Description
Delectable mini chocolate peanut butter pies deliver a perfect balance of rich chocolate and creamy peanut butter in bite-sized treats. Guests will savor these indulgent desserts that combine smooth textures with intense flavors.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup (240 ml) creamy peanut butter
- 8 oz (225 g) cream cheese
- 1 ½ cups (375 ml) chocolate cookie crumbs
- ½ cup (120 ml) semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup (240 ml) powdered sugar
- 4 tbsps (60 ml) unsalted butter
- ¼ cup (60 ml) heavy cream
- 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla extract
- 1 cup (240 ml) whipped topping
- Mini chocolate chips
- Crushed peanuts
- Whipped cream
Instructions
- Crust Preparation: Crush chocolate cookies into fine crumbs and mix with melted butter, creating a uniform base mixture that will hold its shape when pressed.
- Crust Molding: Press the crumb mixture firmly into mini muffin tin cavities, ensuring even distribution and smooth, compact edges.
- Crust Chilling: Refrigerate the prepared crusts for 20 minutes to solidify their structure and enhance stability.
- Filling Blending: Combine cream cheese and peanut butter, whipping until achieving a smooth, lump-free consistency with a silky texture.
- Flavor Integration: Blend powdered sugar and vanilla extract into the peanut butter mixture, stirring until completely smooth and well-incorporated.
- Filling Lightening: Gently fold whipped topping into the peanut butter mixture, creating a light, airy filling with consistent texture and volume.
- Filling Application: Pipe or spoon the peanut butter filling evenly across the chilled crusts, ensuring uniform coverage and clean edges.
- Chocolate Topping: Melt chocolate chips with heavy cream in short microwave intervals, stirring carefully to create a glossy, smooth ganache.
- Final Decoration: Once ganache has slightly cooled, drizzle or spread over the peanut butter filling, optionally garnishing with crushed peanuts or mini chocolate chips.
- Setting and Serving: Refrigerate the assembled mini pies for at least one hour to allow complete setting, then carefully remove from the muffin tin and serve chilled for optimal flavor and presentation.
Notes
- Crumb Consistency Control: Ensure cookie crumbs are finely ground and evenly mixed with butter to prevent crumbly or loose crusts that might fall apart.
- Prevent Filling Separation: Bring cream cheese to room temperature before mixing to achieve a smoother, lump-free peanut butter filling and ensure proper incorporation.
- Ganache Temperature Technique: Let chocolate ganache cool slightly before drizzling to maintain the right viscosity and prevent running off the pie surface.
- Chilling Strategy: Refrigerate pies for at least an hour to allow flavors to meld and achieve a firm, sliceable texture that holds its shape when served.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: None
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 335
- Sugar: 21 g
- Sodium: 205 mg
- Fat: 22 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 13 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 28 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg