Peanut Butter Pie Recipe
Aug 13, 2011, Updated Jun 21, 2025
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If you have a jar of peanut butter and are not interested in turning on the oven, you’re in the right place. This no bake peanut butter pie recipe makes a cold, creamy, and ridiculously simple pie! Just mix, freeze, and slice.
This no-bake peanut butter pie is creamy, dreamy, and ridiculously easy to make. It’s made with peanut butter and cream cheese filling whipped until smooth and fluffy, then poured into graham cracker crusts and frozen to perfection. It’s cold, rich, and tastes like an icebox version of the best peanut butter cheesecake you’ve ever had.
And the best part? This recipe makes two whole pies. One for now, one for backup.
Why You’ll Love This Peanut Butter Pie
- No oven required. Perfect for summer days, lazy days, or any time the idea of preheating feels like too much.
- Super simple ingredients. Cream cheese, peanut butter, powdered sugar, milk, whipped topping, and store-bought crusts. That’s it.
- Freezer-friendly. Make it ahead of time, keep it in the freezer, and pull it out when you need something sweet and creamy.
How to Make Peanut Butter Pie
- Beat the cream cheese and sugar. In a large mixing bowl, beat together the softened cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth.
- Mix in the peanut butter and milk. Reduce the mixer speed to low and add the peanut butter and milk. Mix until well combined.
- Fold in the whipped topping. Use a rubber spatula to gently fold in the thawed whipped topping until the filling is light and fluffy.
- Fill the crusts and freeze. Spoon the filling evenly into two 9-inch graham cracker crusts. Smooth out the tops, cover, and freeze for about 3 hours, or until firm.
How to Store It
Keep the pies tightly covered in the freezer. They’ll stay fresh for up to 2 weeks.
Let the pie sit at room temperature for 10–15 minutes before slicing if it’s frozen solid.
Tools I Used
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- Mixing Bowls – A large mixing bowl is key for creaming the base smoothly.
- Electric Mixer – It makes quick work of beating cream cheese and sugar.
- Rubber Spatula – To fold in the whipped topping without deflating it.
- 9-Inch Graham Cracker Crusts – Store-bought makes it quick, but homemade works too if you’re feeling fancy.
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Peanut Butter Pie
Ingredients
- 8 ounces block cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup milk
- 8 ounces frozen whipped topping, thawed (like cool whip)
- 2 9-inch prepared graham cracker crusts
Instructions
- In the bowl of your electric mixer cream together the cream cheese and powdered sugar.
- Set the mixer to low and add in the peanut butter and milk; mix well.
- Using a rubber spatula, gently fold in the whipped topping.
- Spoon the peanut butter mixture into two 9-inch graham cracker pie shells; cover and freeze until firm, about 3 hours.
Nutrition
Nutritional info is an estimate and provided as courtesy. Values may vary according to the ingredients and tools used. Please use your preferred nutritional calculator for more detailed info.
This is lovely Kate. Such a wonderful tribute. Your pie looks amazing.
Beautiful post… So great to see everyone coming together to make peanut butter pie, support Jennie, and celebrate Mikey.
I’m loving all the peanut butter pies! I’m sure it is giving comfort to Jennie to feel the support of her blogger community. Yours is beautiful and your message warmed my heart.
my heart aches for her family. what a beautiful way to commemorate her husband. i saw these pb pies everywhere in the blogworld. and this pb pie looks so yummmmmmmy.
Beautiful. My heart goes out to her.
Thanks for sharing this pie Kate! And for posting it in honor of Mikey.
Beautiful, and such a lovely tribute!
Pie looks wonderful! Well done!
This is beautiful Kate. I cannot stop thinking about this. We lost our brother in law Mike last year the same way. I feel so much empathy for Jennie right now. The foodie community sure made a huge show of support. So proud to be part of such an incredible community.
I love seeing all of these peanut butter pies. It’s such a tragedy and I’ve definitely come to tears reading Jenni’s blog the past couple of days. But it’s heartwarming to know that the blogger community is here for it’s members, it truly is amazing.
pie looks delicious lovely tribute Kate