Seattle's Frozen Chocolate Frango Mini-Pie Recipe

by Pam Koons

Preschool parties and holidays coming up? This delicious easy-to-make chocolate dessert recipe is sure to please not only your preschooler, but all the neighborhood preschoolers as well! Remember the famous long-time Seattle-based department store, Frederick and Nelson’s? Their famous signature mint chocolate candy was called Frangos! This preschooler-friendly Frango mini-pie recipe uses the very same chocolates and will melt in your mouth leaving your preschooler asking for more!

Ingredients

Chocolate Frangos in whatever flavor your preschooler chooses!
1 cup soft butter
2 cups powdered sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
1/8 tsp. oil of peppermint
Graham cracker crumbs

Directions

1. First, have your preschooler unwrap all the Frangos. Wash hands!
2. Melt Frangos on low temperature.
3. Mix and beat butter. Add melted Frangos and stir.
4. Add in all other ingredients.
5. Beat until light and fluffy. Help your preschooler to hold beater.
6. Place muffin cups in muffin tin.
7. Layer bottom of muffin tins each with Graham cracker crumbs.
8. Pour mixture into cups and freeze.
9. Serve with home-made whipped cream for a heavenly treat!

Expand on it!

Take your preschooler to Macy’s in downtown Seattle for a special treat to pick out their favorite Frango’s flavor. Holiday times are extra special as you can see all the special window displays and fancy decorations.

Add different edible oils for varying flavors. Ex: maple, orange, pineapple, lemon and banana. Mix green food coloring into the whipped cream for a minty color.

Choose from: chocolate mint, caramel, cherry, toffee crunch, raspberry or double chocolate- also available are sugar-free varieties.

Interesting Frangos Trivia

These delicious minty chocolates were originally developed in 1918, proving that some things just never go out of style!

Frango chocolates were made up on the 10th floor of Frederick and Nelson’s downtown Seattle department store, and often just at the right times folks could smell them cooking!

It is thought that the word ’Frangos’ comes from: FR (FRederick’s) ANd (Nelson) GO (GOodness).

Frango. (2007, August 16). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved September 27, 2007.