This no-bake peanut butter pie is ultra creamy and completely delicious!
I need to tell you something… and it’s pretty shocking.
You might want to sit down for this.
There’s more to life than chocolate.
I didn’t believe it either, until I tried this rich and creamy no-bake peanut butter pie. It’ll only take one bite to convince you: There is life outside Planet Chocolate.
For my birthday every year, I usually have my favorite: The Ultimate Chocolate Pie
However, this no-bake peanut butter pie was so good it forced me to make an exception. Really, I didn’t miss the chocolate one bit.
So you know it must have been good!
Technically, chocolate did still make an appearance at the party—in the crust and topping.
Just because life exists outside of chocolate doesn’t mean we should pack our bags and move away forever.
Please, let’s not go too crazy now.
Is there a special dessert that you always eat on your birthday?
In my family, we have this cake called Maple Chiffon Cake, and pretty much all of my relatives have that cake on their birthdays– uncles, aunts, mom, dad, sister… just not me.
Even as a little kid, I wasn’t interested if it wasn’t chocolate!
And I prefer pie to cake, so I’ve had a lot of chocolate pie birthdays.
It never gets old.
With my Healthy Chocolate Pie Crust
No-Bake Peanut Butter Pie
Ingredients
- 1 cup peanut butter or allergy-friendly alternative
- 3 medium bananas (Here is a Banana Free Version)
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/8 tsp salt, plus pinch more if using unsalted pb
- 1/4 cup virgin coconut oil, melted (Can sub 1/4 cup extra pb; the texture will just change)
- sweetener of choice to taste, or 4 tbsp powdered sugar or pure maple syrup
Instructions
- *The recipe yields a thin pie, so if you want a deeper recipe be sure to try this Peanut Butter Pie Recipe instead.Blend everything together very well in a food processor or high speed blender. Pour into a prepared pie crust or springform pan--this pie can easily be crustless!--and freeze until firm. (If not using the coconut oil, just chill in the fridge instead.) Pie should be kept cold; I keep it in the freezer. Just thaw before eating, and the mousse-like texture will come right back!View Nutrition Facts
Notes
More Healthy Dessert Recipes:
Black Bean Brownies – NO Refined Sugar
Flourless Chocolate Chip Cookies
I made a gorgeous topping for this by heating honey til it caramalised and poured it over the top 🙂
Hi Katie!
I was just looking around on Amazon at various cookbooks and I stumbled across this one: https://lett-trim.today/2012/09/09/no-bake-peanut-butter-pie/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
I recognized the pie picture on the front immediately as yours from this post and just wanted to let you know. Maybe you gave the author permission, but I would hate to see someone making money off of your work! 🙂
Whoops. I’m such a clutzy typer. 😉 I meant this was the cookbook I saw: http://www.amazon.com/Peanut-Butter-Recipes-Collection-Americas-ebook/dp/B00J03AKN0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1399759851&sr=8-1&keywords=Peanut+Butter+Recipes%3A+The+Collection+of+America%27s+Favorite+Recipes
Thanks 🙂
Working to fix it. I can’t even tell you how much I appreciate you letting me know!
Does this pie taste banana-y at all? I don’t have a any of the replacements, but as long as it just tastes like peanut butter, I’ll use bananas. Thanks!
Hi Katie! I just love your blog and this recipe is SOOO good! I make it even lower carb without the crust I just spoon it into those no stick, rubbery (pyrex?) muffin pans, forgot what they are called but the soft ones, that bend, once frozen they just pop right out. This is so good that it is comparable to the snickers ice cream bars I was eating too much of. I don’t add any of the chocolate but it is still really good. And although I too LOVE chocolate with this recipe I don’t even miss it! Thanks! 🙂
Very good and so easy. The whole family liked it and I’ll be making it again. Thank you for sharing.
I can’t beLIEVE those chocolate brownies that are masquerading on your site as “protein bars!” I processed the HECK outta those black beans, and the resulting texture was — I can’t believe I’m saying this — BETTER THAN “regular” brownies!!!!!
Thank you! I’ll be trying more of your recipes, and with your blessing I’ll pin them all.
You’re a genius!
I love peanut butter and chocolate together and i used to buy Reeses Peanut Snacks all the time and of course i was always doing without eating so i stayed small until a Heart Attack and I Was in The Hospital For over a month so when i came out i had lost so much weight while i was in there I wasn’t Much Of Anything Except Skin!! Then it wasn’t hard to gain back the weight i lost until i had to stop and think What was i doing to myself ? I was slowly Killing myself & In the process Of Leaving my ex boyfriend and lost all the stress in my life so now i have lost a total of 55 lbs so If It Takes Me Staying On A Diet I Will !! So I Have To Thank You For This Site And The Healthy Life Style You Keep So Keep On Writing Your Recipes and Thank You Again ! God Bless You and Your Whole Family !! O:) <3 🙂
I made this yesterday for my brother’s birthday, it was delicious! Thank you so much! I drizzled melted chocolate and put peanuts on the top before putting it in the freezer.
I love this idea! All i did was add super ripe bananas, peanut butter, vanilla, and a pinch of salt to get the most amazing pie!!!! No sugar, sweeteners, or extra oil added!
Katie,
Girl, you are doing a WONDERFUL thing here. Healthy desserts?? YES! And a no-bake peanut butter pie to boot?? All my favorite things! Can’t wait to give this a try. Thanks for posting!
Love this recipe! I’m going to make it for Christmas, can I make it in advance and freeze it for a few days prior?
Sure!
I just made two versions of this: one with regular PB and one with PB2, and both were DELICIOUS! My husband couldnt even tell the difference :)! If you do the PB2 version, make sure you mix the PB2 and the water first before putting it into the blender.
I just made this using PB2! Love it. I bet the chocolate PB2 would be amazing in this recipe!
soybutter is my go to sub –it is affordable and readily available at walmart
Thank you for the banana free version, I LOVE them, but unfortunately I am allergic to them.
YOU ARE A GENIOUS!
This looked so good, but I was yucked out by the possible banana taste in a peanutbutter pie, so I thought I’d try it in 1/3 portions.
Oh, is it good. I tasted it, and yes, there was banana, so I added a scoop more of peanut butter, which didn’t ruin the texture, because as I poured in the warmed coconut oil in the spinning blender, it caused the texture to turn into an awesome mousse….sooo good. MMMMM, thanks. I still taste banana, but it’s muted in the peanut butter flavor.
I’m making this using PB2. Instead of 190 calories and 16 grams of fat for 2 Tbsp of peanut butter it is only 45 calories and 1.5 grams of fat. Thank you for a great recipe!