We all love our Costco purchases. Whether it’s the muffins, the chocolate cake, the peach mango salsa, or the rotisserie chicken. We won’t give it up and we don’t care if there’s some “copy cat” recipe out there. It’s just too easy to go to the store and pick it up.
But what if you do want to jazz it up just a little? Give your Costco favorite a little makeover? Maybe even bring it to a party and have people not identify it as a Costco item but as your own creation? Well I am here to offer my first Costco Makeover. If you guys like the idea, I’ll do more, just let me know!
The Story:
The day before the 4th of July, Costco was pretty packed. Lot’s of berries, steaks, chips, dip, hot dog buns and everything American possible crammed into the check out lines. I did my routine cart drive by of my book on the shelf (it was chillin’ with Ina Garten as usual) and as usual, I shamelessly spread out copies covering other books, opening some up to gorgeous photos just to catch the eye of wandering customers.
Then I strolled over to the dairy section to grab my eggs, cream cheese and sour cream and then I saw it. I saw the one last key lime pie on the shelf. It was a sign, right? My brother Paul loves those pies and I could hear him saying “Lizzy, get it. You HAVE to. A true American would get that pie.”
So I did.
At this point I had zero plans for the 4th but I figured with one of these pies I could weasel my way into some kind of invitation.
Costco Makeover: Raspberry Key Lime Pie
Ingredients
- 1 Costco Key Lime Pie cold (or any store bought or homemade pie)
- 3/4 C. sugar
- 1 C. raspberries
- 3 tsp. gelatin unflavored or raspberry or strawberry (jello powder)
- more fresh berries for decoration
Instructions
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1. Prep your Costco pie by scraping off the center mound of whipped cream. These pies sometimes look different from store to store so make adjustments as needed. (For example, not all pies come with the graham cracker crumbs on the whipped cream.)
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2. Pop the pie in the freezer until filling is done.
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3. Raspberry layer: Cook the sugar and the raspberries on the stove top on medium heat for about 9 minutes. Stir constantly.
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4. Strain out seeds.
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5. Stir in gelatin and let cool for a few minutes.
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6. Once the filling is only warm (not hot) to the touch, pour onto the pie.
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7. Rim the edge with fresh berries is desired and pop back into the freezer to set. (I served mine right from the freezer, the pie doesn't ever get hard, just nice and firm and cold. Perfect for a bbq!)
A $12 pie that feeds an army! What a steal…
Nothing screams “store bought” like those lines telling you where to cut. What do you say we cover those up?
And let’s take off the centerpiece…
Pour on the raspberry layer of goodness
Press some berries into the raspberry layer for more decoration
A sprig of mint from the garden to finish it off
You’re done and it’s a beauty!
I had 4 slices… whoopsy.
Samantha says
Hi!! This sounds so yummy!! When I go to visit the recipe, it gives me the one for oreo rice crispy treats though.
Lizzy Mae Early says
Fixed, so sorry! Coding issue
Dallen says
This is perfect for guys who either don’t know how, or don’t have the time to cook and still want to bring something to a dinner party! And as Samantha mentioned, it shows the recipe as Oreo Rice Crispy Treats though.
Lizzy Mae Early says
Ah! Sorry, sorry everyone. My coding has to be done manually for these printable recipes and if I forget to code it in it defaults to that recipe. So sorry! It’s fixed now though!
gloria says
Sounds wonderful! My mom looooves key lime pie and raspberries, so this sounds like a really great combination!
Denise says
What an incredible idea and delicious too! Please share more of these types of ideas. This one is genius. Thank you so much.
Colleen says
Keep doing makeovers!!! It gives me ideas on how to update store bought items!!
Great for off us busy folks!! Thanks Lizzy!!
Samantha says
Thanks!!! 🙂 Can’t wait to try it.
Carol says
Wow…this is gorgeous. Just wish I lived close to a Costco as I love key lime pie.
Heather says
Looks delicious!!! More makeovers please great for us busy moms that like to make homemade desserts but don’t always have the time.
Kathy T. says
Great idea! You are always so creative!
Janis Munroe says
Love the makeovers!!!
By the way, I made SME smote cupcakes this weekend, inspired by your talents of course! I used your chocolate cupcake, crumb led Graham cracker on top then baked. Then I filled with marshmallow cream, and made a marshmallow cream buttercream frosting, topped with mini chocolate chips and tiny marshmallow bits. Did a chcoloate drizzle and some graham cracker crumbs. They were awesome but it needed more graham flavor. I was gonna put it in the batter, but I didn’t want it to be soggy…maybe you could create a better recipe??
Elizabeth Carter says
What a GREAT idea!!! Please give more like this, while I like to bake I’m not that great at it so any “helps” would be fantastic… As always I drool over your pictures!
Lizzy Mae Early says
Aw thanks! There’s the cheesecake that’s easy to work with… any other Costco items you want me to try?
Tiffany says
I was wondering when you were going to post this on your website!!! You were right!! The ingredients did surprise me!!! Thankyou again for your recipes! They are great!
Lizzy Mae Early says
Hopefully it was a good surprise 🙂 This pie seriously was amazing, I ate way too many slices
dianna says
Love it!
Angela says
Great idea! Thank you!!
Mimi @ Culinary Couture says
How awesome of you to spruce a Costco pie up! I love it.
Nichole says
Sheer genius! Lime+raspberry = delicious!! Thanks for sharing.
Carolyn B. says
This is such a GREAT idea! I made it even a little more simple with something found in Utah (I’m not sure if you can get it everywhere). It is a product made by Junket called Danish Dessert. I made the raspberry flavor with just 2 cups of water and then when it was cooled topped the pie. I added the berries around the rim and in the middle just like you. AMAZING! Thanks for the idea!
Lizzy Mae Early says
My Aunt loves Danish Dessert! I just used the fresh berries because they were right there at Costco too 🙂
Laura says
This is such a fun idea, and you made it so much cuter!
Jacqueline s says
Great idea! Please keep jazzing up Costco desserts!
Bailey says
oh my gosh this looks SO good!!!
Amanda says
This recipe looks DELICIOUS! I was wondering how long you let the pie set in the freezer after you put the raspberry layer on. Obviously, there isn’t an end time limit, but would it be something that could be done day of a potluck? 30 min? An hour?
Lizzy Mae Early says
I let mine set for about 40 minutes I would say, maybe even less. If I were to do this again (which I will) I would wait to put the raspberries on until I was ready to serve I think. The berries freezing turn rock hard. So Even though it looks really slick to have them put in when the raspberry layer evenly around them… The berries will take a little while to thaw out a bit. But it’s your call, it’s fabulous either way!
Michelle says
Looks so delicious, have to try this one out. All of your recipes look so yummy!!
Karen says
I pinned Costco Makeover: Raspberry Key Lime Pie
sherri says
This pie looks beautiful and delicious, what better than raspberry and lime combo.
Nafisa says
Wowamia! Do a make over on Costco frozen profiteroles pls pls pls – they are rather plain!