TEXAS CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER PIE RECIPE - (4.3/5)

Texas Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie Recipe - (4.3/5) image

Provided by LRay

Number Of Ingredients 13

CRUST:
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, melted, 1 stick
FILLING:
16 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
2 cups creamy peanut butter
1 3/4 cups plus 1/3 cup sugar, divided
1 2/3 cups heavy whipping cream, divided
3 ounces semisweet chocolate
1/2 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Toasted peanuts, for garnish

Steps:

CRUST: Preheat oven to 350ºF. Combine 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs with 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted. Stir until thoroughly blended. Press mixture into bottom and sides of 10-inch pie tin. Bake for 10 minutes. Allow crust to cool before filling. FILLING: Mix cream cheese, peanut butter and 1 3/4 cups sugar in a mixing bowl until blended. Whip 1 cup whipping cream until stiff, then fold into the peanut butter mixture. Spoon filling into crust. TOPPING: combine 1/3 cup sugar and 2/3 cup whipping cream in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 7 minutes. Remove pan from heat. Add chocolate and butter; stir until melted. Stir in vanilla. Cool until slightly thickened. pour over pie as evenly as possible. Refrigerate 4 to 5 hours bore serving. Garnish with toasted peanuts. Makes 10 servings.