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Pretzel crusted peanut butter pie is easy and delicious. Add caramel and chocolate ganache and you take it over the top — say there is no baking required and I will definitely pay attention.

For this recipe you’ll need: pretzels, unsalted butter, caramel sauce, chocolate chips, heavy cream, creamy peanut butter, cream cheese, sugar

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The BEST peanut butter pie recipe ever! One reader called it the "Big O" pie! From RestlessChipotle.com

I originally posted this on March 14, 2012 and the recipe has been really popular because it’s so amazing… over 14k pins last time I checked… but I got tired of looking at the images…because… ewww… and cringe… SO, I forced my family to indulge in this one more time so that I could update the recipe and the images.

Please pin the new images. They. Are. So. Much. Better.

Not much updating on the recipe. I made the ganache a little creamier and smoother and also realized that I use 10-inch pie pans while most of y’all use 9-inch pie pans. This can be problematic… so I’ve noted on the recipe that you can use one 10-inch or two 8-inch pie pans and things should be just fine. I also thought it was funny after I finished the pie that I had used the same pie pan I used originally — a vintage Corning Cornflower Blue pie dish.

I hope you enjoy the images. Definitely try the pie – it’s so good. Salty, sweet, creamy, a little crunchy, and a little gooey from the caramel. Very rich…. Here’s the original post –

Pay attention, y’all.

The best peanut butter pie recipe you've ever tastes -- so easy! from RestlessChipotle.com

March 14 (3-14 get it?) is national pi day. What better way to celebrate with a pie? Let’s face it, any excuse will work, right?

Everyone who knows me knows that I have a deep and abiding hatred of all things math.I would rather diagram sentences, memorize verb conjugations in French or Latin, or clean a toilet in the men’s restroom at Walmart than do math.

Caramel, chocolate ganache, and a rich peanut butter mousse fill this scrumptious pie from RestlessChipotle.com

You can use melted caramels, commercial caramel sauce, OR you can treat yourself to the Jack Daniels caramel sauce here. You know which one I would go with, right? Yeah, I thought so.

Save some of the pretzel crumbs and chocolate to drizzle over the top. It looks beautiful and tastes better.

Cut this in small pieces. It is written for 10 servings but you could probably make it 12 unless your family is expert dessert consumers. (I went back and forth on is or are in that sentence but the subject is family not consumers. Family takes the singular verb. Just don’t ask me to figure out where x is.)

C’mon. You know you want to. Just. One. Bite.

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If you can’t find Fleur De Sel Sea Salt locally you can get it on Amazon. I also prefer the 10-inch glass pie pans. It just seems to make a nice sized pie for my family and I like glass baking dishes better than metal ones in almost every circumstance. If you prefer 9-inch pie pans or even 8-inch pie pans you can get glass ones as well. I love this 9-inch glass pie plate with an expandable cover! The generously sized rim allows you to grab it out of the oven without tearing up the pie and having a reusable cover is great.

Here’s that scrumptious peanut butter mousse pie recipe!

The BEST peanut butter pie recipe ever! One reader called it the "Big O" pie! From RestlessChipotle.com
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Peanut Butter Pie with Pretzel Crust
Prep Time
30 mins
Total Time
30 mins
 
Makes 1 10-inch or 2 8-inch pies. Rich, creamy peanut butter pie with the extra luxury of caramel and chocolate ganache. Salty, sweet, creamy, rich, crunchy and delicious - it will tame your dessert monster in a flash. Lots of calories here - save it for special occasions.
: Dessert
Servings: 10
Author: Marye Audet
Ingredients
Crust
  • 2 cups coarsely crushed pretzels reserve some for the top
  • 1/3 cup unsalted butter melted
Caramel Bottom Layer
  • 1/2 cup caramel sauce either homemade or commercial
Chocolate Bottom Layer
  • 12 ounces chocolate chips ,milk chocolate, bittersweet, semi sweet, dark, or a combination - reserve some for topping
  • 3/4 cup heavy cream
Peanut Butter Layer
  • 1 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 8 ounce package cream cheese , softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 pint heavy cream
  • 1/3 cup sugar
Optional
  • Fleur de Sel
  • Chocolate curls
Instructions
Crust
  1. Preheat the oven to 350.
  2. Add the melted butter to pretzel crumbs and toss with a fork.
  3. Press the mixture into a 10 inch pie plate, firmly.
  4. Bake for 10 minutes, or until set.
  5. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
Chocolate Layer

