THANK YOU! for providing this classic recipe. I've been cooking for about 25 years and had never made "homemade" whipped cream until I baked a pie over the weekend and found myself longing for a carton of frozen whipped topping...I realized I had a fresh pint of heavy cream that I'd bought for another recipe and decided to try making fresh whipped cream using this recipe. I will never buy premade whipped cream again! This is so easy and so much better than storebought. For someone raised on the popular frozen brand of whipped topping I guess I thought making homemade was a chore or required some sort of special talent, LOL. I used my electric hand mixer and it was mixed, whipped and dollop'ed on the pie in less than 10 minutes! Yay!

Reviewed On: Oct. 26, 2009

This is the quickest and most versatile dessert recipe I've seen in a long time. I've made it three times in less than two weeks and each version has been fantastic! First time I made it, I followed the recipe using half pistachio/half french vanilla - it was very good and it pleased my non-pistachio loving family while still providing a hint of the pistachio flavor I love. The second time I made it, I substituted chocolate pudding and because I'm not crazy about the flavor of instant chocolate pudding (cook and serve chocolate pudding is about 1000 times more chocolatey!) I whisked two tablespoons of baking cocoa in with the pudding and milk and it was really very good. The third time I made this dessert I used two boxes of vanilla instant pudding and surprisingly, the straight vanilla version was exceptional! For some reason, the vanilla pudding/cool whip combo was way creamier than the other flavors. I absolutely LOVE "graham flavor" and I adore a vanilla/graham flavor even more. My family of chocolate lovers were surprised by how great the vanilla was and we all agreed that vanilla was the best so far. I can't wait to try all the other flavors I've thought of...coconut cream, lemon and double-decker vanilla/chocolate are just a few!

Reviewed On: Oct. 26, 2009