Mud Pie Dessert: Our Birthday Tradition

Mud pie for birthday dessert is a strong tradition in our family. Every year I ask the kids,“still want mud pie?” “YEP!” they answer without an ounce of hesitation.

Mud pie is easy to make, but requires days of preparation.

First, I bake the Oreo crust that has been run through the food processor, and mixed with butter. When cooled, I start layering the ice cream. This requires a melting then re-freezing process. Over and over I place down the layers: ice cream, hot fudge, ice cream, Heath bits, ice cream, more Oreos, whipped cream, then finally topped with broken pieces of candy bar.

Good things aren’t necessarily hard, they just take time, effort, and intention.

December birthdays come fast and furious in our family – we have tons.  So naturally we are eating mud pie about once a week! Fits right in with the holiday 5 lb. gain for sure.  Here is my daughter and brother in law celebrating their bdays last week.

Sometimes we use 9×13 pans, sometimes we use a spring-form pan. There are even rectangular spring-form pans like this one.

Once you start the mud pie tradition, you can never go back to plain ‘ol cake!   

Now that you’ve been sufficiently warned, here you go…