  1. Heat the 3/4 cup of heavy cream to a simmer.

  2. Remove from heat and stir in the chocolate chips.
  3. Continue to stir until mixture is smooth and all of the chips are melted.
  4. Set aside.
Peanut Butter Layer
  1. Add the peanut butter and cream cheese to a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.
  2. Beat until the peanut butter and cream cheese mix and soften.
  3. Add the 1/2 cup sugar and beat until there is no graininess.
  4. Set aside.
  5. In a clean mixer bowl, with the whip attachment whip the cream until it begins to thicken.
  6. Slowly add the 1/3 cup sugar as you continue to whip the cream until it is thick and fluffy.
  7. Do not overbeat.
  8. Carefully fold half of the whipped cream into the peanut butter mixture, be sure not to deflate the cream.
  9. Fold in the rest of the whipped cream.
Assembly
  1. Add the caramel to the prepared crust.
  2. Chill briefly. (10 -15 minutes, just to set)
  3. Spoon the chocolate on top of the caramel and chill for 10 minutes or so.
  4. Add the peanut butter mixture.
  5. Top with the reserved chocolate and pretzel crumbs
  6. Just before serving top with a sprinkle of Fleur de Sel if desired.
Recipe Notes

A great homemade caramel sauce can be found on Restlesschipotle.com. https://www.restlesschipotle.com/2012/03/banana-bread-pudding-with-jack-daniels-caramel-sauce/

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  1. Do you think this pie would travel for an hour? I can make it and refrigerate for awhile before taking to the party.

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  2. Marye, love your blog, I look forward to reading it every morning with my cup of tea!! This peanut butter pie makes my mouth water! I can’t wait to surprise my husband with this recipe! Omgoosh he’s gonna LOVE it!! On a side note concerning another recipe you’ve posted, candied jalapeños, I made them on Father’s Day and everyone loved them! Even my super picky (adult) children 🙂 Thank you for sharing your recipes and you’re stories, they always brighten up my day!

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  3. Hello! I’m excited to make this, but in the ingredients list it says to use 3/4 cup heavy cream for the chocolate layer & in the instructions it’s only 1/3 cup. Which should be used?

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  6. My husband would eat half this pie at a sitting if I let him. But he’d have to fight me for the crumbs as I would already have finished the other half:) What a great combination of savory and sweet! If the crust didn’t have to be baked, I’d make it this instant, but right now temps are hovering at about 100 degrees, so I’ll wait until it gets below 90 to try this.

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  8. Math is definitely not my thing either, but this peanut butter pie is! Just looking at it is making me hungry! I think I’d have a hard time stopping at just one slice! Definitely a treat I need to make — SOON!

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  9. Thanks so much for this recipe! I made it for our company picnic todayand won the 2nd place ribbon! I used more butter in the crust and more cream to make the chocolate ganache — but overall it worked well. Folks loved it!

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  12. Ummm, peanut butter, pretzels, and CHOCOLATE?! What could be better? This looks deliciously sinful!

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  14. I just love pretzel crusts. They rank up there with animal cookie crusts. SO good. I love that you did a peanut butter pie. It’s such a classic flavour. My brother is a huge peanut butter fanatic so I’ll be passing this recipe on to him. He’ll love it.

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  19. What a delicious looking pie, Marye. I’m a fan of anything with peanut butter but paired with the sweetness of chocolate and the saltiness of pretzels, I love it even more. Can’t wait to give this pie a try!

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  34. Made this for my husband’s birthday (he’s a big pb/chocolate fan). BIG HIT! Made your whiskey caramel sauce and it was too ‘whiskeyish’ for me but still loved it. Making it for a pregnant friend as I type but making plain caramel sauce. Made with low-fat cream cheese and yielded a lot of leftover pb fluff, so cutting the pb fluff mixture in half this time. Thanks for a great recipe!

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  35. Oh my, I just found this via Pinterest and I am drooling over this recipe!!! It sounds absolutely deliiicious!
    I will make this on Saturday for afternoon tea!

    Hoping and guessing from this recipe, that there will be other equally delicious recipes on your website, I will be snooping and drooling around a bit more and putting you on my list of blogs to keep! 🙂

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  36. Large family get-together, so I doubled and made it in a 9×13!!! Was well-liked. (I had a lot of peanut butter mixture leftover though – – good for a “pretzel dip”)

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  37. Made this twice to some of the ravest reviews i have ever heard! Renamed it orgasm pie because it is that good! Referred to it as such and a friend who tried my first attempt knew exactly what dessert I was referring to.

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  38. Hoping to make this today .. “add the caramel” means what exactly? Drizzle it over the crust or create another layer?

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    • It is fine overnight… Just make sure it is air tight because it will pick up flavors very easily – and let it sit out for 30 minutes before serving.

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  41. The peanut butter filling part of the recipe ended up being awesome but the crust was a little less then desirable. 2/3c. butter is WAY to much for only 1 1/2c. crushed pretzel. It was basically a butter pretzel soup. I had to add at least 1c. more of crushed pretzels to get the consistency correct. And in the end I pitched it and used an Oreo crust because it tasted very bland.

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    • I’m sorry Kristin. It did work fine for me. I wonder if it was the difference in brand of pretzels? Mine were quite salty and I left the crumbs pretty coarse. For us a chocolate crust would have been too sweet. I am glad you were able to adjust it to your tastes.

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