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Million Dollar Pie Recipe

Published: Jan 22, 2018 · Modified: Jul 11, 2024 by Arlene Mobley · This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

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This old fashioned Million Dollar Pie recipe is the authentic Million Dollar Pie recipe that does not have cream cheese in it. Your grandmother may have called it the Millionaire Pie.

Old Fashioned Million Dollar Pie recipe on a floral vintage dessert plate with pink cloth napkins and vintage silverware.

The fluffy pie filling is packed full of flavors. The filling is made with sweetened condensed milk and cool whip. It is so creamy.

Million Dollar Pie Recipes

The Million Dollar Pie recipe has been around for a long time.

Depending on how old you are it may have been your mother who reminisced about her grandmother making this easy no-bake pie recipe.

No bake dessert recipes have long been a favorite and easy dessert recipe to make during the holidays or when you have a family get together.

Old Fashioned Million Dollar Pie on a white cake stand. The top of the pie is garnished with maraschino cherries, chopped pecans and toasted coconut.

Million Dollar Pie

I found many mentions of "Million Dollar recipes" in my husband's grandmother and great grandmother's recipe books that I have.

Some of the Million Dollar recipes show up as early as the 1940's.

While doing research in my vintage recipes cookbook collection on the old fashioned Million Dollar recipes I came across recipes for Million Dollar Fudge, Million Dollar Devils Food Cake and this Million Dollar Pie recipe.

Million Dollar Pie with Cherries

On the internet, I found the Hawaiian Million Dollar Pie recipe.

The only difference I found between the authentic Million Dollar Pie recipe and the Hawaiian Million Dollar Pie recipe is that the Hawaiian Million Dollar Pie recipe included maraschino cherries in the pie filling.

No Bake vintage Million Dollar Pie serving. only making one pie with this recipe.

Why a Million Dollar Pie recipe without lemon juice is not an authentic vintage Million Dollar Pie recipe

I also noticed that there were some Million Dollar Pie recipes floating around that did not include lemon juice.

If your taste-buds are craving the flavors of an authentic Million Dollar Pie recipe from your childhood do not leave out the lemon juice.

If you have ever made a Key Lime pie you know that when you mix sweetened condensed milk with key lime juice the sweetened condensed milk will thicken.

When you make the Million Dollar Pie recipe without lemon juice you are leaving out a key ingredient that will affect the texture of the finished Million Dollar Pie recipe filling.

Single slice of Million Dollar Pie

Million Dollar Pie recipe with cream cheese in it?

What? You can not add an ingredient like cream cheese to the vintage Million Dollar Pie recipe and actually be making an authentic Million Dollar Pie recipe.

Now this may be my personal opinion and maybe your mother or grandmother made the Million Dollar Pie with cream cheese in it but it is not an Authentic Million Dollar Pie recipe.

Once again when you add an ingredient like cream cheese to a pie filling recipe you will end up with an entirely different pie filling.

Authentic Million Dollar Pie Ingredients

The authentic vintage Million Dollar Pie filling ingredients are sweetened condensed milk, lemon juice, crushed pineapple, chopped pecans, shredded coconut and whipped topping. That's it.

I added an extra layer of whipped topping to the top of the pie I made.

I also used an oversized graham cracker crust and this recipe filled it perfectly.

You can find the 2 extra serving graham cracker crusts with the other ready-made graham cracker crust at most stores.

Most recipes I have seen or read say the filling will make two pies and that may have been true way back when they first started making this pie recipe and the pie plates were much smaller.

I have some vintage pie plates and believe me they are much shallower than today's pie pans.

A slice of Million Dollar pie on a vintage floral plate

How To Make Million Dollar Pie Recipe AKA Millionaire Pie

Ingredients

  • 1 can (20 oz) crushed pineapple in juice, drained very well
  • 1 can sweetened condensed milk
  • ¼ cup lemon juice
  • 8 oz container frozen whipped topping, thawed
  • 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut flakes
  • ½ cup pecans, chopped plus more for garnish
  • 9 oz 2 extra helping graham cracker crust
  •  8 oz whipped topping for garnish (optional)
  • maraschino cherries for garnish (optional)

