a pretty big honor to have one of my recipes posted on that site. After a little trial and error and some recipe refinements, I sent the final result to Anna. She put it up as the first recipe posted in 2014. The actual recipe can be found here http://proteinpow.com/2014/01/grasshopper-protein-pie-clayton.html.

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Posted by Clayton Long