Recipes & Cooking Desserts & Baking Pies Million Dollar Pie Is the Nostalgic Dessert You Should Make This Fall Be the first to rate & review! It will remind you of dessert at grandma's house. By Sarah Martens Sarah Martens Sarah Martens is the Senior Editor overseeing food at Better Homes & Gardens digital. She has been with the BHG brand for more than 10 years. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Published on October 12, 2023 Recipe tested by Emily Nienhaus Recipe tested by Emily Nienhaus Emily is a recipe developer at Dotdash Meredith in the Better Homes & Gardens Test Kithcen with a focus on food trends, and inventing new ways to bring interesting flavors to your dinner table. When not in the kitchen Emily enjoys hiking, camping and spending time with friends, although these hobbies always lead back to food being the focus. Learn more about the Better Homes & Gardens Test Kitchen Rate PRINT Share Trending Videos Close this video player Photo: Rachel Marek. Prop Styling: Gabe Greco Prep Time: 15 mins Total Time: 4 hrs 30 mins Servings: 8 Jump to Nutrition Facts This old-fashioned dessert recipe is filled with creamy whipped cream, canned fruit, and pecans. It's the perfect icebox pie for holidays, family dinners, or whenever you need something sweet. Our recipe testers raved about the rich flavor and decadent texture of this no-bake pie. Read on for our complete guide to making homemade million dollar pie. What Is Million Dollar Pie? This Million Dollar Pie recipe is thought to have originated in the South in the last 1930s as icebox pies grew in popularity. It's sometimes called millionaire's pie, billion dollar pie, or million dollar pie. The recipe starts with a graham cracker crust that's filled with whipped cream, pineapple, mandarin oranges, coconut, and pecans. It's topped with a cherry or two. Today it's popular in Texas, New Mexico, and other Southern states. Why Is it Called Million Dollar Pie? Like other "million dollar" recipes, this pie recipe earned the name because of its rich, decadent flavor. There's something special about each millionaire recipe that makes it truly indulgent. Here, it's the combination of sweetened condensed milk and whipped topping. Million Dollar Spaghetti Million Dollar Pie Ingredients You'll need just a few pantry staples to make this recipe for a million dollar pie. Graham Crackers: Crushed graham crackers make up the pie crust along with butter and sugar. You can make a homemade graham cracker crust or purchase one premade from the grocery store.Shredded Coconut: Look for sweetened shredded coconut for this recipe. Do not use dried or toasted coconut chips or the texture will change.Sweetened Condensed Milk: You'll need one can of sweetened condensed milk for this millionaire pie recipe.Canned Pineapple: For the best texture and flavor, our Test Kitchen recommends using crushed pineapple for this recipe. It's important to drain it really well to keep the pie filling from becoming too watery.Mandarin Oranges: You'll need a small can of mandarin oranges for this no-bake dessert. Again, drain them really well to ensure the filling is the right consistency.Pecans: For the most flavor, toast the chopped pecans before adding them to the filling.Whipped Topping: Make sure the frozen whipped topping is completely thawed before adding it to the other ingredients. This ensures it's evenly distributed through the filling.Maraschino Cherries: A few maraschino cherries are the perfect garnish. When serving, you could add one to each slice for a pretty presentation. How to Store Million Dollar Pie Cover and store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. If you store it much longer, the graham cracker crust will start to become soggy. You can freeze million dollar pie but the texture will change when thawed. Our Test Kitchen recommends eating it within three days of making it rather than freezing. 30 Dreamy Cream and Custard Pie Recipes You'll Make on Repeat Ingredients 1/3 cup salted butter, melted 1/4 cup sugar 1 1/4 cups finely crushed graham crackers 1 1/3 cups sweetened shredded coconut 1 1/3 cups chopped pecans 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk 2 tablespoons lemon juice 20 ounces canned crushed pineapple, drained 11 ounces can mandarin oranges, drained 8 ounces frozen whipped topping, thawed 3 maraschino cherries (or more if desired) Directions Preheat oven to 375ºF. Lightly coat a 9-inch deep dish pie plate with nonstick cooking spray. In a medium bowl combine melted butter and sugar. Add crushed graham crackers; toss to mix well. Spread in prepared pie plate; press onto bottom and sides. Test Kitchen Tip: To make the crushed graham crackers, place 10 graham crackers in the food processor, process until a sand-like consistency. Bake 5 minutes or until edges are light brown. Cool on a wire rack. Spread coconut and chopped pecans onto a 15x10x1-inch baking pan. Bake until golden brown, 6 to 8 minutes. (NOTE: Keep an eye on the coconut as it goes from white to toasted really fast.) Cool slightly. Reserve 2/3 cup of the toasted pecan-coconut mixture for garnish. In a large mixing bowl combine sweetened condensed milk, lemon juice, the remaining toasted coconut-pecan mixture, pineapple and oranges until well mixed. Gently fold in whipped topping until combined. Scoop mixture into cooled crust, spreading evenly to fill the plate. Cover and refrigerate until set, about 4 hours. Sprinkle with remaining 2/3 cup coconut pecan mixture. Garnish with maraschino cherries, if desired. Rate It Print Nutrition Facts (per serving) 703 Calories 39g Fat 85g Carbs 9g Protein Show Full Nutrition Label Hide Full Nutrition Label Nutrition Facts Servings Per Recipe 8 Calories 703.1 % Daily Value * Total Fat 39.1g 50% Saturated Fat 19.7g 99% Cholesterol 42.9mg 14% Sodium 256.4mg 11% Total Carbohydrate 84.9g 31% Dietary Fiber 4.7g 17% Total Sugars 72.5g Protein 9.3g 19% Vitamin D 0.1mcg 1% Vitamin C 22.6mg 25% Calcium 233.9mg 18% Iron 1.7mg 9% Potassium 553.7mg 12% Fatty acids, total trans 0.3g Vitamin D 4IU Alanine 0.3g Arginine 0.5g Ash 2.5g Aspartic acid 0.7g Caffeine 0mg Carotene, alpha 79.5mcg Choline, total 78.3mg Copper, Cu 0.4mg Cystine 0.1g Energy 2940.6kJ Fluoride, F 5.1mcg Folate, total 29.9mcg Glutamic acid 1.7g Glycine 0.2g Histidine 0.2g Isoleucine 0.4g Leucine 0.7g Lysine 0.5g Methionine 0.2g Magnesium, Mg 67.4mg Manganese, Mn 1.9mg Niacin 1.4mg Phosphorus, P 271.8mg Pantothenic acid 0.8mg Phenylalanine 0.4g Phytosterols 6.9mg Proline 0.7g Retinol 111.6mcg Selenium, Se 14.9mcg Serine 0.4g Starch 6.2g Theobromine 0mg Threonine 0.3g Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) 1.1mg Tryptophan 0.1g Tyrosine 0.3g Valine 0.5g Vitamin A, IU 1005.3IU Vitamin A, RAE 143.4mcg Vitamin B-12 0.3mcg Vitamin B-6 0.2mg Vitamin K (phylloquinone) 5.6mcg Water 137.7g Zinc, Zn 2mg *The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.