Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Pie

Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Pie is a cool and creamy no-bake dessert with lots of salty/sweet peanut butter flavor. It’s a light and refreshing pie for summer, but I love it anytime of year.

Slice of peanut butter pie topped with whipped cream and peanuts.

If you love peanut butter desserts as much as I do, you should also try my Peanut Butter Bundt Cake, Peanut Butter Sheet Cake, and Peanut Butter Brownies.

Ingredients Needed

Creamy Peanut Butter– I use either Jif or Skippy. I don’t recommend using an all-natural peanut butter for this recipe.
Cream Cheese– use full-fat for best flavor and be sure to fully soften it.
Powdered Sugar
Heavy Cream– use cold heavy cream.
Cream of Tartar– helps stabilize the heavy cream.
Pie Crust– use either a store-bought or homemade pie crust.
Cool Whip and Chopped Peanuts – optional for garnish.

Slice of pie on a plate with rest of pie in background.

How To Make Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Pie

Beat cream cheese and powdered sugar together in a large bowl. Use either a hand-held electric mixer or a stand mixer.
In a separate bowl with clean beaters beat the heavy cream and cream of tartar until stiff peaks form.
Gently fold whipped cream mixture into peanut butter mixture
Transfer filling to pie crust. Refrigerate at least 2 hours.

Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Pie slice on a plate.

Make Ahead and Storage

You will want to make this pie at least 2 hours in advance so it has time to chill and set up. Once made it can be kept in the refrigerator for 4 to 5 days.

Recipe Suggestions

Instead of using a homemade or refrigerated pie crust, you can use a graham cracker crust or an oreo pie crust.
You can sub 3 cups of Cool Whip for the heavy cream and cream of tartar.

More Awesome Desserts

No-Bake Nutella Pie– tons of chocolate hazelnut flavor.
No-Bake Peanut Butter Cup Pie– similar to this pie but with Reese’s peanut butter cups.
Orange Creamsicle Pie– a great summer pie in a graham cracker crust.
Peanut Butter Lasgana– lots of deliciious layers.
Millionaire Pie– full of crushed pineapple, pecans, and cherries

Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Pie

Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Pie is a cool and creamy no-bake dessert with lots of salty/sweet peanut butter flavor. It's a light and refreshing pie for summer, but I love it anytime of year.

Course Dessert

Cuisine Southern

Keyword pie

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 0

Servings

Calories 550kcal

Equipment

Hand-Held Mixer

Ingredients

1 cup creamy peanut butter
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1½ cups cold heavy cream
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
pre-baked pie crust

Instructions

In a large bowl, use a hand-held electric mixer to beat peanut butter, cream cheese, and powdered sugar until smooth.
In a separate bowl, using clean beaters, beat heavy cream and cream of tartar until stiff peaks form.
Gently fold half of the whipped cream into the peanut butter mixture and then fold the remaining whipped cream in.
Transfer to pie crust. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.

Notes

You will need a pre-baked pie crust. You can use a frozen, refrigerated, or homemade pie crust. If using frozen or refrigerated, follow package directions for baking.

If using homemade, blind-bake for 15 to 18 minutes in a 375 degree oven.

An oreo or graham cracker crust can be used instead.