Peanut Butter Pie
A crowd-pleasing dish built around cream cheese, softened, non-dairy whipped topping, thawed and prepared chocolate cookie pie shell — roughly 60 minutes start to finish, and rated medium to make. You'll find the full ingredient list (with a scaler to change the servings), 7 steps of method, substitutions, and ideas for what to serve alongside.
At medium difficulty across 7 steps, it's manageable with a little attention.
What you'll need
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Pantry staples (you likely have these)
Diet: not verified. We could not confirm fudge from the ingredient list, so we make no dietary claim for this recipe.
Contains: Dairy Peanut
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How to make it
- Beat the softened cream cheese with the smooth peanut butter and sugar until completely smooth and no lumps remain.
- Mix in the vanilla extract, then gently fold in about three quarters of the whipped topping until the filling is light and fully combined.
- Warm 2 tablespoons of the hot fudge topping just until pourable and spread a thin layer over the base of the chocolate cookie pie shell.
- Spoon the peanut butter filling into the shell and smooth the top into an even, slightly domed layer.
- Spread or pipe the remaining whipped topping over the filling for a decorative finish.
- Warm the remaining 2 tablespoons of hot fudge topping and drizzle it over the top in thin ribbons.
- Cover loosely and chill in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours, or until firmly set, then slice into four wedges to serve.
Ingredient substitutions
- Butter
- olive oil (¾ the amount) · coconut oil · margarine
Tips & common questions
How long does Peanut Butter Pie take to make?
About 60 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 7 steps and 7 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
What can I use instead of butter?
Try olive oil (¾ the amount). See the substitutions section above for more swaps.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Peanut Butter Pie suitable for my diet?
We make no dietary claim for this recipe: at least one ingredient could not be resolved to a definite plant or animal source, so labelling it either way would be a guess. The full ingredient list is above.
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Adapted recipe — rewritten in our own wording from an open-licensed community cookbook, not yet independently kitchen-tested by Consomee. How we source, test & correct recipes.
Peanut Butter Pie is adapted by Consomee from the Wikibooks Cookbook, rewritten in our own wording and used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: Peanut Butter Pie.jpg by Shoshanah, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure — how we source recipes.