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Peanut Butter Pie with Pretzel Crust

A pie with pretzels, peanut butter, cream cheese and chocolate - a combination of crunchy and creamy, sweet and salty.... it sounds wonderful, doesn’t it?
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 8 -10

Ingredients

  • 3 cups of ground pretzels (about 6-7 cups whole pretzels, you can ground these until they are crumbs or leave them a bit thicker for more of a toffee bark texture) , plus more for decoration about 1/4 cup
  • 1 cup butter melted
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1 1/4 cup milk chocolate chips
  • 8 oz cream cheese softened
  • 1 1/4 cup peanut butter crunchy (I used crunchy for texture)
  • 1 1/4 cup powdered sugar sifted
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 12 oz Cool Whip you can use lite
  • Reese's Mini Peanut Butter Cups for decoration

Instructions

  • In a mixing bowl, combine the crust ingredients with a fork until evenly moistened.
  • Lightly coat the bottom and sides of an 9-inch springform pan with non-stick cooking spray.
  • Pour the crumbs into the pan and, using the bottom of a measuring cup or the smooth bottom of a glass, press the crumbs down into the base and all the way up the sides.
  • Bake for about 10 minutes, and then sprinkle chocolate chips over the bottom of the crust.
  • Bake for an additional 5 minutes before removing from oven.
  • Once removed, using a spatula, spread the melted chocolate chips to evenly coat the bottom and side of the pretzel crust with a thin layer of chocolate.
  • Allow chocolate to completely cool in refrigerator before filling.
  • Beat cream cheese and peanut butter together until light and fluffy.
  • Beat in vanilla and powdered sugar until well combined, scraping down sides of the mixing bowl as necessary.
  • Then gently fold in 2 cups or half of the cool whip tube.
  • This should result in a light and fluffy texture.
  • Pour the peanut butter filling evenly in the deep dish.
  • Spread the remaining cool whip over peanut butter filling.
  • Crush some reese's peanut butter cups and place together with ground pretzels around the outside of the pie in a circle.
  • Place some whole and sliced peanut butter cups in the middle to form a pile.
  • Keep refrigerated or frozen.

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