No Bake M&M’S® Pretzel Peanut Butter Pie

• Condiments

  • 1 7/8 cups Peanut butter, creamy

• Baking & Spices

  • 1/4 cup Brown sugar, packed
  • 1 cup Confectioners' sugar
  • 1 cup Semi-sweet or dark chocolate, high quality

• Snacks

  • 2 cups Pretzels

• Dairy

  • 3/4 cup Butter
  • 1 package Cream cheese
  • 1 1/2 cup Heavy cream

• Desserts

  • 1 (11.4 ounce bag M&m's holiday milk chocolate candies

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Description

Ingredients

• 2 cups finely crushed pretzels
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 3/4 cup melted butter
• 1 3/4 cups creamy peanut butter
• 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 cup confectioners sugar
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 cup high quality semi-sweet or dark chocolate, chopped
• 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1 (11.4 ounce) bag M&M’S® Holiday Milk Chocolate Candies, divided

Directions

• Start by preparing the peanut butter crust.  Combine the pretzels, brown sugar, and butter in a mixing bowl.  Press the mixture firmly along the bottom and sides of a lightly greased 9″ springform pan.  Bake at 350 °F for 10 minutes, or until lightly browned.  Remove from the oven and cool completely before filling.To make the pie filling, start by whisking the heavy cream with a mixer.  Beat on medium-high speed until stiff peaks form, 5 to 8 minutes.  Scrape the whipped cream into a bowl.  Add the peanut butter, cream cheese, and confectioners sugar back into the mixing bowl.  Beat together until fully combined.  Remove the bowl from the mixer and fold in the whipped cream by hand until the pie filling is fluffy and light, and no streaks of whipped cream remain.To make the chocolate ganache, add the chopped chocolate, peanut butter, and heavy cream to a small, microwave safe bowl. Heat for 1 minute at 50% power, then remove from the microwave and stir.  Repeat until the chocolate is melted and stir until the ganache is smooth.  Move the ganache into the refrigerator for 20 minutes, or until cooler and thick.Remove 1 cup of the M&M’S® from the bag and place them in a quart-sized zip top bag.  Pound the M&M’S® with a rolling pin or mallet, until crushed into smaller pieces.To assemble the M&M’S® peanut pretzel pie, start by sprinkling half of the crushed M&M’S® along the bottom of the pretzel crust.  Spread the peanut butter pie filling across the top of the crust, using a spoon or knife to smooth down the top.  Sprinkle the remaining crushed M&M’S® on top of the peanut butter layer.  Using a rubber spatula, spread the ganache on top of this, making sure to fully spread to the crust.  Decorate the top of the pie with the remaining whole M&M’S®.Refrigerate the entire pie 4 hours (preferably overnight) to set.  Serve cold.