This Reese’s peanut butter pie is the perfect combination of chocolate, peanut butter, cream cheese, and whipped cream. It’s the ultimate dessert for anyone who loves peanut butter and chocolate and because it’s no-bake, it’s easy enough for anyone to make!
Easy Peanut Butter Pie
There are a few combinations that just go together. Peanut butter and jelly. Grilled cheese and tomato soup. Milk and cookies.
Peanut butter and chocolate.
This easy peanut butter pie takes that classic combination and elevates it a level with the addition of a graham cracker crust, cream cheese, and whipped cream.
It’s easy to make, delicious, and an absolute winner for anyone who likes peanut butter and chocolate together.
So if you’re looking for a dessert to take to a backyard barbecue, a baby shower, a party during the holiday season, or even just something to enjoy with your family at night – this is it! It’s one of my personal favorite peanut butter desserts
Reese’s Peanut Butter Pie Ingredients
The ingredients in this easy peanut butter pie are actually very similar to the ones in striped delight. I won’t judge you if you want to make both of them the same day!
Here’s everything you’ll need and my recommendations for brands, what type to use, etc.
- Graham cracker pie crust – you can either use store-bought or make your own by combining 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs, 6 TBS melted butter, and 1/3 cup sugar together then pressing the mixture firmly into a 9 inch pie dish. People have also said this is good on an Oreo crust, but I save those for my Oreo dirt cake.
- Hot fudge sauge – store-bought works fine or you can use this homemade hot fudge if you want to make your own
- Cream cheese – this will need to be softened so make sure and take it out of the fridge about an hour before you want to make this pie
- Peanut butter – make sure it’s creamy, crunchy won’t work for this although it is my favorite for peanut butter sandwiches. You want creamy peanut butter filling full of peanut butter flavor!
- Confectioner’s sugar – also known as powdered sugar
- Cool Whip – make sure it’s something like Cool Whip and not spray whip cream or homemade whipped cream, those won’t work the same. Also make sure it’s thawed, not frozen
- Mini Reese’s peanut butter cups – I like to use the mini ones in this but you could also use regular size and just chop them up. Or if you really, you could use giant peanut butter cups and chop them up into small pieces.
How to Make Reese’s Peanut Butter Pie
This Reese’s peanut butter pie is a no bake dessert that’s fairly simple to make, but it does need to chill in the fridge for a few hours, so make sure you plan ahead for that!
Here’s how you make it. If you have any additional questions, leave me a comment and I’ll do my best to respond as soon as possible!
If you’re more of a visual person, check out the video below to see how easy it is to make this Reese’s peanut butter pie recipe!
1 – Heat the hot fudge
Heat your hot fudge until it’s warm and easy to pour. You can either do this over the stovetop (but don’t burn it or heat it up more than until it’s easy to pour) or in the microwave by heating for about 15 seconds.
Once the hot fudge is pourable, pour 1/3 cup of the hot fudge sauce onto the graham cracker crust and gently smooth out until it covers the entire crust. Set aside the extra to drizzle on top of the pie when serving.
2 – Make the peanut butter pie filling
Beat the cream cheese, powdered sugar, and peanut butter together in a medium bowl with a hand mixer until smooth.
Fold in half of the whipped topping with a spatula (don’t use a mixer or you’ll lose the fluffiness of the filling). This will give you a fluffy peanut butter mixture.
3 – Add filling to peanut butter pie
Spoon the filling on top of the hot fudge sauce in the graham cracker crust. Top with the remaining whipped topping.
4 – Chill
Chill the pie for 2 hours or until firm.
5 – Garnish and serve sliced
When you’re ready to serve the pie, top with chopped peanut butter cups and a drizzle of hot fudge. Or you can leave off the hot fudge and let people add on their own when they get a piece of the pie.
If you’re feeling really fancy, you could also serve it with a melted peanut butter drizzle, melted chocolate drizzle, chopped peanuts, or really anything else that sounds good to you!
Just look at that delicious peanut butter filling – it’s the perfect pie for anyone with a sweet tooth or anyone’s who likes Reese’s cups (or peanut butter).
Storage & Expert Tips
Cover and refrigerate the pie until ready to serve. Place any leftovers back in the refrigerator either wrapped in plastic wrap or in an airtight container for up to five days.
Don’t add the chopped Reese’s peanut butter cups and chocolate drizzle until just about ready to serve. These are a great garnishes to add last minute! If you want to make it as fast as possible, you can chop up the Reese’s peanut butter cups beforehand.
Serve this peanut butter cup pie any time of the year. It’s delicious as a summer dessert, for Thanksgiving, or really anytime you just want a yummy dessert!
Recipe FAQs
Yes, this is actually a great pie to freeze! Freeze in an airtight container for up to 3 months. Just one note if you do want to freeze this – I recommend freezing just the pie without the Reese’s peanut butter cups or drizzle on top, then just garnish it when you’re ready to eat. When you’re ready to enjoy, thaw in the refrigerator until soft enough to eat.
