Peanut Butter Chocolate Pie

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This peanut butter chocolate pie starts with a buttery Oreo crust, is filled with a creamy no bake peanut butter mousse, and is topped with chocolate ganache, peanut butter ganache, peanut butter cups, and Oreo pieces. 

There’s just something magical about peanut butter plus chocolate. I recently created a peanut butter pie that has been super popular,  and just knew that we needed a chocolate peanut butter version as well. Enter my peanut butter chocolate pie! This incredible semi no bake desserts has a creamy peanut butter mousse nestled inside a buttery Oreo crust, and then it is topped with chocolate ganache, peanut butter ganache, crushed peanut butter cups, and Oreo pieces. It’s truly magnificent and curbs that peanut butter chocolate craving to the max!

What you’ll need to make this peanut butter chocolate pie:

Oreos crumbs

Granulated sugar

Salted butter

Cream cheese

Peanut butter (all natural, unsweetened… my favorite is Adams)

Pure vanilla extract

Heavy cream

Peanut butter cups, optional

Peanut butter chips, optional

Dark chocolate chips, optional

The Crust 

This Oreo crust can be found in many of my other creations {including this Nutella cheesecake tart which is a super popular creation}. I knew that if we added chocolate to this peanut butter pie, the base would have to be Oreo. My Oreo crust is simple with Oreo cookie crumbs, granulated sugar, and melted salted butter. The consistency resembles wet sand, which allows the crust to adhere to itself well when baked for eight minutes. When it’s cool, it’s incredibly sturdy and holds the filling well. 

If you want a slightly more chocolatey and less sweet crust, simply omit the additional granulated sugar and make the recipe as instructed. Your crust will be a bit more on the buttery and chocolatey side, and slightly less sweet.

The Filling + Toppings 

This peanut butter mousse is not only no bake, but also delightfully creamy, light, and packed with peanut butter flavor. The cream cheese gives it a slightly tart edge, and heavy cream is whipped and then folded into the peanut butter mixture to create the light and fluffy mousse.

Now the toppings are totally extra, and you can eliminate them altogether… But I suggest that you at least crumble peanut butter cups and Oreo pieces on top! I added a chocolate ganache and a peanut butter ganache for some extra peanut butter + chocolate goodness, but you do not have to add those, especially if peanut butter chips are hard to come by. 

When making the ganaches, it is super easy to heat the cream and then allow the chocolate and peanut butter chips to be melted by the hot cream. In my opinion, this is the best way to create a perfectly smooth ganache. Simply warm your heavy cream either on the stove top or in the microwave, and then divided it evenly between a bowl that already has your two flavors of chips in them. Allow the bowls to sit for about five minutes, and then whisk for a pair of silky smooth ganaches that can’t be beat!

Dietary Substitutions

I love providing gluten and dairy free substitutions so that those with alternate dietary needs can enjoy my recipes to their fullest! These are subs that I have either used and continue to stock in my own home, or that have come highly recommended from others. I want your baking experience to be the best it can be, and avoiding gluten or dairy shouldn’t hinder that process in the slightest. 

As always, here is a list of tried and true dietary substitutes, so that you can enjoy this recipe without the additions of gluten or dairy, 

Miyokos butter is a plant based brick that closely resembles dairy butter not only in its look, but it’s taste as well. It melts, browns, and spreads just like real butter, and truly is a fantastic substitute in this recipe. Use it as a 1:1 ratio sub, same as the flour, so the recipe measurements will not change. 

Miyokos also makes a wonderful cream cheese that would be an excellent dairy free base in this recipe. 

Enjoy Life makes a dairy free + allergen friendly semi sweet chocolate chip that would work great in this recipe.

Silk Dairy Free Heavy Cream is a great option for both the cheesecake and the whipped topping. 

If you are needing to avoid peanuts, simply replace the peanut butter with almond butter or sun butter and make the filling as instructed. It will be peanut free and so delicious. 

Oreos are naturally vegan, but if you need to avoid gluten, simply sub in these gluten-free Oreos in place of the regular ones. 

This delightful peanut butter chocolate pie was a delight to create! I hope you enjoy it as much as my family did! Be sure to check out my frosted peanut butter cookies for more peanut buttery goodness.

XO,

Heather