Peanut Butter and Chocolate Mousse Torte
- 1 1/2 cup peanut butter filled oreo cookies, finely crushed
- 6 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
- 2 1/2 cup cold heavy whipping cream, divided use between mousses
- 5 oz cream che ed se, at room temperatire
- 2 tbsp salted butter, at room temperature
- 1 1/4 cup confectioner's sugar
- 3/4 cup Creamy peanut butter
- 1 1/3 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- Spray a 9 inch sprinform pan with bakers spray
- Combine cookie crumbs and melted butter until well moistened
- Press onto bottom and sides of springform pan.
- Freeze while preparing filling
- MAKE PEANUT BUTTER MOUSSE
- In a large bowl beat cream cheese and butter until smooth
- Add confectioner's sugar and peanut butter and beat in, set aside
- In a large bowl beat the 2 1/2 cups cold heavy cream until it holds firm peaks
- Fold 1 cup of this whipped cream into peanut butter mixture to lighten it, then fold in another 1 1/2 of the Whipped cream.
- Return remaining whipped cream to refrigerator to keep cold
- Scrape peant butter mousse into frozen crust and smooth top, return to freezer while preparing chocolate mousse
- MAKE CHOCOLATE MOUSSE LAYER
- Melt chocolate until smooth either in the microwave or over a double boiler.
- Cool to room temperature about 15 to 20 minutes
- Remove reserved whipped cream from refigerator and if it has deflated beat it a few seconds to revive its shape then fold about 1 cup of it into the chocolate to lighten it
- Add this mixture to the remaining whipped cream and fold together until uniform in color
- Remove pan from freezer and add chocolate mousse on top of peanut butter mousse.
- Smooth top.
- Cover and refrigerate at least 6 hours
- MAKE CHOCOLATE GLAZE
- Heat cream just until hot, pour over chocolate in a bowl.
- Let sit 1 minute and then stir until smooth, stir in vanilla.
- Allow to cool 15 minutes.
- Remove sides of sprinform pan by running a thin knife around edges of mousse and release sides of pan.pour chocolate over top of torte
- Add garnishes of mini cookies honey roasted peanuts and sliced peanut butter cups while choclate is wet so they dtick.
- Refigerate at least 1 hour before slicing.
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Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/358578-peanut-butter-and-chocolate-mousse-torte (may not work)