Holiday Mint Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. crushed grasshopper fudge mint cookies
3 Tbsp. hot water
2 Tbsp. milk
1/4 tsp. peppermint extract
3 1/2 c. (8 oz.) Cool Whip topping, thawed
1 (6 oz.) ready-made graham cracker pie shell
1 (3 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
1/3 c. sugar
6 to 10 drops green food coloring
red hot cinnamon candies and spearmint leaves

Preparation

In the graham cracker pie crust:
Mix cookies and hot water. Spoon into crust and gently spread to cover bottom.
Beat cream cheese until smooth, beat in sugar, milk, peppermint extract; fold in whipped topping.
Divide mixture in half.
Stir food coloring into one-half until evenly colored.
Fill pie crust with alternate drops of white and green whipped topping mixture.
Smooth top of pie with spatula.
Chill 3 hours.