Peanut Butter Pretzel Pie

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Sweet and salty come together flawlessly in this super easy to make Peanut Butter Pretzel Pie. The perfect quick dessert for a holiday celebration or to celebrate the peanut butter lover in your life!

A slice of creamy peanut butter dessert in a pretzel pie crust on a plate with whipped cream and chocolate sauce drizzled on top.

Awe, peanut butter. A simple ingredient that can be used in so many different ways, and it’s clearly one of my favorites! I can’t stop making peanut butter desserts on The Domestic Spoon!

Whether you’re in need of a snack like these Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites or Peanut Butter Cornflake Cookies, or you’re more in the mood for a dessert like Peanut Butter Mousse or Peanut Butter M&M Cookies, there is no craving that peanut butter can’t solve. In fact, even a simple classroom lunch like a Fluffernutter Sandwich is so enjoyable because of the peanut butter!

If you’re a fan of peanut butter treats and the ultimate duo of salty and sweet, this is the pie recipe for you.

Fluffy, creamy peanut butter mousse and delicious mini chocolate chips fill a salty pretzel pie crust. Top your Peanut Butter Pretzel Pie with whipped cream, peanut butter cups or chocolate sauce, and you’ve got a rich dessert no one can resist.

The best part is this whole recipe only takes about 30 minutes to assemble. While I do recommend baking the crust, the filling is totally no-bake, so it’s ready to go as soon as the craving hits!

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Why Make This Recipe

Sweet and Salty: The peanut butter with the salty pretzel crust is just so delicious! It’s truly the perfect pairing.
Party Perfect: Need a quick dessert that’s sure to impress? This is it! This peanut butter pie comes together in just minutes but can be dressed up to look like it took all day and the taste really can’t be beat.
Make Ahead: You can make this pie ahead of time and be prepared to bring it out when it’s time to serve. No need to slave all day in the kitchen! This pie is a great recipe for busy holiday celebrations like Christmas.

Ingredients for Peanut Butter Pretzel Pie

Here is a visual overview of the ingredients in the recipe. Scroll down to the recipe at the bottom for quantities.

Ingredients shown are used to prepare a peanut butter pretzel pie.

Pretzels: You can use any salted pretzels for this recipe. You could substitute graham crackers if you prefer, but the saltiness of the pretzels is just too good!
Butter: This helps bind your crust together.
Granulated Sugar: Also helps hold the crust together.
Cool Whip: Makes your filling nice and light and fluffy. Feel free to use reduced fat if you prefer
Creamy Peanut Butter: Any no-stir brand will do. I don’t recommend using crunchy peanut butter for this recipe.
Cream Cheese: Allow your cream cheese to soften to room temperature. You could use reduced fat if you wish but the creaminess of full fat is worth it!
Powdered Sugar
Mini Chocolate Chips
Chocolate Sauce, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups or Whipped Cream for decoration

Variations and Adaptations

Reduced Fat: You can lower some of the fat and sugar in this recipe by choosing reduced fat or low fat cream cheese and whipped cream. Be aware that your pie may be a bit more soft in the end, but it should still work fine.
No Peanut Butter: If you’re not a peanut butter fan, you can still make this pie and just substitute a different kind of nut butter. It would work well with almond butter or cashew butter.
Top it Off: You can switch up the optional toppings on top! Feel free to play around with chopped peanuts, coconut, shaved chocolate, crumbled pretzels or sea salt. Get creative!
Change the Crust: You can use a premade crust if you wish or make it with oreos instead of pretzels. But the pretzel crust is what makes this a Peanut Butter Pretzel Pie!

Tools

Food Processor: You can put your pretzels in a ziploc and crush them, but a food processor makes the process much quicker
Pie Pan
Mixing Bowl
Electric Hand Mixer or Stand Mixer

How to Make This Recipe

Step 1: Place the pretzels in the food processor and blend until crumbs form.

Crushed pretzels combined with melted butter in a food processor.

Step 2: Add the melted butter and the granulated sugar and process again until combined.

Step 3: Pour the mixture into the pie pan and press into the bottom and sides of the pan. Bake for 12-15 minutes until set.

Kitchen mixer paddle covered in peanut butter, cream cheese and cool whip.

Step 4: Add the peanut butter, cream cheese, and powdered sugar into the bowl of a stand mixer and beat together until smooth.

Peanut butter, cream cheese and cool whip combined in a mixing bowl into a creamy mixture.

Step 5: Slowly fold in the cool whip into the bowl with the peanut butter mixture until fully incorporated.

Peanut butter, cream cheese and cool whip combined into a creamy mixture with chocolate chips in a mixing bowl.

Step 6: Mix in the mini chocolate chips by hand until evenly distributed. Then pour the mixture into the pie crust. Allow the pie to chill for at least 4 hours.

Top view of a no bake peanut butter pretzel pie garnished with whipped cream, drizzled with chocolate sauce and topped with mini Reese's peanut butter cups.

Step 7: Once cooled, decorate with miniature Reese’s cups, chocolate sauce and whipped cream if desired. Cut and serve, and enjoy!

Expert Tips

Peanut butter pretzel pie in a pie plate topped with whipped cream, drizzled with chocolate sauce and garnished with mini Reese's peanut butter cups.

When crushing your pretzels to make your crust, don’t go too crazy with the food processor. You want a few chunks to give your crust good texture.
Be sure and let your pie cool for several hours before serving. This gives your cream cheese a chance to solidify and makes your slices come out cleaner.
Don’t decorate the pie with whipped cream until you are ready to serve! The whipped cream melts if not eaten fast enough.

Recipe FAQs

A slice of peanut butter pretzel pie topped with whipped cream and drizzled with chocolate sauce served on a plate.

How Do I Store Peanut Butter Chocolate Pretzel Pie?

Peanut Butter Pretzel Pie does best if it has at least four hours in the refrigerator before serving, but you could let it sit for up to four days in the refrigerator. Make sure it is covered so it doesn’t get dried out.

You can also freeze this pie very well. Freeze individual slices if you have leftovers or freeze the entire pie if you want to make it up to three months in advance!

Can I Make Peanut Butter Pretzel Pie Nut Free?

If you need to avoid nuts altogether you can substitute sunflower seed butter for the peanut butter at a 1:1 ratio.

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