If you love peanut butter, then you’re going to love this no bake peanut butter pie stuffed full of peanut butter cups in an Oreo cookie crust. Recipe made without Cool Whip
I’m not sure if you actually pay attention to my posting schedule, but you may be wondering why I’m posting on a Friday instead of my usual Thursday.
That’s because today is a special day – it’s my birthday! Just another year with no milestone to celebrate, but another year nonetheless.
What a year it has been as I feel like I did a total 360 since this time last year.
I moved back to Pittsburgh where I belong, I’m in a new job doing what I love, and overall I’m happier.
Still working on the friends part as most of them either stopped talking to me or cancel plans at the last minute, but hey you can’t have it all.
As I thought about which recipe to share today, I knew I didn’t want to share a cake. I posted my Funfetti Layer Cake not too long ago, so I wasn’t feeling another layer cake.
I thought about one of those cookie cakes where it’s a giant chocolate chip cookie with frosting piped on top.
THEN I realized I never shared this No Bake Peanut Butter Cup Pie, nicknamed the birthday pie because that’s when I usually make it – twice for coworkers at my previous job and once for my brother last year.
Of course you can make this pie any day of the year, especially with summer quickly approaching as you don’t need to turn on the oven when the craving for pie strikes.
It’s a creamy no bake peanut butter pie packed full of peanut butter cups in an Oreo cookie crust. It’s also made without Cool Whip!
One bite and you’ll never want a traditional birthday cake again.
Typically these no bake pies are made with pre-made whipped topping (Cool Whip), but I wanted to go one step further and make homemade whipped cream to fold into the filling.
It’s really easy as it’s nothing more than beating heavy cream for a few minutes until it thickens up.
If you have a stand mixer, even better. Just crank it on high and clean up for a few minutes while the mixer does the work (just don’t lose track or it’ll turn into butter).
I couldn’t make a peanut butter pie without chocolate, so I used Oreo cookies for the crust and lots of chopped peanut butter cups.
However, when I first made this pie for one of my coworkers, I used graham crackers for the crust as she wasn’t a huge fan of chocolate.
I bet this would be even more amazing with a Nutter Butter cookie crust for an extra dose of peanut butter.
All that’s missing are the birthday candles.
No Bake Peanut Butter Cup Pie
If you love peanut butter, then you’ll love this no bake peanut butter pie stuffed full of peanut butter cups in an Oreo cookie crust. Recipe made without Cool Whip.
Ingredients
- 2 cups chocolate sandwich cookie crumbs, such as Oreo (keep filling in cookies when crushing)*
- 1/4 cup (2 ounces or 4 tablespoons) unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream, cold
- 8 ounces (1 block or 8 tablespoons) full-fat cream cheese, room temperature and not cold to the touch (do not sub fat free)
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar, sifted
- 1/2 cup smooth processed peanut butter (not natural)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups chopped peanut butter cups
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix together the cookie crumbs and butter. Pat into a 9-inch pie plate. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes before filling.
- In a large mixing bowl (with whisk attachment if using stand mixer), beat the heavy cream on high speed until it thickens and stiff peaks form, roughly 2-3 minutes (when you pull the beaters up, peaks will form and not fall over). Transfer to another bowl and keep cold in the refrigerator.
- In the same mixing bowl (no need to clean bowl - switch to paddle if using stand mixer), beat together the cream cheese, sugar, peanut butter, and vanilla until smooth and creamy, about 2-3 minutes.
- Fold the whipped cream into the peanut butter mixture until no white streaks remain then fold in 1 cup peanut butter cups.
- Spread into the chilled cookie crust and top with the remaining 1 cup peanut butter cups, gently pressing down so they stick to the filling. Refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight until firm (you can speed up this process in the freezer).
Notes
- *If you use another kind of crumb that doesn't have a filling (such as graham crackers), you may need to add an extra 2 tablespoons butter.
Source: Adapted from Food Network
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Megan @ Pip and Ebby says
Happy birthday! This pie looks DELICIOUS! I love no-bakes. I hope you have a wonderful day today!
Peg says
Happy Birthday, Carla and thank you for all the delicious recipes. Can’t wait try the birthday pie!
Hope you have a wonderful day.
Sharon Rackham says
I hope that you have a very Happy Birthday – Greetings from Canada – Beautiful British Columbia -I just have to let you know how much I enjoy your Blog and all your recipes and stories.
Many happy returns for a wonderful year ahead.
Cheers,,Sharon
PurpleQueen says
Happy B. Day! This pie looks amazing. I love no bake in the warmer months. Enjoy your day!
Rachel says
Happy birthday!! No-bake pies are great, especially those with PB in them1 :)
Meme - Living Well Kitchen says
This looks SO good! And happy happy birthday!!
I love that you didn’t use Cool Whip. Pinned this for future summer desserts :)
June Burns says
That looks fantastic! I used to love peanut butter cups, so I’m sure I’d love this:)
Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says
I would totally want this pie for my birthday too!!!! Happy happy (belated) birthday Carla :) This seriously looks flawless, I love a good pb pie!
Abby says
I made this pie today for my husband’s birthday and it was amazing! I used Nutter Butters instead of Oreos and I added a layer of hot fudge to the bottom before the peanut butter mixture.
As our friends were leaving, one said “You realize that you have to bring this pie to every get together that has food, right?” I received so many compliments. Thank you so much for posting this. I was looking for a recipe without Cool Whip and this was perfect!!
Carla says
Love your changes with the Nutter Butters and hot fudge! Sounds like you’re going to be really popular at parties from now on ;D