Over The Top! Cream Pie

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 ounce chocolate syrup
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup peanut butter
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup cream cheese
• 2 cups cool whip
• 1/4 cup brewed espresso, chilled
• 2 cups cool whip
• 2 -3 tablespoons chocolate sprinkles
• 2 -3 tablespoons chopped peanuts

Recipe

• 1 first.
• 2 preheat oven to 325 degrees. make expresso and chill.
• 3 crust.
• 4 mix together melted butter, crumbs and sugar and press into a large pyrex pie plate. microwave on half power for 2 minutes.
• 5 fudge layer.
• 6 melt chocolate chips and chocolate syrup and stir until smooth. in separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
• 7 in mixer, cream butter, sugar, egg and egg until thickened, then mix in melted chocolate and vanilla. mix in dry ingredients until just blended.
• 8 pour into crust and push up sides a bit. bake for 20-25 minutes or until set. cool before adding cream layer. (center will fall, that's okay!).
• 9 cream layer.
• 10 cream butter, peanut butter and sugar, add cream cheese and beat until well incorporated.
• 11 fold in whipped cream and spread over fudge layer. refrigerate.
• 12 topping.
• 13 stir expresso into whipped cream and spread over cream layer.
• 14 top with chocolate sprinkles and chopped peanuts. cover and refrigerate.