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.
Such a tragedy. Your pie is beautiful, a wonderful tribute.
This pie looks gorgeous! And what a touching tribute. I can’t even imagine facing that kind of a loss. Life is too darn short.
I made one on Friday, too. What a wonderful tribute. So amazing to see the food blogging community supporting Jennifer during this difficult time.
heartfelt condolence to Jennie and her family. Mikey was a really nice guy. Making the pie is a beautiful way to pay tribute to him. R.I.P Mikey. Lovely photos.
Such an amazing gesture from you Kate, and heart warming. I had clicked on Jen’s blog and read, then cried. Just another reason to “live in the moment and enjoy every bit of it.” Don’t look behind, don’t look forward, just BE.
This is a lovely post for Jennie and her girls. I’m loving these posts… reading how everyone puts their own thoughts into it, their own love. It’s truly remarkable how the food community comes out and really comes together in such a time!
I saw this the other day on Tartelette and clicked over and cried. Her last dance post was heartbreaking. I think I’ll make one of these too.
What a tragedy. It really does make you realise how much we should savour the here-and-now, live in the present and appreciate all we have, particularly the sweet things in life like your beautiful peanut butter pie.
I think you said it perfectly, Kate 🙂
….just beautiful. Hugs to you.