Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie is the recipe that Maria makes every time she wants to create the most completely extraordinary and the most genuinely indulgent no-bake pie that combines the two most universally beloved and the most deeply complementary flavors in the most magnificently layered individual slice — a crunchy chocolate Oreo crust beneath a most silky and the most deeply chocolatey cream cheese layer beneath the most luxuriously thick and the most perfectly peanut-buttery cream cheese layer beneath the most beautifully airy and the most cloud-light whipped cream topping drizzled with the most gorgeous melted peanut butter and decorated with the most beloved peanut butter cups.
All requiring absolutely zero baking and only thirty minutes of preparation before the most dramatic overnight refrigerator chill produces the most cleanly sliced and the most completely extraordinary no-bake chocolate peanut butter pie imaginable. She crushes the Oreos with melted butter for the most perfect crust, makes the two distinct cream cheese layers separately, whips the most stiff-peaked cold heavy cream, and layers in the most beautifully defined individual sequence.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie is the most easy and deeply extraordinary no-bake layered pie made with Oreo butter crust chocolate cream cheese cocoa sugar sour cream vanilla and melted chocolate layer peanut butter cream cheese sugar sour cream and vanilla layer and whipped cream with melted peanut butter drizzle chilled 6 hours before serving. Come follow us on Pinterest where we share beautiful pie recipes and easy no-bake favorites from our kitchen every single week.
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Why You Will Love This Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie Recipe
This Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie recipe is the most completely extraordinary and the most genuinely show-stopping no-bake pie that produces the most dramatically professional-looking and the most deeply indulgent individual slice from the most brilliantly layered sequence of the most distinct and the most beautifully complementary individual flavors and textures — the most satisfying Oreo crunch, the most deeply chocolatey silky cream cheese, the most luxuriously thick peanut buttery filling, and the most beautifully airy whipped cream topping.
The use of high-quality real chocolate — specifically Lindt 72% dark chocolate — melted into the chocolate cream cheese layer rather than simply using cocoa powder alone produces the most extraordinarily deep and the most genuinely complex chocolate flavor that cocoa powder alone cannot replicate. The melted chocolate provides the most beautifully rich and the most silky texture in the finished chocolate layer. Our Oreo Brownies make a beautifully equally chocolatey and equally Oreo-rich companion for a complete and wonderful Oreo chocolate collection.
Ingredients Needed for This Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie Recipe
For the Oreo Crust:
- 25 Whole Oreos
- 5 tbsp Unsalted Butter, melted
For the Chocolate Layer:
- 6 oz Cream Cheese, room temperature
- 2 tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- ½ cup Granulated Sugar
- ⅓ cup Sour Cream or Greek Yogurt, room temperature
- 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- 3.5 oz High-Quality Dark Chocolate Bar (such as Lindt 72%), melted
For the Peanut Butter Layer:
- 10 oz Cream Cheese, room temperature
- ¼ cup Granulated Sugar
- ¾ cup Creamy Peanut Butter
- 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- ¼ cup Sour Cream or Greek Yogurt, room temperature
For the Whipped Cream Topping:
- 2 cups Heavy Whipping Cream, cold
- ½ cup Powdered Sugar
- ¼ cup Peanut Butter, melted for drizzle
- Peanut Butter Cups for decoration
How to Make This Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie Recipe
For the Oreo crust, crush the 25 whole Oreos into the most fine crumbs using a food processor or by placing in a zip-lock bag and crushing with a rolling pin. Combine the crumbs with the melted butter until the most evenly mixed wet sand texture forms. Press most firmly into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie dish. Set aside, cara mia.
For the chocolate layer, beat the room-temperature 6 oz cream cheese until completely smooth. Add the cocoa powder, granulated sugar, room-temperature sour cream, vanilla extract, and melted chocolate. Mix until the most well combined and the most silky smooth layer forms. Spread this chocolate mixture most evenly over the prepared crust.
