A Quick (and Fairly Simple) No Bake Reese’s Pie

Don’t want to go to that Holiday party next week empty handed? Well, I have the recipe for you! I initially found this recipe from thefirstyearblog.com. You can also find her on Instagram @beth_thefirstyear. She posts so many great, sweet treats. This pie was a HIT for Thanksgiving. Minimal ingredients and fairly easy to make. Honestly, the hardest part was crushing the Oreos (you can use a food processor) and slicing the Reese’s in halves and pieces.

I loved this pie so much I made it twice! Actually, I made it the first time for Archie’s school and realized I was sending a Reese’s pie to a nut free facility…then made it a second time sans Reese’s. Which you can totally do and it will taste just as good.

What You’ll Need:

• glass pie plate
• spatula
• large mixing bowl
• medium sized mixing bowl
• electric mixer
• small saucepan

for the crust

• 1 package Oreos
• 1/2 stick unsalted butter

filling

• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 4 oz cream cheese (softened)
• 1 container cool whip (thawed)

chocolate ganache

• 1 1/2 c semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 c heavy whipping cream

topping

• 1 bag Reese’s peanut butter cups. Half in pieces and the rest cut in half.

Directions

• Crush one package of Oreos till they reach the consistency of a fine crumb.
• melt butter (I placed my butter in the microwave for 1 minute).

• In a large bowl, mix crushed Oreos with melted butter. The consistency of the mixture will remain pretty much the same, but it will still create a great crust so, don’t fret!

• pour mixture into your pie dish.
• pack down with the back of a spoon. Or the bottom of a measuring cup (like above). Push the Oreos up along the sides of the dish. This will create the crust. Make sure you’re really packing it down – to create a firm crust that won’t fall apart.
• let the crust sit in the fridge while you’re making the filling.

• Using an electric mixer, combine the peanut butter and cream cheese. ** If you would like your pie to be nut free, omit the peanut butter and simply add extra Oreos to cream cheese to create an Oreo mixture!
• Add cool whip and blend.
• remove pie from fridge and pour peanut butter mixture over pie crust.
• place back in fridge while making chocolate ganache.

• add semi-sweet chocolate chips to medium sized bowl.

• place heavy whipping cream in small sauce pan over medium-high heat until right about to boil.
• once heavy whipping cream is almost at a boil, pour over semi-sweet chocolate chips.
• let sit for 2 minutes and mix **don’t let this mixture sit for too long or else it will harden and be difficult to mix.
• once chocolate ganache is at room temperature, pour mixture over pie. **The chocolate ganache makes the pie VERY “chocolate-y.” If you’re not that into chocolate, you can actually skip this part and serve without!

• line perimeter of pie with Reese’s halves and sprinkle the Reeses pieces around the pie on top of the chocolate ganache.
• cover with foil and freeze for a few hours.
• pull pie out about 15 minutes before you’re ready to serve to let it thaw.

Voila! You’re done! Easy as pie (lol). I hope you enjoy this recipe and let me know if you make this Reese’s pie. For all you visual peeps out there, I’m leaving you with the Reese’s Pie Tok Tok I’ve created!

@jackietroum

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♬ Deck the Halls (feat. Erika Sirola) – Kaskade