These Irresistible Mini Chocolate Peanut Butter Pies are rich, creamy, and super easy—no baking required. Perfect for parties or a quick dessert. 🍫🥜🥧
🥧 Ingredients (makes about 12 mini pies)
Crust
- 1½ cups chocolate cookie crumbs (like crushed chocolate sandwich cookies)
- 5 tbsp melted butter
Filling
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1½ cups whipped topping or whipped cream
Topping
- Melted chocolate or chocolate chips
- Crushed peanuts or mini chocolate chips (optional)
👩🍳 Instructions
1. Make the crust
- Mix cookie crumbs with melted butter.
- Press the mixture into lined muffin cups or mini pie pans.
- Chill in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
2. Prepare the filling
- In a bowl, beat together cream cheese, peanut butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla until smooth.
- Gently fold in whipped topping.
3. Fill the pies
- Spoon or pipe the peanut butter filling into the chilled crusts.
4. Add toppings
- Drizzle with melted chocolate and sprinkle with peanuts or chocolate chips.
5. Chill
- Refrigerate for 1–2 hours until firm.
⭐ Tips
- For extra crunch, add crushed peanut butter cups to the filling.
- Freeze for 30 minutes if you want them firmer and easier to remove from liners.
- Store in the refrigerator up to 3 days.
If you want, I can also give you:
🍫 a 5-ingredient lazy version of mini peanut butter pies, or
🥜 the famous bakery trick that makes the filling extra fluffy.
