Cool and creamy frozen peanut butter pie with chocolate crust! This EASY no-bake treat is the perfect way to beat the summer heat!
Prep Time: 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 0 minutesminutes
Chill Time: 4 hourshours
Total Time: 4 hourshours15 minutesminutes
Servings:8servings
Ingredients
1chocolate pie crust , (usually found near the graham crackers in your grocery store)
1 ¼cupshalf and half , or milk (I used fat free half and half)
¼cupsugar
½teaspoonvanilla
⅔cupcreamy peanut butter
4ouncescream cheese , (I used fat free), softened
18-ounce containerfrozen cool whip, thawed
optional: 1/2 cup peanuts roughly chopped (divided), chocolate shavings
Instructions
In a large bowl beat half and half (or milk) with the sugar 1-2 minutes. Add vanilla and peanut butter and mix until smooth. Chill 30 minutes.
Whip cream cheese until fluffy. Add cream cheese to chilled peanut butter mixture from Step 1. Add whipped cream and mix until smooth. (Optional: add 1/4 roughly chopped peanuts.) Pour mixture into pie crust. Freeze uncovered 4 hours or overnight. Top frozen pie with remaining chopped peanuts and chocolate shavings if desired. Transfer to fridge to thaw about 30 minutes before serving.