For the peanut butter layer, beat the room-temperature 10 oz cream cheese until completely smooth. Gradually add the granulated sugar, creamy peanut butter, vanilla extract, and sour cream. Mix until the most fluffy and the most beautifully smooth peanut butter layer forms. Carefully spread this peanut butter layer over the chocolate layer without disturbing the layer beneath.
For the whipped cream topping, whip the cold heavy cream with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Gradually add the powdered sugar while continuing to whip until the most beautifully stiff peaks form. Spread the whipped cream over the peanut butter layer.
Drizzle the melted peanut butter over the whipped cream topping and decorate with peanut butter cups. Refrigerate for at least 6 hours or overnight before serving for the most cleanly defined and the most beautifully set individual layers.
How to Serve This Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie Recipe
Serve cold from the refrigerator for the most properly firm and the most beautifully maintained individual layer definition in every slice. Slice with a warm knife wiped dry between each cut for the most dramatically clean and the most professionally beautiful cross-section of every most beautifully distinct layer.
Pair alongside a cup of hot coffee or a cold glass of whole milk for the most completely classic and the most deeply satisfying chocolate and peanut butter pie serving experience. Our Fudgy Chocolate Brownies make a beautifully equally rich and equally chocolate-indulgent companion for a complete and wonderful chocolate dessert collection.
How to Store This Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie Recipe
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Cover with plastic wrap pressed against the whipped cream surface to prevent it from drying. Freeze wrapped tightly in plastic wrap then foil for up to 2 months — thaw overnight in the refrigerator before serving.
Tips to Make This Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie Recipe
Ensure all cream cheese and sour cream are fully at room temperature — at least one hour on the counter — before beating for the most completely lump-free and the most beautifully smooth individual filling layers. Cold cream cheese never beats to the most smooth result and produces visible lumps throughout both the chocolate and peanut butter layers.
Melt the chocolate slowly and most carefully using a double boiler or microwave in 15-second intervals to prevent burning. Burned chocolate cannot be recovered and will produce the most unpleasantly bitter rather than the most deeply rich and the most silky chocolate layer.
Helpful Notes for This Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie Recipe
The chocolate layer uses 6 oz of cream cheese while the peanut butter layer uses 10 oz — this intentional disproportion produces a chocolate layer that is the most intensely flavored but the most properly thin, allowing the most generous and the most richly peanut-buttery filling layer to dominate without overwhelming the most elegant chocolate foundation.
Chill for the full minimum 6 hours — overnight is the most strongly recommended. The extended chilling allows the cream cheese layers to set the most completely firm and the most cleanly sliceable for the most dramatically defined individual layer cross-section in every served slice.
Variation of This Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie Recipe
Maria made a version substituting almond butter for the creamy peanut butter in the filling layer for the most completely extraordinary and the most beautifully different chocolate almond butter pie. Teresa tried using white chocolate melted into the cream cheese layer in place of dark chocolate for the most completely extraordinary and the most dramatically contrasting white chocolate and peanut butter layered pie.
For a Nutella version, substitute the peanut butter in the filling layer with the same quantity of Nutella for the most completely extraordinary and the most deeply chocolatey hazelnut filling that combines with the dark chocolate layer for the most completely extraordinary double chocolate hazelnut pie. Our No Bake Tiramisu Cheesecake Jars make a beautifully equally layered and equally no-bake companion for a complete and wonderful no-bake layered dessert collection.
FAQs About This Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie Recipe
Why use whole Oreos rather than just the wafer for the crust?
The entire Oreo including the cream filling is used for the most properly bound and the most deeply flavored crust. The cream filling melts into the butter mixture during pressing and acts as an additional binding agent that produces the most firmly cohesive and the most properly stable individual crust that holds its shape most cleanly when sliced. Using just the wafers without the cream produces a less firmly bound and less flavorful crust.
Can I use crunchy peanut butter?
