Dear Foodie Friends Who Were at Sandee's Birthday Party Last Night and Who Laughed When They Saw The Dessert I Brought:

Here is the recipe:

One Oreo Pie Crust (next to graham cracker crusts in baking aisle)

One carton Brigham's Peppermint Stick Ice Cream, slightly softened 

Hershey's Dark Chocolate Syrup

Chocolate Peppermint Bark, crumbled

Call mother-in-law. Ask what to do when told to bring dessert to party. Get excited when Christmas Eve pie is recommended. Go to store and buy ingredients. At home, squish softened ice cream into pie crust and smooth out. Squirt on syrup in pattern of your choice. Apply crumbled bark. Refreeze. Take to party and slip into freezer. When time is right, trot out proudly and present pie to the quality police you call your friends. Listen calmly as room fills with laughter and hooting. Stay confident when asked if "pie" was "made" from "recipe" written during the Kennedy administration. Cut dessert, serve and eat. Watch as grown women brawl over the last slice, when they deny it to a passing child, and when they finally decide to each take one bite of it. When "tell us exactly how you made this dessert" is said, blurt, "beg me." Relent when pleading subsides, but threaten to leave out one ingredient, old school. Take that back, but demand foot rub. Go home. Let it sit overnight. Go online and give out recipe.

Love, Connie