Fun fact: 32 percent of Americans try to convince their holiday guests that a store-bought pie is homemade. That's how much 1/3 of the 1,000 people surveyed dislike baking; they'd rather lie to their loved ones than attempt to bake a pie.
We'd love to cut down on your stress this holiday. Here are a few places to get a pie this season other than the grocery store. Whether you lie to your in-laws about where you got it? That's your call.
Go full turkey
Baskin-Robbins is selling a wacky ice cream cake that looks like a turkey. For $29.99, you get any flavor of Baskin-Robbins ice cream inside the bird. (Options include cookies 'n cream, chocolate chip cookie dough, pralines 'n cream and many more.) The legs are made from sugar cones.
BR needs 24 hours notice if you want one of these treats. If you don't have that kind of time, call your closest shop and see which ones are available in the "ready now" section.
- Find your closest Baskin-Robbins here.
Keep Thanksgiving cool
Your Thanksgiving guests won't have tried anything like this: a pumpkin-pecan ice cream pie. This pie has bits of pecan pie chunked up within creamy pumpkin ice cream filling. It comes from Fort Worth shop Gypsy Scoops and costs $12.99 for a small, $15.99 for a large. While you're there, snag one of their 16 flavors of ice cream, or a hot cocoa float for $5 each.
- 2905 Race St., Fort Worth. Open Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 8 p.m., and Sunday, 1 to 6 p.m. Pies must be ordered 24 hours in advance of pick up. Call 817-357-6730.
Pick up a pie, help hungry senior citizens
Power of Pie is a seasonal project where Dallas chefs donate time and ingredients toward making pumpkin and pecan pies. Consumers then pay $25 per pie, nearly all of which goes to Meals on Wheels programs to feed senior citizens around the holidays. It feels good and it tastes good to participate in this project.
- $25 per pie. Order online here. Pies can be picked up before Thanksgiving or delivered via Uber. Questions? Answers here.
