Lemon Meringue Pie Parfaits

These Lemon Meringue Pie Parfaits are a no-bake dessert that will be your new summer favorite! Lemon curd, graham cracker crumbs, and meringue makes the best individual treats.

Hey guys – this is my second post for Delish.com. These parfaits were super amazing. Here’s the post – click through to the recipe at the bottom!

Lemon meringue pie is a classic during the summer, when the slight tartness of lemon curd and sweetness of meringue is just the dessert you need to break the heat on a summer day. When served cold, it’s totally refreshing.

However, I’ve always found lemon meringue pies to be a little messy. If your filling isn’t firm enough, you’ll have lemon curd filling all over the place as you try to cut slices—not to mention have to deal with the stickiness of meringue. (Sticky meringue in sticky heat? No thanks.)

Thankfully, lemon meringue pie can be made into no-bake parfaits. No slicing sticky pie, making a mess with meringue, or having to serve everyone. These individual parfaits make lemon meringue pie a breeze, and who doesn’t love having their own dessert?!

This recipe does require a little bit of time by the stove with you constant whisking. You’re working with egg yolks for the lemon curd and egg whites for the meringue, and you don’t want scrambled eggs in any part of your parfaits! Consider this your arm workout for the day.

Besides the stove-side attention, this recipe is simple. The graham cracker crust takes seconds to throw together; while the lemon curd takes some time, the steps are ridiculously easy. The meringue requires a couple minutes of whisking over the stove, but your mixer does most of the work.

After all the components are made, the parfaits only need a little layering. This recipe makes four decent sized parfaits, but is doubled easily if you’re serving a crowd. Enjoy!