Pineapple Dreamy Cream Pie (no-bake)

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, slightly drained
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 (8 ounce) container of cool whipped topping, thawed (or 2 cups whipping cream, whipped, and sweetened with 3-4 tbsp sugar)
• 1 baked deep dish pie shells or 1 graham cracker pie crust or 1 chocolate cookie pie crust

Recipe

• 1 in a med-large bowl, cream together the softened cream cheese and sugar with an electric mixer on high speed for 3-4 minutes.
• 2 stir in the slightly drained crushed pineapple, coconut and pecans; mix well.
• 3 carefully fold in half of the whipped topping, until filling is blended well.
• 4 reserve the remaining half for top.
• 5 spoon the filling into prepared crust.
• 6 chill for several hours before serving.
• 7 note: a alternative, is to fold in the full amount (2 cups) of whipped topping into the filling; this works quite well, and produces an even lighter texture of pie, but, allow more chilling time before serving for this method.
• 8 also: this pie has a better texture, and holds up better and longer if prepared with cool whip topping.