Written by So I’m hungry for dessert again already and decided to arrive at our #DoodlewashDinner with some key lime pie. This is one of my favorites and something that I have the hardest time passing up when it’s on the dessert menu. Many versions are more demure when it comes to the whipped cream, placing it artfully in little dollops only near the crust. When I was a kid, I remember it being served more like this one. It wasn’t about elegance and presentation back then and nothing was served in tiny cups with bits of graham cracker. The bigger the better and bring on the cream!
As an adult, a pie slice of this proportion would be one I would only split with someone else at the end of the meal, if not a group of four. If someone had suggested this when I was a kid I would have clocked them in the face! Actually, that’s not true at all, as I was an extraordinarily wimpy kid who could have never hit anything and caused damage. But they would have received an awkwardly long angry stare. That would teach them. Since I didn’t grow up to be particularly strong, I still use this tactic today. No, back then, I would happily devour the entire giant slice while wishing I could have another one.
I don’t really have much to say about limes or key lime pie really. If you’ve not tried it, you should, unless you’re allergic to limes which makes me super sad. The sheer popularity of this dessert is in the fact that limes and cream are generally well accepted as being pleasing. When you put them together you have an amazing combination that makes for the ultimate dessert. Through the power of digital technology, we can make copies of this one to ensure that everyone at the party has there very own slice. Then we all get to be kids again!
You’re all invited to a Doodlewash Dinner Party during the month of May! Just tag your food or drink image #doodlewashdinner and I’ll feature you and your culinary creations in a delicious Doodlewash Gallery at the end of the month!
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Oh you are killing me with these desserts and yummy foods! I truthfully don’t think that I ever have had key lime pie….hmmmm…..I have had lemon but key lime? now I want to make one! 🙂 yummy doodle as ever, Charlie!
Thanks Margaret! 😃💕 No apologies here…lol…you simply must try key lime pie!! Hehe…it’s so good!!
Wow! That is one delicious looking slice of pie :-). And so true that we all get our own slice on our own device screen. I just magnified mine by 175%. Perfect!
Thanks Myriam!! 😃💕 Haha!! Wow! Almost double the size… and I bet you’re still not sharing. Lol
:-D! I did eat it all. And I’m having another piece right now. Couldn’t resist!
Excellent!! Way to do it! lol
Ohhhh I love Lemon Pie awww today dinner is a dessert dinner lol Charlie I did bring to the dinner a pie too https://yesterdayafter.com/2016/05/19/apple-pie-doodlewashdinner/ let’s satisfy our sweet cravings! 😉 <3 your slice of pie is so yummy and looks great I hope that you like mine!
Yay!! It’s really not possible to have too much pie!! 😃💕 Awesome, Carolina!! I’ll be over to check it out!
Today we were in wish of lovely pies! 😉
Your pie has my mouth watering. I had my first piece of key like pie years ago in Florida and have never had a good one since. Something about the limes that grow there. Love that pie. I’ll be right over for a piece.
Thanks Teri! 😃💕 Yeah…they have the best in Florida! There’s a few restaurants here that have amazing ones. Pretty sure they’re Florida limes though. Hehe
Yum! Dang it, life is not fair when it comes to being an adult and eating desserts. However, I have a killer recipe for a frozen key lime pie that my husband adores, so if you ever want to splurge let me know and I will send it. However, keep the ingredients a secret from Phillipe 😉 Terrific doodlewash, Charlie!
Thanks Carol!! 😃💕 That sounds Delish! Now you’ve got me wondering what the ingredients are! Hehe… It’s impossible to keep them secret as I truly can’t prepare any food without botching it up. He’d never allow this much whipped cream I think. 😊Hehe
Yuuuuum!thats looks so delicious and I’m sure it is😁
Thanks so much!! 😃 Best pie ever! Hehe…key lime pie is so awesome!
It looks just like lemon merangue pie which is making me wonder if you could make a lime meringue pie hybrid. Yum!
Thanks, Catherine! 😃💕Yeah it does doesn’t it? When there’s that much whipped cream it sort of stops looking like key lime pie. Lol But I’m sure there’s a hybrid!! That would be awesome!
This dessert kick is killing me.
