Peanut Butter Pie with Pretzel Crust

• Vegetarian
• Gluten free

• Condiments

  • 1 1/4 cup Peanut butter
  • 1 Reese's mini peanut butter cups

• Baking & Spices

  • 12 oz Cool whip
  • 1 1/4 cup Milk chocolate chips
  • 1 1/4 cup Powdered sugar
  • 1/3 cup Sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract

• Dairy

  • 1 cup Butter
  • 8 oz Cream cheese

Found on sugarapron.com

Description

Ingredients

• 3 cups of ground pretzels, (about 6-7 cups whole pretzels, you can ground these until they are crumbs or leave them a bit thicker for more of a toffee bark texture) , plus more for decoration about 1/4 cup
• 1 cup butter, melted
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 1/4 cup milk chocolate chips
• 8 oz cream cheese, softened
• 1 1/4 cup peanut butter, crunchy (I used crunchy for texture)
• 1 1/4 cup powdered sugar, sifted
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 12 oz Cool Whip (you can use lite)
• Reeses Mini Peanut Butter Cups for decoration

Directions

• In a mixing bowl, combine the crust ingredients with a fork until evenly moistened.
• Lightly coat the bottom and sides of an 9-inch springform pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• Pour the crumbs into the pan and, using the bottom of a measuring cup or the smooth bottom of a glass, press the crumbs down into the base and all the way up the sides.
• Bake for about 10 minutes, and then sprinkle chocolate chips over the bottom of the crust.
• Bake for an additional 5 minutes before removing from oven.
• Once removed, using a spatula, spread the melted chocolate chips to evenly coat the bottom and side of the pretzel crust with a thin layer of chocolate.
• Allow chocolate to completely cool in refrigerator before filling.
• Beat cream cheese and peanut butter together until light and fluffy.
• Beat in vanilla and powdered sugar until well combined, scraping down sides of the mixing bowl as necessary.
• Then gently fold in 2 cups or half of the cool whip tube.
• This should result in a light and fluffy texture.
• Pour the peanut butter filling evenly in the deep dish.
• Spread the remaining cool whip over peanut butter filling.
• Crush some reeses peanut butter cups and place together with ground pretzels around the outside of the pie in a circle.
• Place some whole and sliced peanut butter cups in the middle to form a pile.
• Keep refrigerated or frozen.