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This Peanut Butter Pie is light and fluffy and full of peanut butter goodness. Crushed peanut butter cups on top are the perfect topping!
And make sure to check out more of my favorite peanut butter desserts such as Peanut Butter Sheet Cake, Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars and Levain Bakery Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
I originally made this peanut butter pie for a pie competition at church. I didn’t win but my dish came home empty so I call that a winner.
Peanut Butter Pie Ingredients
- Chocolate Crust. Homemade or store bought.
- Cream Cheese, softened
- Powdered sugar
- Milk or half and half
- Peanut Butter. I prefer creamy
- Vanilla
- Heavy Cream
- Peanut Butter Cups for garnish
How to Make Chocolate Cookie Crust
The crust can be made from chocolate graham crackers or chocolate wafer cookies. You could also use Oreos.
- Crush cookies to make crumbs by hand or in the food processor.
- Combine crumbs, sugar and butter in a bowl.
- Press mixture into a 9 inch pie plate
- Bake a 425 degrees F for 9 – 10 minutes
- Let cool.
How to Make Peanut Butter Pie
- Beat cream cheese with powdered sugar until light and fluffy
- Add in milk, peanut butter and vanilla
- In a chilled bowl beat whip cream until it holds a stiff peak
- Stir one third of it into the peanut butter mixture
- Fold in the remaining whipped cream until thoroughly combined.
- Fill cooled pie shell with mixture and top with extra whipped cream and chopped peanut butter cups
The next time you get a craving for peanut butter and chocolate give this a try!
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Peanut Butter Pie Recipe
Peanut Butter Pie
Ingredients
Crust:
- 1 2/3 C graham cracker crumbs or chocolate cookie crumbs
- 1/4 C sugar
- 6 Tbsp stick/cube butter
Filling:
- 4 oz. cream cheese
- 1 C powdered sugar
- 1/4 C milk I used half and half
- 1 C creamy peanut butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 C heavy cream
Instructions
Crust:
- Combine crumbs, sugar and butter and press into a 9 inch pie plate
- Bake a 425 degrees for 9 – 10 minutes
- Let cool
Filling:
- Beat cream cheese with powdered sugar until light and fluffy
- Add in milk, peanut butter and vanilla
- In a chilled bowl beat whip cream until it holds a stiff peak
- Stir one third of it into the peanut butter mixture
- Fold in the remaining whipped cream until thoroughly combined
- Pour filling into cooled pie crust
- Decorate top of pie with additional whipped cream and chopped candy
- Refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight is better
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MelanieL says
I love these yummy looking pictures of our favorite pie! I’m still making this a few times a year for special occasions, we can’t get enough of it! This pie is a winner in our family!
MelanieL says
I’ve been making your peanut butter pie for a couple years now and it wins the prize in my book! My kids beg me to make this so I’m going to surprise them next Thursday by making it for pi (3.14) day!
Leigh Anne says
So glad it has become a family favorite!