Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie

As you know I love chocolate and peanut butter. Especially if they are together. Some people that I know call me crazy for liking chocolate and peanut butter, but girls sometimes have cravings for some weird things. Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie is one of my favorite pies. I hope you enjoy this as much as I do.

Ingredients

Crust:
25 whole sandwich cookies (like Oreos)
4 tablespoons butter, melted

(Crust ingredients)

Filling:
1 cup creamy peanut butter
One 8 oz. package cream cheese, softened
1-1/4 cups powdered sugar
One 8 oz. container of Cool Whip, thawed

(Filling ingredients)

Instructions For Crust:

1. For Crust: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Crush the cookies until they are fine crumbs.

(Crush cookies until fine)

3. Pour melted butter over the top and stir with a fork.

(Pour crumbs into melted butter and stir together)

 

4. Press crumbs into a pie pan and bake until set, about 5-7 minutes.

(Press crumbs into pie pan)

5. Remove from over and allow to cool completely.


Instructions For Filling:

1. Cream together peanut butter and cream cheese until smooth.

(Cream together peanut butter and cream cheese)

 

(Peanut butter and cream cheese-smooth)

 

2. Add powdered sugar and beat until smooth.

(Add powdered sugar)

 

(beat until smooth)

3. Add thawed Cool Whip and beat until smooth.

(Fold in Cool Whip)

 

(Beat until smooth)

4. Pour filling into the cooled crust. Make sure to even out the top with a knife or spatula. Chill for at least an hour before serving.

(Looks yummy! Enjoy!)

Cooking Tip:
This is very, very rich. I usually cut the pie into small slices.

Recipe credit to:
http://www.foodnetwork.com

Photo credit to:
Amanda Del Toro