Unbelievable Peanut Butter Pie – Sally’s Baking Dependancy

This wealthy and indulgent peanut butter pie is a dream dessert; each chunk bursts with creamy peanut butter and candy chocolate—the last word taste combo. Constructed on an Oreo cookie crust, it’s layered with a wealthy peanut butter filling, a clean 2-ingredient chocolate ganache, and recent whipped cream. End it off with chopped peanuts and Reese’s Items for an unbelievable dessert nobody will neglect.

I initially printed this recipe in 2016 and have since added new photographs and extra success ideas.

There’s no taste duo fairly like peanut butter + chocolate. Within the kitchen, I’ve made desserts like chocolate peanut butter cheesecake bars, no-bake peanut butter bars, and peanut butter ice cream pie. My chocolate chip cookie layer cake is even crammed with a chocolate peanut butter frosting. Right now, we’re together with a wildly decadent pie to the combination: unbelievable peanut butter pie.

There’s lots to cowl, so let’s dive proper in.

This Is Unbelievable Peanut Butter Pie

The layers! The textures! This may simply be the richest dessert I’ve ever made, proper alongside chocolate peanut butter cake. Right now’s recipe is a brand new twist on basic peanut butter pie with a crisp Oreo cookie crust, extremely creamy peanut butter filling, clean chocolate ganache, and fluffy whipped cream. Crunchy toppings embody Reese’s Items and chopped peanuts.

It’s a peanut butter lover’s dream come true.

4 Components to Peanut Butter Pie

1. Oreo Crust
2. Peanut Butter Filling
3. Chocolate Ganache
4. Whipped Cream & Toppings

Whereas the complete written recipe is under, right here I’ll information you thru every element so you recognize precisely what to do and time all the things effectively.

Oreo Crust

A graham cracker crust could be wonderful right here, however I at all times make this peanut butter pie with an Oreo crust. You possibly can even use peanut butter Oreos, to actually amp up the flavour. We’re utilizing the identical recipe and approach discovered over on my Oreo crust recipe web page. Pulse the Oreos (the entire Oreo, together with the chocolate cookies and the filling) right into a high quality crumb, then mix the Oreo crumbs with a little bit melted butter. Simply 2 elements and really simple.

Press the combination firmly right into a pie dish and bake the crust. I like to recommend starting with this step so the crust has time to chill down earlier than assembling. That is the one layer that requires baking—the remainder of the recipe is totally no-bake. I really like making this pie within the hotter summer time months when our kitchen welcomes a break from the recent oven.

You may use a Biscoff pie crust as a substitute, when you’d like.

Chocolate Ganache Topping

Subsequent, I like to recommend making the chocolate ganache so it will possibly briefly cool and thicken when you make the peanut butter filling. If it’s too sizzling, it can begin to break down the filling beneath it.

You solely want 2 elements for the chocolate ganache topping: chocolate and heavy cream. Merely pour heat cream over chocolate and stir. Use a top quality chocolate as a result of it’s the place the entire taste comes from. I might keep away from utilizing chocolate chips as a result of they comprise stabilizers to assist them hold their form—use the actual deal. Pure chocolate by no means allows you to down. See my chocolate ganache web page when you want additional assist with it.

Peanut Butter Pie Filling

This peanut butter filling is about as wealthy as they arrive. You want simply 5 elements together with heavy cream, peanut butter, cream cheese, confectioners’ sugar, and vanilla extract. You possibly can’t actually style the cream cheese; somewhat, all you style is additional creamy peanut butter. We use the precise filling as a layer in peanut butter banana cream pie, too.

Right here I add *a contact* extra heavy cream, so as to add a bit extra quantity. Begin by whipping the heavy cream to show it into whipped cream. In a separate bowl, beat the opposite 4 elements collectively, then gently fold the whipped cream into the peanut butter combination. The result’s a creamy, ethereal peanut butter filling.

Let me present you that in photographs. High left: whipped cream. High proper: peanut butter combination. Backside left: whipped cream folded into the peanut butter combination. Backside proper: spreading all of it into the baked Oreo crust.

Unfold the thickened chocolate ganache on high after which refrigerate the pie for at the least 6 hours or in a single day. The pie received’t slice properly except it’s been sufficiently refrigerated.

Nice dessert to make a day forward of time!

Toppings

With the identical elements you used within the filling, make some recent whipped cream to go on high. The whipped cream isn’t tremendous candy; it’s gentle and fluffy, which pairs completely with the deeply wealthy pie. To spherical out the myriad textures, high with crushed Reese’s Items and chopped peanuts.

As an alternative of Reese’s Items and peanuts, attempt crushed M&Ms, or skip them altogether.

I normally garnish the pie simply earlier than serving as a result of the whipped cream may start to weep on the smooth ganache. You’ll need to wait till the filling has set.

This dessert is at all times enjoyable for birthdays, however I’ve additionally served it alongside Father’s Day recipes, Mom’s Day recipes, for Valentine’s Day, anniversary dessert—and even when there isn’t any event in any respect (as a result of why not?). It’s at all times devoured!

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