Creamy peanut butter transformed into fudgy goodness with our family's own "Magic Shell" peanut butter-chocolate topping & crumbled peanut butter cups.
Author: Portlandia Pie Lady
Ingredients
18-ouncepackage cream cheese, room temp
1/2cuppure cane powdered sugar
1cupcreamy peanut butter (divided)
1/2cupmilk chocolate chips
1preparedchocolate cookie crust (see notes below for gluten free)
crumbledpeanutbutter cups (optional)(see notes below for making your own gluten free peanut butter cup topping)
Instructions
In a large mixing bowl using an electric mixer (I like KitchenAid), beat the cream cheese and powdered sugar together.
Add 1/2 cup of the peanut (save the other 1/2 cup to melt with chocolate) and cream into the cream cheese. Beat together for 2 to 3 minutes until it is slightly lightened.
Spread the filling into the pie plate.
In a microwave safe bowl melt the 1/2 cup chocolate chips and the remaining 1/2 cup peanut butter at 20 second intervals, stirring at each interval. It should take less than a full minute for the mixture to be completely melted and creamy smooth.
Pour the melted peanut butter-chocolate onto the filling (saving about 3 tablespoons or so for garnish) and fold in with a spatula until the top is a solid color (there will be a bit of marbling you will see when you cut into the pie). See note below.
Drizzle on the remaining peanut butter-chocolate and garnish edges with crumbled peanut butter cups. Refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours before serving.
Notes
You can mix the peanut butter cream cheese and melted peanut butter-chocolate together before spreading into the pie plate. It will taste exactly the same and it's a little easier than mixing it together in the pie crust. Gluten Free Chocolate Crumb Crust:Chocolate Cheerios, Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheerios or Glutino chocolate sandwich cookies (1-1/2 cups blended ground cereal or cookies, plus 5 tablespoons melted butter). Bake 5 minutes at 350 F, and cool before using.For Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cups Copy and Paste link: http://portlandiapielady.com/peanut-butter-maxx/