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I have more of a \"sweet tooth\" and I love it too.  The person who stated that it's not sweet, most likely did not use sweetened condensed milk.   This time, for the crust, I used half graham and half ginger snap cookies, omg, what an amazing flavour profile.  Hint:  add a pinch or two (1\/2 tsb) of ground cardamom to the whipped cream for an amazing experience. :-)<\/p>","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2011-12-19","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"kelharr"},"reviewBody":"<p>Amazing!!<\/p>","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2017-07-03","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"VienneM"},"reviewBody":"YUM!! 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