What's Your Favorite Summer Pie? How About Frozen Chocolate Peanut Butter!

Hello, foodies…

We may have another week until I can start calling it summer, but it was 80 degrees and HUMID here today in West Chester, PA. Summer is knockin’ on spring’s door, and I’m already on the hunt for no-bake, no-fuss recipes. Who wants Frozen Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie!?



Frozen Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie
 
This recipe is prepared with the KitchenAid 300 Watt 10-Speed Tilt-Head Stand Mixer (K37868).
 
Go to David's Recipe Item Page for the full list of items that David has used in his recipes.

Ingredients:
 
Peanut Butter Filling:
4 oz cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 (12-oz) container whipped topping
9" pre-made chocolate cookie pie crust
 
Topping:
1 (4-oz) container whipped topping
6 chocolate peanut butter cups, chopped
Store-bought chocolate sauce
 
Directions:
 
Spoon the cream cheese and peanut butter into the bowl of a stand mixer. Fit the mixer with a paddle attachment and then beat the ingredients on medium speed until evenly combined. Add the confectioners’ sugar and vanilla. Mix until fully incorporated, stopping to scrape down sides of bowl, as needed.
 
Reduce the mixer speed to low and add the whipped topping in three stages, mixing well after each addition and scrapping down the sides and bottom of the bowl until completely incorporated and the mixture is light in texture. Evenly spoon the mixture into the pie crust. Freeze for 2 hours.
 
After 2 hours, remove the pie from the freezer and spread the additional whipped topping on top of the filling. Re-freeze the pie for an additional 2 hours, or overnight.
 
Before serving, drizzle some chocolate sauce and chopped chocolate peanut butter cups on top.

The only challenging part of this recipe is letting the pie freeze for 4 hours. Here’s the good news: four is all you need…overnight freezing isn’t absolutely necessary; it’s just that the colder the pie is, the more refreshing it’ll be on those hot summer scorchers.

Did you hear Mary & I talking about Pinterest yesterday on ITKWD? We picked up 2,000 new followers by the time the show was over…thank you! If you’re not on Pinterest yet, I urge you to get on board! Pinterest is a giant idea bank where you can find recipes, DIY projects, and photos of things that interest you. You create “boards” to house your “pins” and can reference them anytime. Ready to sign up?
1)    Go to QVC.com. Click the gray “Kitchen & Food” tab. Under “Spotlight On” on the left, click on the link that says “In the Kitchen with David.”
2)    Below the images, about halfway down the page, you’ll see a bar that says “Stay Connected.” Click on the Red “P” icon, which is Pinterest.
3)    You’ll automatically go to my Pinterest page. You can browse through the photos without having an account. But, when you’re ready sign up, click the “Join Pinterest” icon at the top of the page.
4)    If you have a Facebook or Twitter account, you can use that log-in to “join” Pinterest. Or, use an email address.
5)    To follow me, go to the search bar at the top-left of the page and type David Venable QVC.
6)    Click on the “Pinners” tab and my profile should appear. Click “Follow” and you’ll see my boards! Some have my personal recipes, some are from bloggers and other pinners, but all are yummy!
7)    To pin a recipe (or any photo) on a board of your own, click the picture, then create a board. Use my board-names as inspiration…they can be anything you like. Then, click the red “Pin it” button. Pin, Repin, Repeat!

Ready for your blog question? Summer’s coming and I want you to tell me about your favorite summer pie. Do you like cherry pie? Key lime? Maybe blueberry-raspberry? I think strawberry rhubarb is still my favorite…it reminds me of my grandmother. She always had a strawberry rhubarb pie waiting for me in the summertime. Foodies, our Frozen Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie comes to life this Wednesday at 8pm ET. See you then.

Keep it flavorful!
—David

P.S. I’m making corn-on-the-cob for dinner tonight and I stumbled upon the greatest video from the genius chefs over at America’s Test Kitchen. There’s a MUCH better way to shuck corn than what I’ve been doing all these years. Who knew!?