Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie

1 chocolate cookie crust (I used an Oreo pre-made crust)

Filling:

1 cup cream cheese
2/3 cup smooth peanut butter
4 tablespoons sugar
3/4 cup whipping cream

(Ok...will be trying this again but I would use at least 5 T sugar and increase whipping cream to maybe 1 cup. I also added 1 tsp. vanilla)


Topping:

2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons butter, cut into pieces
2 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped or chocolate chips
1/2 cup whipping cream

optional garnishes:
chopped peanuts
chocolate curls
chopped peanut butter cup candies

To make the filling: Beat cream cheese, peanut butter, and sugar until blended.

Whip cream into very soft peaks. Fold whipped cream into the peanut butter mixture. Spoon filling into the cookie crust. I chilled this while I did the topping...

Make the topping: In a pan, combine the sugar and 1/2 cup cream. Bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Lower heat immediately and simmer, without stirring, 5-6 minutes until slightly thick and pale yellow. Remove from heat and stir in butter and chocolate until melted. Let chocolate mixture cool slightly.

Pour the topping over pie and spread to cover completely and evenly. Chill, uncovered, about 1 hour until firm.

To decorate: I left a 1/2 gap between the edge of the pie crust and the chocolate filling and filled the gap with chopped peanut butter cups (could use peanuts) then sprinkled chocolate curls over the middle of the pie.

How to Make Chocolate Curls: Run a vegetable peeler along the length of the flat side of a bar of chocolate at room temperature.

Very rich, but yummy!!