Movie Menu Theme Night: Waitress

This little movie has so much heart, it has to be shared. What better way to enjoy it than with a group of girlfriends, some pie crust and a pantry of ingredients to make your very own passionate, personalized pies, like Jenna's I Hate My Husband Pie: “You take bittersweet chocolate and don’t sweeten it. You make it into a pudding and drown it in caramel..."

Invite three of your closest friends to a Waitress Pie Party (more than 4 people total and you may not be able to fit all of the pies in the oven). At the store, gather a bunch of ingredients like fresh berries, chocolate, instant puddings, chocolate, caramel and butterscotch sauce, marshmallows, dried fruits, nuts... whatever strikes your fancy! If you don't have enough pie pans for everyone, buy a few of the aluminum pans at the store as well, or, if you plan ahead, you could instead use this as an excuse to buy some mini pie pans for you to keep and reuse later.

For a simpler variation on the same movie theme, you can use one of Jenna's recipes. I like the sound of the "Mermaid Marshmallow Pie". I found a recipe by the same name on RecipeCircus.com that sounds very easy to make and eat!

Marshmallow Mermaid Pie

9 graham crackers
1/2 C. sweetened, flaked coconut, toasted
5 Tbs. butter, melted
34 lg. marshmallows (8 oz.)
1/2 C. whole milk
1 1/2 C. heavy or whipping cream
1 oz. unsweetened chocolate, grated


Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine coconut and graham crackers in food processor until coarse crumbs form. Combine crumbs and butter with fork. Press to bottom and side of 9-inch pie plate. Bake 10 minutes and cool on wire rack. Heat marshmallows and milk in 3-qt. saucepan over low heat until smooth, stirring constantly. Remove saucepan from heat. Cool completely (30 minutes.) In large bowl with mixer at medium speed, beat cream until stiff peaks form. Fold marshmallow mixture into whipped cream with grated chocolate. Spoon filling into cooled crust. Refrigerate pie at least 3 hours or overnight. Top with mini marshmallows.

As a favor for your guests and for another fun project to tackle while you're enjoying the movie, get a plain apron for everyone to decorate themselves and take home.

Have fun! I'd love to hear how your Waitress Pie Party turns out!