Classic no-bake peanut butter pie is rich and creamy with a crisp chocolate cookie crust. It’s quick to make and a real crowd-pleaser!To shortcut this recipe even more, you can buy a ready-made Oreo brand chocolate cookie crust. These are widely available in US grocery stores, along with some store brand crusts which would also work perfectly well.
15-20wholeOreo cookiespulverized about 1 1/3 cups crumbs
1/4cupunsalted butter, melted
Pie filling
8oz.cream cheesesoftened
1cupcreamy peanut butter
14oz.sweetened condensed milk
1teaspoonvanilla extract
1cupheavy cream, whipped to soft peaksor 8 oz. container frozen whipped topping, thawed
Toppings
1/3cup heavy cream, whipped to stiff peaksor 1 cup frozen whipped topping, thawed
Chocolate decors or shavingssee video for technique
Instructions
Pour cookie crumbs into a large mixing bowl. Add the melted butter and stir until crumbs are coated. Press crumb mixture firmly into bottom and up sides of ungreased 9-inch pie plate; chill while preparing the filling.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese and peanut butter together until fluffy. Add the sweetened condensed milk, beating until smooth; mix in the vanilla extract. Fold in the whipped cream (or whipped topping)
Pour the mixture into the chilled crust. Refrigerate for 4 hours or until set. Garnish with additional whipped cream (or whipped topping) and chocolate decors, if desired.
Notes
For a graham crust, swap cookie crumbs for graham crumbs. You'll need about 1 cup of crumbs for a standard pie, or 1 1/3 cups for deep dish.For easy chocolate shavings, place a bar of chocolate in the freezer until very cold. Use a vegetable peeler to carve shavings from one edge of the bar. Allow the shavings to fall on a piece of parchment paper or waxed paper. Pick up the paper and sprinkle the shavings on the pie, letting them fall from the paper. Don't try to sprinkle them with your fingers because they'll melt and stick to your hands!
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