Chocolate-Peanut Mousse Pie
- 1 14 cups finely crushed chocolate graham crackers
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 13 cup butter, melted
- 3 34 cups whipping cream
- 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 1 cup chopped peanuts
- 1 13 cups peanut butter chips
- chocolate curls (optional)
- Combine graham cracker crumbs and sugar.
- Add melted butter; toss to combine.
- Press onto bottom and up side of a 9 inch pie plate.
- Bake in a 375 oven for 5 minutes; cool.
- Heat and stir 3/4 cup of the whipping cream and the chocolate over low heat until smooth.
- Stir in 3/4 cup nuts.
- Pour half of the chocolate mixture over crust.
- Place in freezer about 20 minutes or until set, then transfer to refrigerator.
- Cover and chill the remaining chocolate mixture.
- Meanwhile, heat and stir 1 cup of the whipping cream and the peanut butter pieces until smooth.
- Cover and chill about 30 minutes or until cool but not stiff, stirring occasionally.
- Beat remaining 2 cups whipping cream until soft peaks form.
- Fold about 1/3 of the whipped cream into peanut butter mixture; gently fold in remaining whipped cream.
- Spoon 2 1/2 cups of the mixture over chocolate mixture in crust.
- Place in freezer about 15 minutes or until set.
- Spread remaining chocolate mixture over peanut butter mixture.
- Pipe or spoon remaining peanut butter mixture around edge of pie.
- Cover and chill at least 4 hours.
- Garnish with the remaining 1/4 cup peanuts, and, if desired, the chocolate curls.
crackers, sugar, butter, whipping cream, bittersweet chocolate, peanuts, peanut butter, chocolate curls
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-peanut-mousse-pie-131723 (may not work)