Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie

All during the month of October, we are celebrating Chocotoberfest. I am celebrating this with a lovely chocolate peanut butter pie.
You can recreate this luscious pie at home.

Sometimes in recreating a recipe, I don’t succeed in making the recipe just like a particular recipe, but instead, what comes out is a wonderful pie. I have been in love with this peanut butter pie at So Chocolate, it is a local chocolate shop in Kingwood, Tx. They make a lovely light creamy peanut butter pie, it is the only dessert I have bought here. I love their pie.

I want to you love their pie too, so after I few attempts I came up with this peanut butter pie, it is a dense, rich pie that is very easy to make. My pie is made with a homemade graham cracker crust. I use a tart pan, using a tart pan makes it easy to cut the pie later. I also use cream cheese, peanut butter (I like to use a natural peanut butter, I think the flavor is richer), dark brown sugar, heavy cream, butter and 4 ounces of good quality chocolate,

I always make my graham crackers by running them through my blender. You can purchase them already made at the grocery store, but you can also make them up in a jiffy in a matter of minutes. The filling of the pie can quickly be made, and when the pie sets you will make a chocolate ganache to pour over the pie. I love making a chocolate ganache, it sounds fancy, but you are simply heating heavy cream until it boils, turning off the heat, and adding the chocolate. This makes a beautiful topping that can be used on all sorts of desserts.

I hope you enjoy my peanut butter pie. It is a super easy dessert to make. You don’t need to be an experienced baker to put together this delicious pie.

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie

Enjoy the flavors of chocolate and peanut butter.

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Chocolate peanut butter pie

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes

Servings: 8

Calories: 782kcal

Author: Stephanie Manley

Ingredients

Pie Crust

• 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 4 tablespoons butter melted

Pie Filling

• 1 cup heavy cream
• 8 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
• 1 1/4 cups natural peanut butter
• 3/4 cup dark brown sugar packed
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Pie Topping

• 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
• 1/2 cup heavy cream

Instructions

Pie Crust

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a bowl, mix graham cracker crumbs and melted butter.
• Press the graham cracker mixture into the bottom and up the sides of a pie plate or tart pan.
• Bake for about 5 to 10 minutes. Remove the crust from the oven and allow it to cool to room temperature.

Pie Filling

• In a large bowl, beat 1 cup of heavy cream until it forms stiff peaks.
• In a separate large bowl, beat cream cheese, peanut butter, brown sugar, and vanilla until the mixture is creamy and smooth.
• Gently fold the whipped cream into the peanut butter mixture.
• Spoon the peanut butter mixture into the pie crust. Place the pie in the refrigerator and chill it for about 1 hour or until the pie sets.

Pie Topping

• In a small saucepan over medium heat, heat 1/2 cup heavy cream until it just begins to boil.
• Add the chopped chocolate to the pan. Stir constantly until the chocolate melts completely.
• Spread the melted chocolate over the peanut butter pie.
• Refrigerate the pie until the chocolate sets.

Notes

This pie must be kept in the refrigerator when not serving.

Nutrition

Calories: 782kcal | Carbohydrates: 60g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 55g | Saturated Fat: 27g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 18g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 109mg | Sodium: 487mg | Potassium: 521mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 36g | Vitamin A: 1222IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 115mg | Iron: 3mg