Shelly's Recipe

Frozen Peanut Butter Cup Pie

Category: Pies - Frozen

Lightly grease and line the bottom and sides of a 9 inch spring form pan. Line with parchment paper and then very lightly grease the parchment paper as well.

Mix together:
2 2/3 cups chocolate cookie crumbs
2/3 cup melted butter
3 rounded tbsp white sugar
Press the crumbs into the bottom and 3/4 of the way up the sides of the prepared pan. Set aside.

Whip to firm peaks:
1 cup whipping cream
2 tbsp icing sugar (powdered sugar)
1 tsp vanilla extract
Slowly beat in:
one 10 ounce can of sweetened condensed milk
Next beat in:
1 cup mascarpone cheese
3/4 cup peanut butter
Pour into the prepared crust and freeze for several hours or preferably overnight.

Melt together in a double boiler:
2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
2/3 cup whipping cream, heated in the microwave to almost boiling
Reserve a little of the chocolate mixture to drizzle over the whipped cream if you like, then spread the rest over the top of the frozen pie. Return to the freezer until ready to serve. Before serving you can garnish with whipped cream and a drizzle of the chocolate ganache as well as some roasted peanuts.

Note: if your freezer is very cold as mine is, be sure to take the pie out of the freezer for 10 or 15 minutes before serving to allow it to soften sufficiently to be easily cut.