Yes. Crunchy peanut butter provides the most beautifully textured individual peanut butter layer with the most satisfying peanut pieces throughout rather than the most smoothly uniform filling that creamy peanut butter produces. Both are completely extraordinary — creamy produces the most elegant and the most professionally smooth layer while crunchy produces the most rustic and the most deeply nutty textured result.
How do I prevent the layers from mixing during spreading?
Allow the chocolate layer to chill in the refrigerator for 20 to 30 minutes until the most slightly firm surface forms before spreading the peanut butter layer over. A most slightly chilled chocolate layer holds its shape under the pressure of spreading the peanut butter layer and prevents the most undesirable mixing of the two layers for the most dramatically defined and the most beautifully distinct individual layer cross-section.
Conclusion
This Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie is the most completely extraordinary and the most deeply indulgent no-bake layered pie that makes every gathering feel genuinely and completely spectacular through the most crunchy Oreo crust and the most silky chocolate cream cheese layer and the most luxuriously peanut buttery filling and the most beautifully airy whipped cream topping in every single perfectly chilled and completely irresistible chocolate peanut butter pie slice. We hope it brings the same deeply joyful chocolate peanut butter celebration and the same completely satisfied gathering to your kitchen that it has always brought to ours. Make it, share it, and come back to tell us all about it. With all our love, Maria, Lucia, and Teresa.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie The Most Easy No Bake Oreo Crust Chocolate Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Layered Pie You Will Make
- Total Time: 6 hours 30 minutes including chilling
- Yield: 12 servings 1x
- Diet: Vegetarian
Description
The most extraordinary no-bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie made by crushing 25 whole Oreos fine mixing with 5 tbsp melted butter pressing into 9-inch pie dish then beating 6 oz room temperature cream cheese smooth adding cocoa sugar sour cream vanilla and 3.5 oz melted dark chocolate spreading over crust then beating 10 oz room temperature cream cheese smooth adding 1/4 cup sugar 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter vanilla and 1/4 cup sour cream until fluffy spreading over chocolate layer then whipping 2 cups cold heavy cream with 1/2 cup powdered sugar to stiff peaks spreading over peanut butter drizzling with 1/4 cup melted peanut butter decorating with peanut butter cups and refrigerating minimum 6 hours or overnight before slicing. A completely extraordinary no-bake chocolate peanut butter pie recipe.
Ingredients
25 Whole Oreos
5 tbsp Unsalted Butter melted
6 oz Cream Cheese room temperature for chocolate layer
2 tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1/2 cup Granulated Sugar for chocolate layer
1/3 cup Sour Cream or Greek Yogurt room temperature
1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
3.5 oz High-Quality Dark Chocolate melted
10 oz Cream Cheese room temperature for peanut butter layer
1/4 cup Granulated Sugar for peanut butter layer
3/4 cup Creamy Peanut Butter
1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract for peanut butter layer
1/4 cup Sour Cream or Greek Yogurt room temperature for peanut butter layer
2 cups Heavy Whipping Cream cold
1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
1/4 cup Peanut Butter melted for drizzle
Peanut Butter Cups for decoration
Instructions
1. Crush 25 whole Oreos to fine crumbs. Mix with melted butter until wet sand. Press into bottom and sides of 9-inch pie dish.
2. Beat 6 oz room temperature cream cheese until smooth. Add cocoa, sugar, sour cream, vanilla, and melted chocolate. Mix smooth and silky. Spread over crust.
3. Beat 10 oz room temperature cream cheese smooth. Add sugar, peanut butter, vanilla, and sour cream. Mix until fluffy. Spread carefully over chocolate layer.
4. Whip cold heavy cream to soft peaks. Add powdered sugar. Beat to stiff peaks. Spread over peanut butter layer.
5. Drizzle melted peanut butter on top. Decorate with peanut butter cups.
6. Refrigerate minimum 6 hours or overnight before serving.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Dessert, Pie, No Bake
- Method: No Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 22g
- Sodium: 250mg
- Fat: 24g
- Saturated Fat: 11g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 28g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 50mg
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