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.
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.
How To Make Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Pie
- Beat cream cheese and powdered sugar together in a large bowl. Use either a hand-held electric mixer or a stand mixer.
- In a separate bowl with clean beaters beat the heavy cream and cream of tartar until stiff peaks form.
- Gently fold whipped cream mixture into peanut butter mixture
- Transfer filling to pie crust. Refrigerate at least 2 hours.
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.
More Awesome Desserts
- No-Bake Nutella Pie– tons of chocolate hazelnut flavor.
- No-Bake Peanut Butter Cup Pie– similar to this pie but with Reese’s peanut butter cups.
- Orange Creamsicle Pie– a great summer pie in a graham cracker crust.
- Peanut Butter Lasgana– lots of deliciious layers.
- Millionaire Pie– full of crushed pineapple, pecans, and cherries
Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Pie
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.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 4 ounces cream cheese, , softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1½ 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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This is probably tasty, but nothing beats a truly old-fashioned baked peanut butter pie with eggs, corn syrup, etc.
This pie does.