Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie

This is a modification I made of a recipe I saw on Man v. Food that I tried and absolutely love. The show version starts with a basic pie crust, peanut butter filling, vanilla custard filling, more peanut butter filling, topped with whipped cream and even more peanut butter filling used as a topping. While that sounds amazing- I haven't been to the restaurant that has the pie- it's also labor intensive, and requires an oven; and who wants to turn on an oven in the summer heat? My version of the pie has a few less layers, and requires no oven and less labor.

Ingredients:

One pre-made graham cracker crust- I used the Keebler brand chocolate crust
One box of  Jell-O chocolate pudding- I used instant instead of the Cook and Serve.
1 cup each chunky peanut butter- I use Skippy- and confectioner's sugar- I use Domino.
Whipped cream- I make mine from scratch but Reddi Whip is a good substitute.

Procedure:

Mix together peanut butter and powdered sugar with a hand mixer and set aside.
Mix pudding following directions on the box. Let set to thicken.
Using half the peanut butter mixture, fill the bottom of the crust.
Pour the pudding on top of the peanut butter.
Put the remaining the peanut butter on top of the chocolate.
Top with whipped cream.

I don't put another layer of peanut butter on top of the whipped cream because then the peanut butter flavor is overwhelming, but if you really like peanut butter, you can add more on top of the whipped cream for garnish.

I hope you all enjoy this recipe; I know I sure did. I'll make every attempt to add more summer-friendly recipes in the coming weeks for you to enjoy. Until next time..

Keep Smilin' :)