Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Pie is a cool and creamy no-bake dessert with lots of salty/sweet peanut butter flavor. It’s a light and refreshing pie for summer, but I love it anytime of year.

Slice of peanut butter pie topped with whipped cream and peanuts.

If you love peanut butter desserts as much as I do, you should also try my Peanut Butter Bundt Cake, Peanut Butter Sheet Cake, and Peanut Butter Brownies.

Ingredients Needed

  • Creamy Peanut Butter– I use either Jif or Skippy. I don’t recommend using an all-natural peanut butter for this recipe.
  • Cream Cheese– use full-fat for best flavor and be sure to fully soften it.
  • Powdered Sugar
  • Heavy Cream– use cold heavy cream.
  • Cream of Tartar– helps stabilize the heavy cream.
  • Pie Crust– use either a store-bought or homemade pie crust.
  • Cool Whip and Chopped Peanuts – optional for garnish.
Slice of pie on a plate with rest of pie in background.

How To Make Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Pie

  1. Beat cream cheese and powdered sugar together in a large bowl. Use either a hand-held electric mixer or a stand mixer.
  2. In a separate bowl with clean beaters beat the heavy cream and cream of tartar until stiff peaks form.
  3. Gently fold whipped cream mixture into peanut butter mixture
  4. Transfer filling to pie crust. Refrigerate at least 2 hours.
Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Pie  slice on a plate.

Make Ahead and Storage

You will want to make this pie at least 2 hours in advance so it has time to chill and set up. Once made it can be kept in the refrigerator for 4 to 5 days.

Recipe Suggestions

  • Instead of using a homemade or refrigerated pie crust, you can use a graham cracker crust or an oreo pie crust.
  • You can sub 3 cups of Cool Whip for the heavy cream and cream of tartar.
Slice of pie and bowl of peanuts.

More Awesome Desserts

Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Pie

Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 0 minutes
Servings: 8
Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Pie is a cool and creamy no-bake dessert with lots of salty/sweet peanut butter flavor. It's a light and refreshing pie for summer, but I love it anytime of year.
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 4 ounces cream cheese, , softened
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • cups cold heavy cream
  • 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • pre-baked pie crust

Instructions 

  • In a large bowl, use a hand-held electric mixer to beat peanut butter, cream cheese, and powdered sugar until smooth.
  • In a separate bowl, using clean beaters, beat heavy cream and cream of tartar until stiff peaks form.
  • Gently fold half of the whipped cream into the peanut butter mixture and then fold the remaining whipped cream in.
  • Transfer to pie crust. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.

Notes

You will need a pre-baked pie crust. You can use a frozen, refrigerated, or homemade pie crust. If using frozen or refrigerated, follow package directions for baking.
If using homemade, blind-bake for 15 to 18 minutes in a 375 degree oven.
An oreo or graham cracker crust can be used instead.

Nutrition

Calories: 550kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 43g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 16g | Cholesterol: 65mg | Sodium: 282mg | Potassium: 326mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 847IU | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 63mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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  1. Linda says:

    This is probably tasty, but nothing beats a truly old-fashioned baked peanut butter pie with eggs, corn syrup, etc.