Chocolate P-Nut Butter Pie - Shenanigan's Restaurant, Tacoma, Wa Recipe #374498
Incredibly thick, sweet and rich pie with an exotic blend of spices that combine to create a sensational flavor. Unforgettable! Slice extraordinarily thin - many people find it difficult to finish even one tiny slice!
by Chef #297805
50 min | 35 min prep
SERVES 8 -20 , 1 9-inch Pie
Chocolate Cookie Crust
- 1 1/2 cups crushed chocolate cream filled cookies
- 1/4 cup course ground almonds
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon mace
- 1/8 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1 tablespoon dark rum (Capt. Morgan's spiced rum)
Pie filling
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
Chocolate Topping
- 4 ounces semisweet chocolate
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons oil
Peanut Topping
- 1/4 cup chopped peanuts
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie.
- Make the Chocolate Cookie Crust:.
- 1 1/2 cup crushed chocolate cream filled cookies.
- 1/4 cup course ground amonds.
- 1/4 cup sugar.
- 1/4 t. cinnamon.
- 1/8 t. mace.
- 1/8 t. fresh grated nutmeg.
- 1/4 cup melted butter.
- 1 T. vanilla.
- 1 T. dark rum (Capt. Morgan's spiced rum).
- Combine cookie crumbs, sugar, cinnamon, mace, nutmeg and almonds. Melt butter; add vanilla and rum. Pour butter mixture into crumbs and toss to blend well. Spray 9-inch pie plate with Pam. Press crumbs evenly into bottom and sides of pan. Set aside in cool place.
- Make the Pie filling:.
- 1 cup whipping cream.
- 1 T. vanilla.
- 8 oz. cream cheese, softened.
- 1 cup sugar.
- 1 cup peanut butter.
- 1 T. melted butter.
- Beat whipping cream until firm peaks form, then beat in vanilla. In separate bowl beach cream cheese until fluffy. Slowly beat in sugar, peanut butter and melted butter. Blend 1/3 of whipped cream mixture into peanut butter mixture. Fold in remaining whipped cream. Turn into Chocolate cookie crust, smoothing top with spatula. Wrap with plastic and chill two hours or overnight.
- Make the Chocolate Topping:.
- 4 oz. semi sweet chocolate.
- 2 T. butter.
- 2 T. oil.
- Combine all 3 ingredients in a double boiler or micro dish. Cook slowly until chocolate melts. Remove from heat and cool slightly. Spread evenly over top of cooled pie, starting at the center and working outward.
- Sprinkle top of pie with 1/4 cup chopped peanuts.
- Slice extraordinarily thin - many people find it difficult to finish even one tiny slice!
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