No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie

This no-bake creamy peanut butter pie recipe tastes like a large peanut butter cup. A lot tastier than retailer purchased pies. You may make as much as 2 days upfront, cowl with plastic wrap, and chill the pie within the fridge till wanted. When you love peanut butter and chocolate, you must do this straightforward peanut butter pie!

No Bake Peanut Butter Pie

My household is loopy for something peanut butter and chocolate. So clearly this peanut butter pie recipe is a household favourite! It is perhaps my favourite most of all, as a result of it’s really easy to make, and requires zero baking. I like desserts that I could make upfront and don’t want to show the oven on for.

Why this Peanut Butter Pie Recipe Particular:

• As an alternative of a graham cracker crust, we use a chocolate cookie crust. As a result of everybody is aware of peanut butter and chocolate are one of the best combo!
• The peanut butter filling is thick, creamy, and loaded with peanut butter taste.
• Many peanut butter pie recipes use cool whip or home made whipped cream for topping. However we use a creamy milk chocolate ganache topping. And chopped peanuts!
• In fact, should you’re feeling additional decadent, you may add a dollop of home made whipped cream, too. However it doesn’t want it.
• A layer of dulce de leche is surprising and offers this pie a serious WOW issue.

Straightforward to assemble, spectacular to serve, and oh so scrumptious… This peanut butter and chocolate pie is magic ♥

Substances for Peanut Butter Pie:

• Chocolate Sandwich Cookies: We love utilizing Oreo’s for the crust! However should you can’t discover chocolate sandwich cookies, you possibly can make this with a graham cracker crust or pretzel crust as an alternative.
• Melted Butter: I like to recommend utilizing unsalted butter. This manner, you may management how a lot salt you add to the recipe. In a pinch, salted butter will work, however would possibly make the dessert style barely saltier.
• Dulce de Leche: Use your favourite store-bought model or make it home made! I don’t counsel utilizing salted caramel, because it’s a lot thinner and can seep out of the pie.
• Chocolate: I name for milk chocolate, which blends nice with the peanut butter. However should you’re not a fan, use semi-sweet or darkish chocolate as an alternative. It doesn’t matter what number of chocolate you utilize, remember to use a high quality model like Lindt.
• Heavy Cream: Quite a lot of pb pies name for whipped cream or cool whip topping. However I favor utilizing contemporary heavy cream which supplies this pie a silky clean texture and no bizarre synthetic aftertaste. Don’t skip this ingredient!
• Bitter Cream: Use full-fat bitter cream and remember to combine it nicely earlier than measuring. In a pinch, full-fat (5%) plain Greek yogurt will work as an alternative.
• Peanuts: Dry roasted and unsalted peanuts add probably the most pleasant crunch and improve the general peanut butter taste.
• Cream Cheese: Brick-style cream cheese works greatest right here. Be sure you deliver the cream to room temperature so the you may simply beat the cream cheese till clean.
• Peanut Butter: Use a conventional retailer purchased creamy peanut butter, like JIF or Skippy. I don’t counsel utilizing pure peanut butter or almond butter on this recipe.
• Confectioners’ Sugar: Powered sugar works additional time on this recipe as a sweetener but additionally as a thickening agent. Don’t substitute this ingredient with every other number of sugar!
• Flaky Sea Salt: That is completely non-compulsory. However it provides a pleasant candy and salty distinction to the recipe. And it appears to be like so fairly sprinkled on high of particular person pie slices.

Easy methods to Make this No-Bake Pie

• Pie Crust: Grease 9-inch springform pan. In a big mixing bowl mix the cookie crumbs and melted butter. Press the crust into the pan and freeze till wanted.
• Creamy Milk Chocolate Filling: Place the chopped chocolate in a heatproof medium bowl. Warmth the heavy cream and bitter cream, then pour the recent liquid on high of the chocolate. Fold within the peanuts.
• Dulce de Leche: Unfold the Dulce de Leche evenly throughout the underside of the frozen crust. Place the pie again within the freezer when you make the peanut butter filling. 
• Peanut Butter Pie Filling: In a big bowl of meals processor mix peanut butter, cream cheese, and powdered sugar and beat clean. Beat the cream till stiff peaks kind. In two additions, add the home made whipped cream to the peanut butter combination and beat till simply mixed.
• Assemble: Take away the crust from the freezer and scrape the filling into the pie crust. Place the pie within the fridge to relax.
• Make the Ganache: Mix chopped milk chocolate with scorching cream and blend till nicely mixed. Unfold chocolate topping over the semi-chilled peanut butter pie. Sprinkle chopped peanuts across the edges of the pie.

Chill for a minimum of 6 hours earlier than slicing and serving! Step-by-step recipe within the recipe field beneath!

Minimize Clear Slices of Peanut Butter Pie

• Take away the springform pan by gently working a skinny knife across the crust to loosen the pie from the pan.
• Take away the springform ring by lifting it straight up.
• Use a pointy knife to chop the pie into wedges. Wipe the knife clear between every reduce.

Instruments for this Recipe

• 9-Inch Springform Pan: A must have for this pie, and for different recipes like cheesecake!
• Electrical Hand Mixer: You’ll want this for a number of components of this recipe. A stand mixer will even work nice!
• Giant Mixing Bowls: Each baker is aware of you may by no means have sufficient mixing bowls! These are our absolute favourite.
• Sharp Chef’s Knife: Get one of the best slices with this additional giant and sharp knife.
• Serving Spatula: A sturdy and enticing pie spatula is nice for eradicating clear and tidy slices of pie.

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