A little slice of heaven: Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Pie

Chocolate + Peanut Butter + Ice Cream = Heaven

Period.  The end.

My friend Julie made this delectable dessert for me last week.  While I have made this before, her version is absolutely gorgeous.  She has a special knack for making desserts look beautiful and I have a knack for taking good photographs of her desserts, and eating them too!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Pie
Source: my friend Julie, who cannot remember where she got it from)

Ingredients:

Crust:

• 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 2 T sugar
• 1 Mr. Goodbar candy bar, chopped
• 1/4 cup butter, melted

Filling:

• 2 cups chocolate ice cream, softened
• 4 cups vanilla ice cream, softened
• 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 Mr. Goodbar candy bar, chopped
• Chocolate-flavored syrup

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.  In a small bowl, stir together all of the crust ingredients.  Press into bottom and up sides of 9" or 10" pie pan.Bake for 6-8 minutes or until browned.  Cool completely.
2. Spread softened chocolate ice cream over bottom of cooled pie crust.  Freeze until firm, at least 30 minutes.

3. In a large bowl, combine vanilla ice cream and peanut butter.  Beat at a low speed until peanut butter is evenly distributed.  Freeze 30-45 minutes.  Spoon peanut butter ice cream over chocolate ice cream layer.  Spread to edge of crust, mounding slightly higher in the center.

4. Sprinkle with Mr. Goodbar.  Freeze 4-5 hours until completely set.  Let stand at room temperature 5 minutes before serving.  Drizzle with chocolate syrup.

Review:

Absolute heaven and perfect as a summer dessert.  The combination of the different flavors of ice cream, plus the peanut butter plus the chocolate makes this a winner in my book.  It was no surprise when the children inhaled their slices of pie- no talking, no making a mess, asking for seconds, of course!  This one is a crowd pleaser.

Lisa Moawad- Growing Up Mo'

Comments

[Yasmine]

This looks so bad in a good way! Bad for my hips but good for my soul.
I might make this over the weekend- peanut butter and chocolate- my favorite combo!!