mud pie

• Dessert composé d'une base de biscuits ou de pâte sablée, garni de glace au café ou au chocolat, de sauce chocolat et de crème fouettée; ou, pour les enfants, pâté de boue imitant un gâteau.

A dessert made from a chocolate or cookie crust filled with coffee-flavored ice cream and topped with chocolate sauce and whipped cream, or alternatively, a simple children's play food made from mud.

1. Playful creationA1informal

   A mixture of mud and water shaped into a pie-like form, typically made by children for fun.

   Tarte de boue

   • The kids spent the afternoon making mud pies in the garden.
   • She proudly showed me her perfectly shaped mud pie.
   • After the rain, the children gathered to make mud pies.

2. A2informalamerican

   A type of dessert, often a chocolate or cream pie, that resembles mud in appearance.

   tarte à la boue

   • We ordered a slice of Mississippi mud pie for dessert.
   • The restaurant is famous for its rich mud pie.
   • She baked a delicious mud pie with a chocolate crust.