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Grandma's Favorite Icebox Pie Recipes

Updated: Jun 8, 2026 by Marye

Pinterest graphic featuring a collage of vintage-style icebox pies including lemon, strawberry, chocolate, and peach varieties. Text overlay reads "Grandma's Favorite Icebox Pie Recipes" with the subtitle "easy, no bake, old fashioned."

Grandma's favorite icebox pie recipes were pulled out on the days when the weather started feeling like a steamy, wet dishcloth was casually draped over the entire state of Texas. These cool, creamy no-bake desserts have been showing up at family reunions, church suppers, and summer cookouts for generations!

A collage of old fashioned icebox pie recipes including lemon icebox pie, cherry icebox pie, and oreo icebox pie.
Table of Contents
  • Best old-fashioned icebox pie recipes
  • No-Bake Lemon Icebox Pie
  • Cherry Icebox Pie
  • No Bake Peach Icebox Pie
  • No Bake Peanut Butter Icebox Pie
  • Oreo Icebox Pie
  • Strawberry Pretzel Icebox Pie
  • Easy, No Bake Millionaire Pie
  • Frozen Root Beer Float Pie
  • No-Bake Tang Pie
  • Dr Pepper Icebox Pie
  • Hershey Pie
  • No Bake Blueberry Cream Cheese Icebox Pie
  • 💬 Comments

Best old-fashioned icebox pie recipes

When the summer heat starts acting like it pays the mortgage, icebox pies are the answer. Most come together with a simple crust, a handful of ingredients, and a little refrigerator magic. No sweating over a hot oven. No complicated techniques. They freeze well, too, so Grandma would make several at a time and toss the rest into the deep freeze to be enjoyed later.

Whether you're craving a classic lemon icebox pie, a fluffy no-bake favorite, or one of those vintage recipes everyone forgot about until the first heat wave rolled in, you'll find plenty of inspiration here. Clear a little room in the fridge and grab a pie plate.

From bright lemon and juicy peach to chocolate, peanut butter, and old-school soda fountain flavors, these vintage icebox pies prove that old-fashioned doesn't mean boring.

No-Bake Lemon Icebox Pie

No bake lemon ice box pie in a pie pan.

Four ingredients, zero oven time, and enough bright lemon flavor to wake up a dozy summer afternoon. This tangy, creamy icebox pie practically makes itself, which is probably why grandmas have been relying on it for generations. It's simple, refreshing, and always the first dessert to disappear. View lemon icebox pie recipe →

Cherry Icebox Pie

A slice of cherry icebox pie with whipped cream on top.

Sweet cherry pie filling, cream cheese, and Eagle Brand come together in one gloriously creamy mixture that's spooned into a graham cracker crust and chilled until perfect. It's cool, fluffy, old-fashioned, and exactly the sort of dessert Grandma counted on when she needed something easy and pretty. View cherry icebox pie recipe→

No Bake Peach Icebox Pie

A peaches and cream icebox pie with a serving removed to show the layers.

This peach icebox pie looks like it came straight from a 1970s church potluck cookbook, and that's exactly part of its charm. Cool, creamy, and packed with sweet peach flavor, it's the kind of no-bake dessert that keeps showing up generation after generation. One bite and you'll understand why Memaw never bothered turning on the oven in the summer. View peach icebox pie recipe →

No Bake Peanut Butter Icebox Pie

A slice of peanut butter icebox pie with a chocolate drizzle.

This peanut butter icebox pie has found its way into almost every old church cookbook and overstuffed recipe box in the South. Rich, creamy, and loaded with peanut butter flavor, it comes together in minutes and chills while you do literally anything else. View peanut butter icebox pie recipe →

Oreo Icebox Pie

Overhead view of Oreo Icebox Pie being served from a pie dish.

Studded with chunks of Oreo cookies and tucked into a creamy no-bake filling, this icebox pie delivers everything you want in a summer dessert. It's cool, fluffy, chocolatey, and just old-fashioned enough to feel right at home on Grandma's vintage china. View Oreo icebox pie recipe →

Strawberry Pretzel Icebox Pie

A slice of strawberry icebox pie being cut with a fork.

Remember strawberry pretzel salad? This pie takes everything people loved about that potluck favorite and tucks it into a flaky pie shell. Creamy, sweet, salty, and packed with strawberry flavor, it's the kind of old-fashioned dessert that someone's Aunt Gail was famous for. View strawberry pretzel pie recipe →

Easy, No Bake Millionaire Pie

Closeup of a slice of pink cream pie with cherries on top on a white plate.

Creamy, nutty, tropical, and ready in five minutes flat-this is pure childhood memories in a graham cracker crust. If you grew up in Texas, you've probably met this pie before, likely sitting pretty at a church potluck next to a bowl of nuclear-green Jell-O salad. View millionaire pie recipe →

Frozen Root Beer Float Pie

A slice of root beer float icebox pie on a white plate.

This root beer float pie tastes like summer vacation, roller skates, and drive-ins all rolled into one creamy slice. Quick to make and completely no-bake, it's a fun old-fashioned dessert that feels like it came straight from a 1970s soda fountain menu. View frozen root beer float pie recipe →

No-Bake Tang Pie

A thick slice of orange Tang pie with Cool Whip on top and mandarin orange garnish, sitting on a white plate as a fork presses into it.

Bless the decade that looked at a jar of Tang drink mix and thought, "Let's make pie." The result is a creamy, citrusy icebox dessert with bright orange flavor and plenty of retro charm. Keep one in the freezer for hot summer days and unexpected company. View Tang icebox pie recipe →

Dr Pepper Icebox Pie

Slice of Dr Pepper icebox pie with graham cracker crust, whipped cream, and maraschino cherry lifted from the pie.

This Dr Pepper icebox pie feels like something straight from a 1970s church cookbook, right down to the handwritten notes and coffee rings. Creamy, fluffy, and full of old-fashioned charm, it's an easy no-bake pie that's been winning over Dr Pepper fans for generations. View Dr Pepper icebox pie recipe →

Hershey Pie

Closeup of a slice of chocolate pie.

This Hershey Pie proves that chocolate desserts don't have to be fussy to be unforgettable. Deeply chocolatey, it's the kind of no-bake pie that quietly becomes everyone's favorite before the summer is over. Just 4 ingredients plus the crust. View Hershey chocolate pie recipe →

No Bake Blueberry Cream Cheese Icebox Pie

Closeup of a slice of cheesecake showing the sweet blueberry topping.

If traditional cheesecake feels like too much commitment, this blueberry cream cheese pie has your back. Cool, creamy, and bursting with blueberry flavor, it delivers all the things people love about cheesecake with none of the fuss. View no bake blueberry cream cheese pie recipe →

Some recipes fade away. Icebox pies just keep showing up every summer like they own the place. From bright citrus flavors to rich chocolate favorites and fruity classics, these old-fashioned desserts have earned their spot in the family recipe box. Now the only hard part is deciding which one to make first.

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Marye Audet-White is a professional food writer, New York Times bestselling cookbook author, and founder of Restless Chipotle, where she shares Southern comfort food, yeast breads, and from-scratch recipes tested in real kitchens. She’s known for explaining the little technique details that keep recipes from going off the rails, so home cooks can count on what comes out of the oven actually tasting good.

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