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Chocolate and peanut butter pie

Chocolate and peanut butter pie

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If you're a peanut butter fan and a big chocoholic, you can't beat this rich, indulgent and utterly delicious dessert.

Prep time: 20 mins
+ cooling time
Cooking time: 5 mins
Serves: 10-12

Ingredients

To help drizzle the chocolate, spoon the melted chocolate into a small plastic bag. Use a toothpick or skewer to poke a hole in the end of the bag near a corner. Twist top of bag to squeeze out the chocolate as you move your hand over the pie.

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200g (7oz) crushed chocolate biscuits with cream centre
50g (1¾ oz) unsalted butter, melted
185g (7oz) cream cheese, at room temperature
85g (3oz) icing sugar, sifted
100g (3½ oz) smooth peanut butter
1tsp vanilla extract
250ml (9 fl oz) cream, whipped to firm peaks
60ml (2 fl oz) cream, extra
15g (½ oz) unsalted butter, extra
50g (1¾ oz) grated dark chocolate
Honeyroasted peanuts, chopped, to garnish

Method

Combine the biscuit crumbs with the butter and press into the base of a 23 x 18 x 3 cm (9 x 7 x 11/4 in) pie dish and refrigerate for 15 mins, or until firm.
Beat the cream cheese and icing sugar with electric beaters until smooth. Add the peanut butter and vanilla and beat together. Stir in a third of the whipped cream until smooth, then gently fold in the remaining whipped cream. Pour into the pie shell.
Refrigerate for 2 hrs, or until firm.
Place the extra cream and butter in a saucepan and stir over medium heat until the butter is melted and the mixture just comes to a simmer. Remove from the heat, add the grated chocolate and stir until melted.
Cool a little, then drizzle the chocolate over the top of the pie to create a lattice pattern.
Refrigerate for 2 hrs, or until the cream cheese filling and chocolate are firm. Remove the pie from the fridge, scatter over the chopped peanuts and serve.

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