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This easy Peanut Butter Pie recipe is light and fluffy and full of peanut butter flavor. Crushed peanut butter cups on top are the perfect topping!
If you are a peanut butter lover, you are going to love this peanut butter pie. It comes together quickly and easily. The only baking is the crust!
The filling is light and fluffy and full of peanut butter flavor. The crust is made with chocolate cookies, but you can substitute graham crackers or peanut butter cookies for more peanut butter flavor. Topped with whipped cream and peanut butter cups, this is a peanut butter lovers dream.
Ingredients Needed
- Peanut Butter, creamy peanut butter. Avoid all natural peanut butter that is only peanuts as it can give you a gritty texture and you won’t bet a smooth pie.
- Chocolate Wafer Cookies
- Cream Cheese, softened
- Sugar, granulated sugar and powdered sugar.
- Milk or half and half
- Heavy Cream
- Butter
- Vanilla extract
- Peanut Butter Cups for garnish
How to Make Peanut Butter Pie
- Crush cookies to make crumbs by hand or in the food processor.
- Combine crumbs, sugar and melted butter in a bowl.
- Press mixture into a 9- inch pie plate
- Bake a 425 degrees F for 9 – 10 minutes
- Let cool.
- Beat cream cheese with powdered sugar until light and fluffy using a mixer.
- Add in milk, peanut butter and vanilla and mix to combine.
- Beat whip cream in a child bowl 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 peanut butter pie filling and top with extra whipped cream and chopped peanut butter cups.
Tips from leigh Anne
- This pie is delicious with the chocolate cookie crust, but you can switch it up and use graham crackers or evern peanut butter sandwich cookies.
- For best results, use the paddle attachment on your stand mixer when making the peanut butter filling.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I store peanut butter pie?
Any leftover pie should be kept covered in an airtight container or with plastic wrap over it in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. It can also be put in the freezer for up to 1 months.
What can I use instead of a pie dish?
If you don’t have a pie dish, use an 8 x 8 or a 9 x 9 baking dish.
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Peanut Butter Pie Recipe
Ingredients
Crust:
- 1 2/3 cup graham cracker crumbs or chocolate cookie crumbs
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 6 Tbsp butter melted
Filling:
- 4 oz. cream cheese
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup milk I used half and half
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
Whipped Cream Garnish
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 Tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- Reeses peanut butter cups chopped for garnish
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
Whipped cream garnish
- In a medium size bowl combine whipping cream, sugar and vanilla.
- Beat with the whisk attachment of a stand mixer until stiff peaks form.
- Add whipped cream to top of peanut butter filling.
- Garnish with some chopped Reeses peanut butter cups if desired
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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!