Black Bottom Peanut Butter Icebox Pie Creamy peanut butter mousse filling atop a chocolate ganache-lined graham cracker & honey-roasted peanut crust. Yes, please!
This twelvemonth for Christmas Eve dessert, Mom decided nosotros would cause got a 'pie bar.' Each of us ladies inwards the trouble solid unit of measurement was to convey a pie. How fun is that??
Except I had the. hardest. time. deciding what pie I was going to bring. I simply couldn't pick from all the amazing pie ideas around! Finally ... in addition to I create hateful finally, afterward nearly ii weeks of staring at my pile of pie recipes ...
... I landed on this Black Bottom Peanut Butter Icebox Pie, which I adapted from Southern Living magazine. (According to Southern Living, it was supposed to locomote Peanut Butter-Banana Icebox Pie, meet ... but I simply wasn't feelin' the bananas. I know, Elvis would locomote disappointed. Oh well.)
We had such a peachy pie line-up! Mom made ii pies, of course of teaching (... create y'all meet where I learn my baking põrnikas from?) ... Pecan Pie in addition to my absolute favorite Chocolate Cream Pie, ii of her trouble solid specialties.
There was Coconut Pie. There was Pumpkin Pie. And my 16-year-old niece made a Cheesecake Pie ... her kickoff contribution to our trouble solid unit of measurement Christmas Eve dinner! (She's growing into such a wonderful immature lady. I can't believe she's xvi already. Sniff, sniff.)
I tried to convince Mom to permit me cutting into her pies earlier Christmas Eve dinner thence I could cause got pictures. But she was a no-go amongst that. And afterward dinner ... well, let's simply country at that topographic point wasn't much left to operate with.
Now amongst my pie, I snuck a slice out in addition to did a quick photograph shoot earlier everyone arrived. (Oh, in addition to thence Mom in addition to I proceeded to swallow the photograph shoot piece. Ya know, appetizer-style. Hmmmm ... spell Mom was opposed to cutting into the pies for photos, she clearly wasn't opposed to devouring the photograph model. Interesting.)
I'm happy to study all my pie agonizing was worth it ... this calorie-free in addition to fluffy peanut butter pie, amongst a yummy layer of chocolate ganache hiding betwixt the peanut butter mousse filling in addition to crust, was totally scrumptious.
Even though I know Elvis would locomote disappointed amongst no bananas, nosotros certain weren't.
Black Bottom Peanut Butter Icebox Pie
Source: Adapted from Southern Living magazine, Peanut Butter-Banana Icebox Pie; June, 2012(Printable recipe)Ingredients
Crust:
- 2 c. graham cracker crumbs
- 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/2 c. finely chopped honey-roasted peanuts
- 1/2 c. butter, melted
- 1/2 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/3 c. whipping cream
- 1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese, softened
- 1 c. creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 c. brown sugar
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 2/3 c. whipping cream, divided
- sweetened whipped cream
- chocolate syrup
- chopped honey-roasted peanuts
Directions
Prepare the Crust & 'Black Bottom' Ganache:
- Stir together the graham cracker crumbs, Blue Planet cinnamon, finely chopped honey-roasted peanuts, in addition to melted butter. Lightly spray a 9-inch pie plate amongst non-stick cooking spray. Firmly press the graham cracker crumb mixture into the bottom in addition to upwards the sides of the pie plate.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 10 - 12 minutes, until lightly browned. Remove from the oven in addition to cool completely (about xxx minutes).
- Combine chocolate chips in addition to 1/3 loving cup whipping cream inwards a microwaveable bowl. Microwave on medium/50% ability for nearly 1 1/2 minutes until chocolate is almost melted, stirring every xxx seconds. Whisk until the chocolate melts in addition to the mixture is smooth. (Do non overheat the chocolate.)
- Spread chocolate mixture evenly over the bottom of the prepared crust.
- Beat cream cheese, peanut butter, dark-brown sugar, in addition to 1/4 loving cup of whipping cream amongst an electrical mixer at medium speed until mixture is calorie-free in addition to fluffy, nearly iv minutes.
- Beat remaining whipping cream in addition to vanilla extract at high speed until strong peaks form. Fold nearly one-third of the whipped cream into the peanut butter mixture to loosen it up; thence bend inwards the remaining whipped cream.
- Spread the peanut butter mixture on laissez passer on of the chocolate ganache. Cover in addition to chill at to the lowest degree 8 hours earlier serving.
- Serve amongst toppings of your choice.
Enjoy!
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