A cream pie, crème pie, or creme pie is a type of pie filled with a rich custard or pudding that is made from milk, cream, sugar, wheat flour, and eggs and typically topped with whipped cream.
Cream pies are usually what is used for pieing, or throwing a pie in someone's face.
Variations
thumb|Banana cream pie for two
One notable version is the banana cream pie. Cream pies are made in many other flavors, including vanilla, lemon, lime, peanut butter, coconut, and chocolate.
Pieing
thumb|Taking a cream pie in the face for [[Charity organization|charity]]Pieing, or throwing a pie—usually a cream pie—has its origins in the "pie in the face" gag from slapstick comedy. It appears on stage in the music hall sketches of the English theatre impresario Fred Karno. The practice is also used to express disapproval of politicians or other public figures and is sometimes done lightheartedly at charity events, where someone in a position of authority will volunteer to receive a pie in the face from the winning bidder.
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File:2020-01-13 10 39 20 The last slice of a Edwards Hershey's Chocolate Crème Pie in the Dulles section of Sterling, Loudoun County, Virginia.jpg|Chocolate Crème Pie
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Dishes with similar names
- Boston cream pie is an American cake that in the past has been referred to locally as a chocolate cream pie
- Sugar cream pie is an American custard pie
See also
- List of pies, tarts and flans
- Melktert
- Banana cream pie