Have you heard of this product?

[matey]

And if so, have you used it? My mom came across it and was hoping she might be able to construct a pumpkin pie for me at Thanksgiving using it. I want to see if anyone has heard about it, used it, anything.

MimicCreme

[kjbrown92]

Never heard of it. We could try the unsweetened though (the sweetened has maltodextrin in it, usually corn). I'll have to look for it now!

[lil_miss_understood]

They carry it at allergygrocer.com and it's one of those products I've been eying but haven't bought yet.

[WildIris]

I've tried it--the unsweetened one only, which I confirmed with the company is definitely corn free. I used it for a little while as a source of replacement cream in my coffee. I thought it was okay. Not great, not horrible. I didn't try cooking with it so that would be interesting. If you do try it for pumpkin pie, please let us know how it turns out!

[lactationlady]

We have only used it to make ice cream and it was just so-so.

[K-Girl]

I recently made a pumpkin pie with coconut milk and it came out surprisingly well. I added some GF vanilla to sort of cancel out the coconut flavor and that along with the spices really seemed to cover up the coconut. My kiddos loved it. I think that I just used a basic pie recipe--pumpkin, milk, eggs and spice.

Anyhow, good luck.

[kjbrown92]

It's the egg that gives the pumpkin pie it's texture, so I don't know that the "cream" will make a difference if you can't do eggs. We can't do soy (vegans use tofu in their pumpkin pie usually), and I tried the flax eggs, and it didn't work. We can't use egg replacer (potato starch) or any of the gums, so I think I've given up on pumpkin pie. I did make a pumpkin pie flavored ice cream the other day though, that tasted just like pumpkin pie. And I may try pumpkin cookies one of these days because it's that time of year.

[matey]

I've never used coconut milk, is it thicker/creamier than rice milk? At this point, we do eggs here and there, so the eggs would still be ok for this treat if I eat it.

KJBrown, is your pumpkin pie flavored ice cream in your recipe blog? I have just gotten a ice cream maker made by cuisinart, and would love to give it a try.

[changingseasons]

Originally Posted by matey

I've never used coconut milk, is it thicker/creamier than rice milk? At this point, we do eggs here and there, so the eggs would still be ok for this treat if I eat it.

Yep- it's super thick and really rich.