Recipe: Eggnog Pie (No bake!)

I left the lid on to keep it safe, hence the reflective top!

Since today's is Pi Day, I thought I should, well, make a pie! Since I'm on a kick using eggnog (see my blog posts for cookies and bread), I thought I'd continue the theme. I found two recipes that were very similar, one on the Meatloaf and Melodrama blog and the other from Kitchen Fun with My Three Sons blog. For this blog post's purposes, I have listed the first recipe below:

INGREDIENTS

• 1 prepared pie crust
• 1 3.4 oz box vanilla instant pudding mix NOT stovetop!
• 1 ½ cups eggnog one and one half cups
• 2 cups whipped topping, like Cool Whip (thawed) light topping may not set
• dash nutmeg

INSTRUCTIONS

1. In medium-sized bowl, combine eggnog and pudding mix, and beat with electric mixer until thick
2. Sprinkle in some nutmeg
3. Fold in whipped topping until mixture is fluffy and color is pale yellow
4. Spoon mixture into pie crust, and smooth with spatula until even 
5. Refrigerate for 4 hours or until firm. You can also refrigerate overnight or until ready to serve

Now, I will say that I used alcoholic eggnog for this. That's why I still have some far long after Christmas! This is refrigerated-stable alcoholic eggnog, almost like a Bailey's Irish Cream or similar liqueur. So it wasn't thick like real eggnog would be, but the whipped topping thickened up the mixture.

At work we are having a friendly pie competition, and although I have never made this recipe before, I entered it into the contest. But perhaps that wasn't the best idea, since this pie is VERY strong with the alcohol: a little sliver will do! We'll see if my pie wins the crown!