Chocolate-Peanut Butter Pie

Total Time: 5 hours
Yield: 8 Servings
Source: Martha Stewart Living, August 2007
Category: Dessert

Ingredients
1 3⁄4 cup Chocolate Wafer Crumbs (from about 36 cookies)
6 tablespoons Butter
3 tablespoons Brown Sugar
6 ounces Cream Cheese (room temperature)
3⁄4 cups Powdered Sugar
1 teaspoon Salt
1 1⁄4 cup Peanut Butter (smooth, plus 2 tablespoons)
1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract
2 cups Heavy Cream
1 ounce Dark Chocolate (melted)

Directions
  1. Make the crust: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine wafer crumbs, butter, brown sugar, and pinch of salt. Press mixture firmly into bottom and up sides of a 9-inch deep dish pie plate. Bake until set, 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack.
  2. Make the filling: Beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, and 1 teaspoon salt with a mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Beat in peanut butter and vanilla.
  3. Beat heavy cream until soft peaks form. Whisk one-third of the whipped cream into the peanut butter mixture, then gently fold in remaining whipped cream. Spoon filling into cooled crust. Freeze, uncovered, at least 4 hours (or overnight, covered with plastic wrap).
  4. Place melted chocolate in a resealable plastic bag. Snip tip from one corner of bag to make a very small opening. Holding bag about 5 inches above pie, drizzle melted chocolate over top. Repeat with 2 tablespoons melted peanut butter. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.