Waitress is one of my all time favorite movies. If you’ve seen it, you already know about the pies that the main character Jenna (played by Keri Russell) creates. If you haven’t, the main character Jenna dreams of getting away from her husband while she creates unique pies at a place called Joe’s Pie Diner (Joe is played by the *brilliant* Andy Griffith). Her plans to leave her husband are in motion until she finds out that she’s pregnant. Then things get even more complicated when she meets her married male obstetrician.

It’s a great movie. It’s a little quirky, sad, sarcastic, funny and heartwarming all mixed up into one. Anyway, the pies Jenna creates throughout the movie take front and center stage. Like “I Don’t Want Earl’s Baby” pie, “Baby Screaming It’s Head Off in the Middle of the Night and Ruining My Life” pie or “I Can’t Have No Affair Because It’s Wrong and I Don’t Want Earl To Kill Me” pie. I have already made the Falling In Love Chocolate Mousse and it was REALLY good. I want to try my hand at the rest of them too. It’s great that these recipes can live up to the expectations of how good the pies were supposed to be in the movie.

So, here we have the Marshmallow Mermaid Pie.

I feel like a kid again. This is a pretty pie, don’t you think?

It’s not just pretty though. It tastes great, too. I was a little concerned about using Unsweetened Chocolate in the filling and more concerned after I tried the filling by itself because the aftertaste was very bitter. No worries though, once the filling is put together with the crust and the marshmallows, there isn’t any bitterness from the chocolate at all. This pie is even good on it’s own without the marshmallows if they’re not really your thing.

Please check out the link where I found the recipe here.