National Lemon Meringue Pie Day – Aug. 15, 2026

Expected National Lemon Meringue Pie Day Deals

While we await official 2027 promotions, history shows that bakeries and restaurants often roll out special deals for National Lemon Meringue Pie Day. Look for discounts on slices or whole pies at local patisseries and cafes. Grocery stores like Whole Foods Market and Kroger may feature sales on baking ingredients like lemons, pie crusts, and meringue mixes. Specialty dessert shops such as The Cheesecake Factory or Magnolia Bakery might offer limited-time lemon meringue pie variations. Even fast-casual eateries like Perkins Restaurant & Bakery or Marie Callender’s could have dessert specials. We will update this page with confirmed live deals as August 15 approaches.

History of National Lemon Meringue Pie Day

Lemon meringue pie is made using lemon juice and zest, egg yolks, and sometimes with sugar and starch (depending on the adopted recipe). Peak-shaped meringue is spread on top of the pie before it goes in the oven.

Pinpointing the creator of this lemon pie is difficult with several theories of its origins springing up. Lemon-based pies, puddings, and custards have been around since the Middle Ages, according to history. In the 1700s, the innovative addition of putting meringue on top of the pie was adopted. Modern-day lemon meringue pie gained popularity sometime in the 1800s.

The first mention of meringue-covered desserts dates back to France. Menon, a French cookbook author, published a book in 1739 that includes a recipe for Pommes meringuées, or meringue-covered apple butter or applesauce. Around 1869, a cookbook referenced lemon meringue pie for the first time. Lemon cream pies were the name given to the meringue-covered lemon custard pies of the time.

Similar recipes were revealed in the U.S in the 1800s, one such recipe was meringue-covered apple pie known as ‘apples meringuées’ or ‘apple a la turque.’ Elizabeth Goodfellow, the proprietor of a Philadelphia pastry business, is credited with inventing the lemon meringue pie. She was in charge of the first cooking school in the United States.

Others say that the lemon meringue pie is a Victorian-era English invention. Lemon Chester Pudding is how it’s known in certain circles. It is often recognized as one of the delicacies that introduced the world to British sweets.

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