Mandarin Orange Fluff Pie

"One day after making "Strawberry Fluff Pie" for about the fifth time (everyone loves it), I decided to change it a bit and use a can of mandarin orange segments and orange jello instead. It turned out great and everyone loves that now too. It is so easy, and a nice change from the ordinary. So here is the recipe, just change the orange segments to strawberry slices, and the orange jello to strawberry, to make the strawberry fluff pie."

2/3 cup boiling water
1 pkg (4 servings) orange Jello
1/2 cup cold water
ice cubes
1 tub (8 oz - small) Cool Whip - thawed
1 prepared graham cracker pie crust
small can of Mandarin orange segments

Mix boiling water and Jello in a large bowl for 2 minutes. Mix cold water (use the juice from the can of orange segments, and concentrated orange juice if you wish (makes the flavor stronger) and ice cubes to measure 3/4 cups, and add to the Jello. Stir until slightly thickened and remove any remaining ice. Stir in thawed Cool Whip and whip with a whisk until very smooth. Chill about 20 minutes, until very thick and will mound.

Spoon half of mixture into the graham cracker crust, add a few orange segments, top with remaining Cool Whip - Jello mixture. Add orange segments to the top decoratively, and chill for 4 hours or overnight if you can wait that long. Slice and serve!

Source: rec.food.recipes/ Gemini in Ontario, Canada/2002