Sugar Free Strawberry Pie
This Sugar Free Strawberry Pie tastes JUST like the classic pie from Shoney’s Big Boy restaurant back in the day! Easy to make with just 5 ingredients and a pre-made pie crust! If you don’t want it sugar free, you can totally make it with regular sugar.
Do you remember a restaurant called the Frisch’s Big Boy or Shoneys? I haven’t seen one in a long time but they used to have one in Tallahassee where I grew up. It was right next to the movie theater on Highway 27, across from the mall. Besides the fact that they had their famous Big Boy statue out front (think Austin Powers if you’re a movie fan), the thing I remember most about that restaurant was their amazing strawberry pie. It was so tempting with it’s deep red color and juicy strawberries in a flaky crust.
I was craving it the other day and decided to make a slightly healthier, sugar free version and oh BOY did it come out great! My Sugar Free Strawberry Pie is every bit as satisfying as the one of my childhood!
Look how pretty it is! You will never miss the sugar in this one. And it still has a traditional, flaky crust which makes it total comfort food with fewer calories. It’s berrylicious!
Preparing the Pie Crust
I actually made this pie for Mother’s Day, so I wanted it to be a little extra special. I used a tiny heart cookie cutter to cut out the heart shaped pieces of pie dough to add to the edge of the crust.
I used a refrigerated crust that came with two pie crusts, rolled up. I simply unrolled the first crust and placed in the bottom of the pie plate. Then I used the second crust for the hearts. I brushed the edge of the pie crust with water to get the hearts to stick.
Then I pricked the bottom and sides of the crust with a fork to prevent bubbles. I baked it at 350°F. until golden brown, about 15-18 minutes.
Making the filling for Sugar Free Strawberry Pie
Meanwhile, I heated a mixture of water and cornstarch until it boiled. Then stirred constantly until thickened. I added sugar free strawberry gelatin and stirred until dissolved.
I added fresh strawberries to the baked pie crust.
Then poured the gelatin mixture over the berries.
Place in refrigerator until set, about 4 hours or overnight.
Garnish with a dollop of whipped topping and a sprig of fresh mint, if you want to. I think the whipped topping makes it even better!
If you’re a fan of berries and pie, you must try this Sugar Free Strawberry Pie. It’s berry, berry good!
Happy Baking!
Lise
xo
p.s You might also like these recipes…
The Best Strawberry Buttercream Frosting
Chocolate Covered Strawberry Heart Cake
Sugar Free Strawberry Pie
Ingredients
For the pie
- 2 pie crusts, I used Pillsbury® Refrigerated Pie Crust
- 3 cups strawberries, hulled and sliced
- 2 1/2 cups water
- 3 1/2 tablespoons corn starch
- 2 packages sugar free strawberry gelatin, 1 small (.3 oz) and 1 large (.6 oz) package
Optional garnish:
- Sugar free frozen whipped topping, thawed
- Fresh mint
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Place one crust in the bottom of a 9" pie plate. Spread the remaining crust on a lightly floured surface and cut small hearts out using a 1" heart cookie cutter. Cut as many hearts as you can.
- Brush the edge of the pie crust with a little bit of water (the one in the pie plate). Add hearts around the edge of pie crust. Use a fork to poke holes in bottom and sides of crust. Place remaining hearts on a greased cookie sheet.
- Bake pie crust for 15-18 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Let cool.
- Bake hearts for 9-12 minutes or until light golden brown. Let cool.
- Layer strawberries on bottom of cooled crust.
- Stir together water and corn starch in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Lower heat and simmer while stirring constantly until thickened.
- Remove from heat and stir in gelatin. Stir until completely dissolved.
- Pour over strawberries.
- Place in refrigerator until set, about 4 hours or overnight.
- Serve pie with extra hearts, whipped topping and mint, if desired.
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Can I use jello instead of gellatin
Yes, of course. I like the JELLO brand strawberry sugarfree for this recipe.
Yes.. I also do blueberries, raspberry. This is also good on top of Sugar Free cheesecake
Have you ever tried this recipe with fresh peaches? Seems like it would work ??♀️
I have not, but it sounds delicious!
This looks yummy!! I am on WW and this would be a good dessert. Could even omit the crust.
I saw your pie on Pinterest and clicked on it. I live about 40 miles north of Atlanta. Looks at some of your cakes. WOW!! You are so talented at decorating.
Hi Charlotte, Wow! You live close to me. We are in Cumming, GA. I hope you enjoy the pie!
Cumming is not far at all. You ever heard of Ball Ground? Our son used to live almost in Cumming. Small world.
I added 4 pkgs of Splenda (8 teaspoons to the water and cornstarch before boiling). After completely dissolving gelatin, I placed in refr to cool for 15-20 minutes..
Delicious 1/8 of Marie Callender crust counts 5 WW points and nothing else counts. The filling is so delicious, I will probably make a crust less version next time. My diabetic husband and WW self really appreciate this recipe!
It looks really good, but uses ‘sugar-free’ jello, which uses artificial sweeteners, which I avoid like the plague. I don’t need any neuro toxins! Im wondering if your future recipes you could use natural sweeteners, instead of artificial?
My boyfriend and his family are all diabetic. They absolutely loved this pie, before they knew it was sugar free. Now I have to make it for every holiday and birthday.
Thank you!!!
Does it normally thin out after you add the jello power?
I had enough filling for two pies using store bought deep dish pie shell.
The flavor was OK, but to me it seemed a bit too much corn starch or I over cooked it as it was firmer than I would have liked it. On the other hand, it certainly held up to cutting well.
I might try it again, but it wasn’t a hit with my family.
I’m on Weight Watchers, and I need to know the calories and the nutritional values so I can count the point values.
Hi Susan, I’m sorry, but I don’t provide nutritional values for my recipes at this time. You could figure it out by looking at the ingredients. I hope you like the pie.
Hello , I was a W.W. many years ago and changed this recipe to fit what I could eat . Cut up Strawberries enough to fill a glass pie pan, this is the base of your pie . I put 1 1/2 cups water in a sauce pan , stir into that a heaping tablespoon of corn starch , then add a large box of Strawberry Jello to that mixture,
then pore that mixture over sliced strawberries in a glass pie plate . No crust ! Put into the fridge and let it cool over night . The next morning it should be ready to cut a slice and you can top it with whipping Cream or Sugar Free Cool Whip . Wonderful Pie .
Hello Leta! Thank you for sharing your version of this recipe. Sounds delish. Enjoy!
Your pie looks delicious. I’m on Weight Watchers and wondered if you could give me the neutritional values, so I could calculate the point values. Thank you.
I am in a time crunch and I’m looking for a quick pie to make for a potluck that is nearing. I don’t have cornstarch so what would happen if I omit it? Will the pie still be okay if I leave cornstarch out?
Hi Sam, I think it would probably be ok, but I’m not positive because I didn’t test the recipe without the cornstarch. Maybe you could buy some or borrow from a neighbor…
Hi, I was wondering how many water and how many cornstarch do I need to use?
2 1/2 cups water and 3 1/2 tablespoons corn starch. The full recipe is at the bottom of the post.
A winner for sure! I’m making it for our Monday night Irish music get together but with GF crust. Yummy!
Mom
Thanks, Mom! Have fun at Monday night Irish music get together. Take a photo of the pie and post to Facebook. Love you! xo