Hehe…me too… most of these are fantasy dishes as I’m not allowed this many desserts in a month. Lol
Nee-naw, nee-naw… the Pie Police are back, I see! And jolly good too. This is bordering on a cruelty now, Charles – how am I supposed to go to sleep when you’re showing us this hunk of sheer heaven? And that filling!! I want my entire life clad in that colour. <3
Haha! Thanks Jacob! And sorry to send you to bed hungry. But I take comfort in knowing your dreams will be filled with key limes. That can’t be too bad, right? The only thing better would be Citrus Polo pie! 😉Lol
Ha! Hmm, I don’t remember them, but I hope they were. And just chuck some lemon in and you basically have a Citrus Polo pie! Mmm! That’d probably need to be wolfed down before the Pie Police show up 😉
Yep…not sure how the Pie Police feel about such experimentation. Lol
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Hahaha!! So sorry Sharon…wait…not sorry…pie is totally worth it! 😉
Man. Taking me right to the Outer Banks……you and your desserts! Scrumptious, Charlie!
Hehe…thanks Laura! 😃💕 I’m going crazy…these are al memories and photo references. After the birthday month cobblers, I’ve been put on a diet. 😊🐷
My daughter was just longing for key lime pie today! One of my favorites as well. Good choice! (K)
Your daughter has excellent taste!! Hehe! Thanks so much, Kerfe! 😃💕
Ooh, I love key lime pie! Is even possible to be allergic to limes? And Carol, yes, we’d all like that frozen pie recipe please….
Isn’t it the best pie ever?! 💕And yeah…I’ve not met anyone allergic to limes, but I always assume anything is possible. And I agree on that recipe!! Hehe…yum!!
Oh, YUM! Thanks for the little (or big depending on your screen size, lol!) slice of heaven, Charlie! 😍💕 We recently had this decadent dessert and the restaurant had a layer of white chocolate on top of the key lime then the whipped cream. We split it 3 ways which turned out to be a mistake as my hubby’s mom did not stick to her end of the bargain and only have one bite! Lol!! 😄🍰🍋
Thanks Jill!! 😃💕 And what?! White chocolate layer?! That sounds amazing!! But I’m failing to understand the problem of the one bite…more for you of that amazing dessert?! Yay! Lol I fully support dessert decadence! Hehe 😉😃🍰🍦🍧🍨
She was only supposed to take one bite, Charlie but she had many more! Lol! 😉
Oh! Gotcha! Lol Good for her then…she knows how to do it! 😉
Sign me up for a slice Charlie, I love dessert! Very cool doodlewash!
You’re signed up! Hehe…thanks so much Sharon! 😃💕 Glad you’re a dessert lover as well!!
Mmm, sound yummy, could I have a slice please, I have never tried it before….it looks a little like lemon meringue pie, which I love love love, I love a tart, tart, lol. 😋
Thanks Rebecca! 😃💕 You can definitely have a slice! Yeah…this version is a dead ringer for lemon meringue…hehe… it has much more whipped cream then you’d even find in a respectable restaurant! 😊 But tart and delicious!!
I am seriously going to have to go shopping in your store!!! You truly transform the simplest of things into gallery worthy art…BRAVO!
Awww thanks so much Nicole!! Thrilled you like it! 😃💕 I seriously need to tend to my store. None of the new work this year has been uploaded except an animal ABC poster. I’m the worst shopkeeper on the planet!! 😊😊hehe
Charlie! I love your painting, and your stories. I can so relate to the not sharing such a delectable, a long awaited, desert! (as a kid)
loved your post. Again!! 🙂
Thanks so much, Debi! 😃💕So I take it you’re better at sharing as an adult now? Hehe… So glad you liked this post!!
you’re most welcome Charlie 🙂 i forgot to say how i noticed the lime curls on top….. you painted those, really really, well! funny – what my eye hones in on?! not that the whole thing wasn’t pretty… it was, as always. no problems with sharing these days. except for when people try to burgle stuff in the house of course! that stuff is mine!! lol
Lol… got to keep a close guard on your food! And thanks! Glad you liked the little lime curls. hehe
Such s gorgeous painting of a lovely dessert! This is one of my faves but not my family’s so I can’t make it or I have to say it all. Lol. I love the mix of tangy citrus and cream! Ready for a piece for breakfast now! Darn you 😜
Hehe…thanks Jodi! 😃💕Key lime pie would be amazing as breakfast!! Yum!! Go for it!!
Good thing I don’t have any.
Good thing?! 😥hehe
Ooh, my absolute favorite! I could just eat your doodlewash Charlie. I’m afraid I’ll have key lime pie on my brain all day! Not a bad thing to obsess over!
Hehe…you’re welcome!! Thanks Cathe! 😃💕 Yeah…not much wrong with key lime pie dreams. Unless you wait to long to fulfill them of course. 😉