No-Bake Peanut Butter Pie

Mmmhhh…No-Bake Peanut Butter Pie, how does that sound to you? It sounded pretty damn good to me when I had one of those days where I didn’t crave something sweet. I craved something naughty. It was one of those days where my dates dipped in nut butter wouldn’t quite cut it for me. I wanted some proper soul food. Well, if you are after some sweet soul food today, you have come to the right place.

I always tell you my recipes are simple and easy to make but this one – again – definitely falls into that category. I made this No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie in our camper van. Here the challenge is always to work with minimal ingredients and literally no equipment. But speaking of equipment, the fanciest piece of equipment that makes life easier for this recipe, is a silicone mold. But even if you don’t own one. Any simple baking dish lined with baking paper or cling wrap, will do the job just fine.  

The list of ingredients for this No-Bake Peanut Butter Pie is fairly short. I tend to think that most of you have all the ingredients in their pantry already. All you really need is: plant-based chocolate, coconut oil, nut butter, and sweetener of your choice (I have used maple syrup but honey, rice syrup, date syrup or agave syrup will work too). 

For the silky filling I have used peanut butter (cause it’s my fav) but you can swap for any nut butter such as almond butter, or sunflower seed butter. In my eyes, nothing really beats the salted peanut butter chocolate combination.

The whole procedure to make these No-Bake Peanut Butter Pies is just a matter of melting the chocolate, preparing the filling and putting it all together. The chocolate forms the base and also the top layer which saves a bit of time. Mix and melt the ingredients for the filling which you pour onto the chocolate bottom layer. Then the remaining melted chocolate covers the peanut butter filling. I recommend letting the pie chill in the fridge overnight but you can speed everything up by popping it into the freezer. Then the silicone mold comes in handy as you pop the cake out of the form easily.

Decorate your pie with popcorn like I did, roasted hazelnuts, cacao nibs or some funky sprinkles. But I found that the homemade popcorn quite complemented the crunchiness of the soft peanut butter filling. 

For all lovers of peanut butter, I have a whole collection of must try wholesome recipes featuring peanut butter: Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars, Peanut Butter Magnum, Crunchy Peanut Butter Dates, Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake, Creamy Peanut Butter Hemp Bars, Peanut Butter Fluff Bars, and Coffee Peanut Butter Crunch Bars.