Jane's Cool & Easy Pie

A light and creamy refreshing summertime dessert prepared from convenience foods with an almost unlimited number of variations. There is chocolate crumb crust with raspberry jello. Other good combinations include shortbread crumb crust with orange jello, and graham cracker crumb crust with almost any flavor jello.

FMM: Other ideas: add 1 cup chopped strawberries or other fruit, lemon or lime zest, or chocolate shavings to the jello after mixing in the whipped topping.

1 prepared fat free crumb pie crust
2/3 cup boiling water
1 pkg Jello (4 serving size), your favorite flavor
1/2 cup cold water
ice cubes
8 oz frozen lite whipped topping, thawed

Stir boiling water into Jello in a large bowl for 2 minutes, until completely dissolved. Mix cold water and ice to make 1 1/2 cups. Add to jello, stirring until slightly thickened. Remove any remaining ice. Stir in cool whip with a wire whisk until smooth. Refrigerate 10 minutes, until mixture will mound. Spoon into pie crust. Refrigerate pie for at least 4 hours.

Suggested Pie Crust: Fat Free Crumb Crust