Directions

  1. Drain the pineapple in a fine mesh strainer before beginning, pushing as much juice from the pineapple pieces as possibly with the back or a spoon. Set aside.
  2. In a large bowl with a hand-held mixer or a whisk beat the sweetened condensed milk with the lemon juice until slightly thickened.
  3. Fold the thawed whipped topping into the sweetened condensed milk and lemon juice until completely combined.
  4. Add the crushed pineapple, shredded coconut and pecans to the bowl. Fold the ingredients together with a large spoon or spatula.
  5. Once all of the ingredients are combined well pour the pie filling into the graham cracker crust. Smooth the top and cover the pie with the plastic pie crust lid.
  6. Place in the freezer and freeze over night.
  7. About an hour before serving spread the second container of whipped topping over the top of the pie. Garnish with maraschino cherries and chopped nuts if desired.
  8. Alternately to make Hawaiian Million Dollar Pie add ½ cup of maraschino cherries to the pie filling ingredients.
  9. Makes 10 servings.

Recipe FAQS

Can you freeze Million Dollar Pie

You can freeze the Million Dollar pie and serve it as a frozen pie or make it ahead of time to serve later.

Does Million Dollar Pie have lemon juice in it?

Yes, the authentic Million Dollar Pie recipe does have lemon juice in the ingredients. The lemon juice helps thicken a no-bake pie filling that uses sweetened condensed milk.

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A slice of creamy Million Dollar Pie of a dessert plate.

Old Fashioned Million Dollar Pie

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This old fashioned Million Dollar Pie recipe is the authentic Million Dollar Pie recipe that does not have cream cheese in it. Your grandmother may have called it the Millionaire Pie.
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 0 minutes mins
Total Time 10 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12 Servings
Calories 388 kcal

Ingredients  

  • 20 oz. can crushed pineapple in juice, drained very well
  • 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
  • ¼ cup lemon juice
  • 8 oz. container frozen whipped topping (thawed)
  • 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut flakes
  • ½ cup pecans (chopped plus more for garnish)
  • 9 oz. 2 extra helping graham cracker crust
  • 8 oz. whipped topping for garnish (optional)
  • maraschino cherries for garnish (optional)
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Instructions 

  • Drain the pineapple in a fine mesh strainer before beginning, pushing as much juice from the pineapple pieces as possibly with the back or a spoon. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl with a hand-held mixer or a whisk beat the sweetened condensed milk with the lemon juice until slightly thickened.
  • Fold the thawed whipped topping into the sweetened condensed milk and lemon juice until completely combined.
  • Add the crushed pineapple, shredded coconut and pecans to the bowl. Fold the ingredients together with a large spoon or spatula.
  • Once all of the ingredients are combined well pour the pie filling into the graham cracker crust. Smooth the top and cover the pie with the plastic pie crust lid.
  • Place in the freezer and freeze over night.
  • About an hour before serving spread the second container of whipped topping over the top of the pie. Garnish with maraschino cherries and chopped nuts if desired.
  • Makes 10 servings.

Recipe Expert Tips

  • Alternately to make Hawaiian Million Dollar Pie add ½ cup of maraschino cherries to the pie filling ingredients.

Nutrition

Serving: 1SliceCalories: 388kcalCarbohydrates: 53gProtein: 6gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 12mgSodium: 190mgPotassium: 291mgFiber: 2gSugar: 40gVitamin A: 143IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 138mgIron: 1mg
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  1. Spinnin Jenny

    April 06, 2023 at 9:21 am

    What can be used in place of Cool Whip? If this was made way back, they didn’t have Cool Whip. I’m not trying to be difficult but I’d like to know.

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    • Arlene Mobley

      April 06, 2023 at 10:51 am

      Refrigerated Cool Whip has been available since 1966 before that there was powdered Dream Whip available. Before that you would make homemade whipped cream.

      Reply
  2. Joanne

    May 18, 2022 at 3:05 pm

    I have never heard of million dollar pie but it looks and sounds delicious. Pinned.

    Reply
  3. Nicolle

    May 10, 2022 at 4:47 pm

    5 stars
    this is one of my all time favorites!!!!

    Reply
  4. Patricia Reed

    March 04, 2018 at 11:46 am

    Thank you for this recipe. Cannot wait to try it.

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