Creamy Peanut Butter Pie
Total Time
5 hrs
Prep Time
1 hr
Rating
4.6 out of 5 stars
(84)
Ingredients
8-10 servings
- 28 Oreo cookies
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1½ cups creamy peanut butter, not chunky or natural
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 ounce semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons peanut butter
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Preparation
Chef’s notes
Equipment recommendations:
Pie plate, food processor
Crust Alternative:
You can replace the Oreo crust with my favorite graham cracker crust; use it as-is or substitute chocolate graham crackers! You can also replace the Oreos with Nutter Butters.
Peanut Butter:
It is important to use traditional, processed peanut butter (i.e. Jif, Skippy, Peter Pan, etc.) in this recipe. Using natural peanut butter will result in a pie that is oily and may separate, so I do not recommend using natural peanut butter.
Nut Butter Alternatives:
You can use other nut butters such as almond butter, cashew butter, etc. as long as they do not have oil separation (see the note above). A great almond butter substitute that works exceptionally well in baked goods is Barney Butter.
Cool Whip:
If you would prefer to use Cool Whip as a shortcut, you can fold in an 8-ounce container in place of using the whipped heavy cream.
Recipe adapted from Martha Stewart’s Pies and Tarts.