Yes, since this uses cream cheese and whipped cream – both dairy items, the pie should be refrigerated before serving and after you’re done enjoying the pie.
The peanut butter pie will last for 4-5 days in the refrigerator, if you don’t eat it all first! If you can’t eat it all by then, I recommend freezing it and enjoying later.
Other Delicious Pies
If you like pie, you’re in for a treat (or multiple treats!). These are some of our other favorite pie recipes!
- Striped delight recipe – layers of graham cracker crust, cream cheese, and chocolate make this one of our most popular recipes ever!
- Snickers pie – this no-bake pie tastes just like a Snickers candy bar in a pie!
- No bake pumpkin pie – this creamy and flavorful pumpkin pie is the perfect fall dessert or for Thanksgiving dinner!
- Kool aid pie – a fruity pie that’s made with just three simple ingredients, this one’s a classic!
- Chocolate chip cookie pie – a chocolate chip cookie packed right into a pie crust, this one’s a must-try!
Reese’s Peanut Butter Pie
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup hot fudge
- 1 9 inch graham cracker pie crust
- 16 oz cream cheese softened
- ¾ cup confectioners sugar
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 16 oz whipped topping thawed
- 1 cup mini Reese's peanut butter cups
Instructions
- Heat hot fudge either in the microwave (for 15 seconds) or on the stovetop until it's just easy enough to pour.1/3 cup hot fudge
- Pour hot fudge over graham cracker crust, smoothing it out until it covers the entire bottom of the pie.1 9 inch graham cracker pie crust
- Beat the cream cheese, confectioners sugar, and peanut butter together until smooth.16 oz cream cheese, 3/4 cup confectioners sugar, 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- Fold in half the whipped topping with a spatula.16 oz whipped topping
- Spoon peanut butter pie filling over the graham cracker crust.
- Place remaining whipped topping over the peanut butter mixture and smooth across so the filling is all covered.16 oz whipped topping
- Chill for two hours or until firm.
- Top with mini peanut butter cups or chopped peanut butter cups. Garnish with a drizzle of hot fudge (optional) and serve in slices.1 cup mini Reese's peanut butter cups
Nanette says
I’m thinking I would love the crunch of nuts and chopped up pretzels sprinkled on top!
Britni Vigil says
ooh I like the pretzel idea – sweet and salty!
Jacinda Caldwell says
Well, I think there’s nothing better than peanut butter and chocolate together so this pie is a winner in my book. Would be great with some caramel drizzel on top too.
Patty says
This was really good. The only thing I changed was adding crunchy peanut butter for a little extra texture in the filling
Britni Vigil says
I need to try that!
Megan says
Peanut butter and chocolate together is the absolute best!!
Jessica Henderson says
This recipe looks soo good! This would be a great Halloween party treat to make for all my friends!😍
Brenda Kimbro says
Chocolate is my favorite topping on most anything
I would add crushed peanuts as another alternative
Britni Vigil says
I love the crushed peanuts idea!
Kate says
This looks so good!! I’m a huge fan of the peanut butter and chocolate combo; sweet and savory makes for the best anything. I’ll definitely have to make this recipe soon.
Cynthia Wilson says
I am a big fan of peanut butter and chocolate together! I can’t wait to try this recipe for my husband!!
Kim S says
I can’t wait to try this!! Your pictures are great too!
Tracey Hoover says
This sounds like a must try recipe. I love peanut butter and chocolate together. I think along with the chocolate drizzle on top some caramel drizzle would be yummy as well!
Shannon says
Chocolate and peanut butter are made for each other and I can’t wait to try this recipe 😊👍🙂
Elizabeth says
Nothing goes together better than chocolate and peanut butter! I may increase the chocolate to peanut butter ratio some how!
Brigid Waszczak says
So amazing! Of course I’m a fan of peanut butter and chocolate together! THE best combo ever!!! Delish!
Sara says
This looks delicious! We have an extended family dinner every Sunday and I’m making this for sure! I like the chocolate drizzle. We love peanut butter and chocolate combination so this will be great. Everyone is going to love this. I bet it’s even really good partially frozen…yum!!
Britni Vigil says
It is good partially frozen!!!
Jenn Sykes says
This pie is so good and I love it mainly because peanut butter and chocolate are a perfect pair–salty and sweet…yum! Next time, I might try to drizzle both peanut butter and chocolate on top and maybe some caramel. More is better! This is a favorite summer & fall treat at our house.
Britni Vigil says
ALLLLL the drizzles, yum!
Debi says
I need to make this….I think I would add a drizzle of peanut butter in addition to the chocolate! Peanut butter/Chocolate is the best flavor combo 🙂