YUMMY Peanut Butter Pie

A wonderful decadent peanut butter pie a Peanut Butter Lovers Dream! I have made this pie for years and it is so creamy and deliciousI

Step 1: Ingredients:

26 Oreo cookies

¼ cup melted unsalted butter

1 ½ cups Jif® Creamy Peanut Butter

1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese, softened

1 ¼ cups sifted confectioner sugar

1 (16 oz.) container Cool Whip whipped topping, thawed

Step 2: Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350°.

Step 3: Crust:

Place 26 Oreo cookies into a food processor.

Step 4:

Cover, and pulse cookies until the white filling has completely incorporated into the chocolate.

Step 5:

Drizzle the melted butter over the crumbs in processor. Pulse 5 times, just to evenly moisten crumbs.

Step 6:

Firmly press crumb mixture into bottom and up sides of a 9-inch pie dish.

Step 7:

Bake in preheated oven to “set’ the crust, 5 to 7minutes.

Step 8:

Cool crust completely on a wire rack.

Step 9: Filling:

In a mixing bowl add the peanut butter and package of softened cream cheese.

Step 10:

Whip the peanut butter and cream cheese together until smooth. Turn mixer off, scrape the sides of the bowl.

Step 11:

Add the sifted confectioner sugar and mix until well combined and fluffy.

Step 12:

Once again, turn off the mixer, scrape the sides of the bowl.

Step 13:

Next, add 8 oz. of the Cool Whip and mix on HIGH a few minutes, until the mixture is really, really fluffy.

Step 14:

Pour the peanut butter filling into the chocolate cookie crust. Using a knife or spatula, spread out the filling- to even out the top.

Step 15:

Refrigerate uncovered about 3 hours or until set.

Step 16:

Remove the pie from the refrigerate and spread the remaining Cool Whip evenly over top.

Step 17: Topping:

In a food processor, combine and pulse together ½ cup chocolate chips and ½ cup peanut butter chips, resembling coarse crumbs.

Step 18:

Sprinkle mixture over top of the Cool Whip.

Step 19:

Place the peanut butter pie back into the refrigerate uncovered about 8 hours or until set. The longer pie sets, the better the flavor!!!

Step 20:

This is one scrumptious peanut butter pie! I hope you enjoy it as much as my family and friends have for the last 30 years!