7 Best Store Bought Pie Crust Brands [Updated Ranking]

The best pie crust—whether it’s store bought pie crust, homemade pie crust, or even gluten free pie crust—has excellent structure. It should be flaky, buttery, and tender, but not so brittle that it can’t maintain its shape when it’s baked. Flavors and styles may vary, but in general we’re looking for pie crust that’s slightly sweet and not too overpowering. The best store bought pie crust lets the filling be the star.

Homemade pie crust is a tough thing to get right. That’s why the best store bought pie crust is such a gift. When it comes to cooking, especially for the holidays, you have to pick your battles. Making the whole dinner from scratch is a pain in the butt, so picking up a premade or frozen pie crust at the grocery store can be a crucial time-saving step. Over the course of two separate taste tests, we baked and tasted a bunch of pie crusts so you can buy the best pie crust of them all the next time you’re at the store. Check it out!

Best Gluten Free

I’m just a huge gluten free product endorser now. Everything that’s gluten free tends to have such a lovely, crispy, crunchy, satisfying texture that I keep coming back to it. Wholly Wholesome’s gluten free pie crust is delightfully sugary; you get that crunchy, crystalized cane sugar taste, and the texture is crispy, almost like a graham cracker crust. I eat a crap ton of gluten and I’m in love with this store bought pie crust. I almost ranked it higher. The crust might be a bit too crumbly for some, but it’s the best pie crust for gluten free folks by a mile. —Danny Palumbo

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Rating:

7.5/10

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Best Nut

All of Diamond’s premade pie crusts impressed the hell out of me with their delicious variety of flavors, but the pecan pie crust hit hardest of them all. This store bought pie crust has phenomenal flavor—it’s nutty, buttery, salty, and deliciously sweet. When you cook it in the oven, the pecans unleash an extra layer of roasted flavor that’s simply delightful. Everybody at Mythical who happened to walk by while this was in the oven mentioned how pleasant the smell was. Now, a pecan pie crust has its limits in terms of uses, and I imagine some of you don’t like pecan flavor, but I think this is the best pie crust for key lime or pumpkin chiffon. It’s the best store bought pie crust to experiment with. Start with the pecan crust base, then work backwards from there. This one will inspire you to try new things, and I love that. —Danny Palumbo

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Rating:

9/10

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Best No-Bake

You can’t have an Oreo cream pie without an Oreo pie crust, and although this crust, in theory, limits you to making a very specific type of pie, I think that it’s so delicious that you could do other things with it, too. The chocolatey crust would be a great contrast for a banana cream pie or even a coconut cream pie. The pie shell is basic, but tastes just like the chocolate cookies in an Oreo. The Oreo pie is also a classic no-bake dessert and a symbol of convenience. And at Sporked, we love convenience. That’s why it’s the best pie crust for desserts that don’t require an oven. —Danny Palumbo

Related: Every Oreo Flavor, Ranked

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Rating:

9/10

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Best Graham

This store bought pie crust ranks for its flavor, as well as its aesthetic. When it comes to a graham cracker pie crust, Keebler is a classic. Sure, you could pick the Kroger brand or the Great Value brand, and they do taste strikingly similar, but there’s just more joy in seeing those crafty little elves on the front of this package. I also think the flavor here is slightly better—it’s buttery and sweet, and the texture of the crust isn’t so crumbly that it falls apart. For what it’s worth, I ran into that exact problem with Great Value’s graham cracker pie crust, which came crumbled upon delivery. Go Keebler. Trust the elves, dammit! —Danny Palumbo

Related: The Best Graham Crackers We Found in a Taste Test

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Rating:

9.5/10

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Best for Savory Pies

This frozen pie crust has excellent structure and, as advertised, this thing is deep. You can make a huge pie with this. I also love that the edges of the pie are perfectly crimped, giving it a homestyle aesthetic. The texture is good, too. This store bought pie crust is tender and flaky and good for pretty much any pie, but its size makes it ideal for chicken pot pies and savory beef pies. —Danny Palumbo

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Rating:

9.5/10

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Best of the Best

Pillsbury Deep Dish Pie Crust is the best pie crust out there. This frozen pie crust is flaky, buttery, and crunchy. You could put any filling in this and be perfectly happy. Not only are they delicious, these live in the freezer. That makes them the perfect holiday hack to have on hand throughout the fall and winter. If you need a last-minute dish for a potluck or you just want to make something nice for your family on an average weeknight, this is the best store bought pie crust for you.  —Jordan Myrick

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Rating:

10/10

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Other Products We Tried: Great Value Graham, Kroger Graham Cracker, Betty Crocker Graham Cracker, Honey Maid Graham Cracker, Diamond Pumpkin Pie Spice, Keebler Chocolate, Keebler Graham Minis, Wholly Wholesome Traditional, Favorite Day Graham, Signature Select Graham

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