Creamy Peanut Butter Pie with Chocolate Cookie Crust

Creamy Peanut Butter Pie with Chocolate Cookie Crust is a pie recipe built around brown sugar, salted butter and vanilla extract. Plan on 8 servings and about 83 minutes.

• Yield 8 servings
• Ready in 83 minutes
• Prep 75 minutes
• Cook 8 minutes

Ingredients

Chocolate Crust

• 1 ¾ cups (about 170 g) crushed chocolate cookie crumbs
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 7 tablespoons salted butter, melted

Peanut Butter Filling

• 1 cup ( 255 g ) creamy peanut butter
• 1 cup ( 114 g ) powdered sugar
• 8 ounces ( 227 g ) full-fat cream cheese, softened to room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream

Toppings (optional)

• Sweetened whipped cream
• Chocolate sprinkles, chocolate shavings, chopped chocolate candy bar (like Snickers, Heath, etc)

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
2. For the crust, to a medium bowl, add the cookie crumbs and brown sugar. Stir in the melted butter and mix until evenly combined. Press the mixture evenly into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie plate. Bake for 8 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool completely.
3. For the peanut butter filling, Blender Instructions: combine all the ingredients in a high-powered blender and mix until smooth and very thick, scraping down the sides if needed. Electric Mixer Instructions: in a large bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or in a medium bowl using a handheld electric mixer, add the peanut butter and powdered sugar and mix on medium speed until well-combined. Add the softened cream cheese and vanilla and mix until creamy and smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Add the heavy cream (see note!) and mix on low speed until combined and then increase speed to medium and mix until thick and creamy.
4. Spread the peanut butter filling into the cooled crust. Cover lightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1-2 hours (or up 2 days).
5. When ready to serve, cut the pie into slices and serve with sweetened whipped cream and sprinkle with chocolate sprinkles, chocolate shavings or chopped chocolate candy bars (like Snickers, Butterfinger, or Heath toffee bars - yum!).

Let the center settle before you cut it, or the slices will slump.