Peanut Butter Pie with a Graham Cracker Crust
This homemade Peanut Butter Pie is based off my dad’s Peanut Butter Surprise Pie recipe and it’s full of rich peanut butter flavor, sweet honey and a hint of chocolate. It’s a peanut butter lover’s dream dessert!
Servings: 10 -12 slices
Ingredients
Crust
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 8 Tbsp butter, melted
- 1 Tbsp honey
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips (I used semi-sweet, however you can use whatever chocolate you want—dark, milk, etc.)
Filling
- 2 1/2 cups milk (2% is what I used)
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 4 egg yolks
- 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter (I used all natural)
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- pinch of salt (about 1/8-1/4 tsp)
Whipped Cream
- 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar (alternately, you could substitute honey or maple syrup)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Topping
- chocolate shavings, if desired
Instructions
- Mix graham cracker crumbs, honey and melted butter together. Once combined, press into a 9” or 10” pie plate (I used a deep dish 9” plate). Sprinkle chocolate chips over the top of the crust. Set aside.
- In a medium saucepan over med-low heat, whisk milk, honey, cornstarch, and egg yolks together, until it begins to boil and thickens (about 10 minutes).
- Remove from the heat and whisk in peanut butter, butter, vanilla and pinch of salt.
- Allow the custard to sit for 5-10 minutes, giving it a chance to cool slightly.
- Pour the custard over the crust, smoothing in an even layer. Refrigerate for 2-3 hours, or until the custard has chilled. Once the custard is chilled, make the whipped cream.
- Whip heavy whipping cream on med-low speed until soft peaks form. Add in powdered sugar (or honey/maple syrup) and vanilla extract and whip until it’s the consistency of whipped cream (stiff peaks).
- Spread the whipped cream over the top of the cooled custard, and top with chocolate shavings.
- Serve immediately or refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Enjoy!
Notes
(Also, side note—when I shot these photos, it was one of those it’s-so-hot-we’re-all-going-to-melt-and-maybe-pass-out-from-the-heat days, thus I froze the slice of pie before shooting the pictures, otherwise you would have seen a pile of filling and crust on the plate. When you make this, the pie filling will be a bit looser—that’s exactly how it should be! 😊)