No-Bake Buckeye Pie

No-bake peanut butter buckeye pie is ready for game day! With an oreo crust filled with a fluffy peanut butter and chocolate filling.

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Will today be the day the Buckeyes put and end to the four year winning streak of That Team Up North? I thought for sure it would have been last year but turns out we needed that loss for the kick in the pants to go on and win the National Championship. If that’s the price to pay, honestly, I would pay it every year.

Some people disagree, they would rather beat *ichigan than win a National Championship and I think they are delusional. I also think we would be crazy to fire Day if we don’t beat them today. My Penn State alum husband keeps hoping we will so that they can finally beat us (and maybe scoop him up for themselves). Sometimes you don’t know appreciate you have.

What I do appreciate is having family willing to drive to us for Thanksgiving this year. We typically travel for every holiday and family event and are happy to be there but it can be quite exhausting – especially after a long month at work with a taxing finale and after last years fiasco getting stuck in the Erie snowpocolypse at a strangers house overnight thus missing The Game last year.

To be fair that meant family from Rochester had to drive through Erie but thankfully nothing exciting was happening in Erie this time around. So we had our little gathering with some of my immediate family (sad to not have our CA portion with us) with the usual Thanksgiving suspects on the table but I got a little creative for dessert.

I made three pies for 7 people because why not? First was a date-walnut pie I had made for cookbook club awhile back. second was a masala chai spiced pumpkin pie where I just subbed the pumpkin pie spice for a homemade masala blend. And last but not least was this no-bake buckeye pie! My pumpkin pier loving father actually said the buckeye pie was his favorite.

It’s just like a classic peanut butter pie but I split the filling in half and added a little cocoa powder to one half which was then spooned into the crust to resemble the top of a buckeye nut. Of course I then had to omit the final layer of whipped topping or else you wouldn’t be able to admire the visage of this buckeye pie but feel free to add some to yours when serving.

Thirteen years ago: Onion Ring Topped BBQ Bacon Burgers

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NO-BAKE BUCKEYE PIE

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Nutrition facts: 200 calories 20 grams fat

Ingredients

CRUST*

• 24 chocolate sandwich cookies**, finely crushed (about 2-1/2 cups)
• 4 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted

FILLING

• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 Tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 (8 oz.) container frozen whipped topping, thawed and divided

Directions

1. In a medium bowl, stir the cookie crumbs and melted butter together with a fork. Press crumbs into the bottom and up the sides of a 9″ pie plate. Chill for 30 minutes before filling.
2. In a large bowl, beat together peanut butter, cream cheese, and sugar until well combined. Divide evenly between two bowls, add cocoa powder to one, and beat until combined. Gently mix in half of the whipped topping into each bowl until thoroughly combined. Spoon chocolate mixture into outside rim of the pie shell, followed by the peanut butter in the center. Using a spatula, smooth mixture in a circular motion to not blend the two, maintaining the appearance of a buckeye.
3. Refrigerate 8 hours or overnight, until ready to serve.

Notes

*Or use a prepared chocolate cookie pie crust. **I used peanut butter creme filled Oreos because why not?

Source: Adapted from my Cookies and Cream Peanut Butter Pie.