Candace’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie

Name: Candace’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie
Yield: 8 portions
Ingredients: ½ cup sugar; ½ cup heavy or whipping cream; 1 cup heavy or whipping cream; 1 cup heavy or whipping cream; 4 tablespoons (½ stick) unsalted butter; ½ teaspoon vanilla extract; ½ cup heavy or whipping cream; 2 ounces good-quality unsweetened chocolate; 1⅓ cups graham cracker crumbs; ⅓ cup sugar; 1½ cups peanut butter; 1½ cups sugar; 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted; 12 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature

Preparation info

8
portions

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The New Basics Cookbook

By Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso

Published 1989

About

Our long-time friend Candace Strong is known for her sit-up-and-take-notice baking for the Kalamazoo Country Club. She likes flavors to really leap out at you, and we do too. This treat is scrumptious—just a thin wedge will do!

Ingredients

Crust

1⅓ cups graham cracker crumbs
⅓ cup sugar
8 table

Pastry
Dessert
Pie
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Prepare the crust: Combine the graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and melted butter in a mixing bowl, and stir together thoroughly. Press the mixture into the bottom and sides of a 9