Peanut Butter Fudge Pie

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 chocolate wafer pie crust (i buy the already made ones)
• 1 (12 ounce) package cream cheese, at room temp
• 1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter
• 1 cup sugar, plus
• 2 tablespoons sugar, divided
• 2 cups heavy cream, divided
• 1 (12 ounce) jar chocolate fudge sauce
• chocolate curls (optional)
• chopped peanuts (optional)

Recipe

• 1 filling: in large bowl at medium-high speed beat cream cheese, peanut butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy, 4 minutes.
• 2 mixture may look curdled.
• 3 in another bowl beat 1 cup cream until stiff peaks form.
• 4 stir 1/4 of whipped cream into peanut butter mixture; fold in remaining whipped cream.
• 5 spread half of mixture into crust; spread with fudge sauce.
• 6 refrigerate pie and remaining peanut butter mixture until mixture is starting to get firm, about 1 hour.
• 7 top pie with remaining peanut butter mixture.
• 8 using spoon, softly swirl.
• 9 refrigerate at least 8 hours or overnight.
• 10 cover loosely after 1 hour.
• 11 before serving, beat remaining cream and sugar until stiff peaks form.
• 12 if desired, transfer whipped cream to pastry bag fitted with star tip; pipe or spoon into mounds over pie.
• 13 sprinkle with curls and peanuts if desired.