Recipe: Snickers Pie

This past holiday season I had a house full of family. Rusty and I have agreed that we want only two children but there is something about cooking for a big group that makes me happy. I love when everyone belly's up to our dining room table and passes each dish around. I think I get it from my Italian grandmother. Turning down her food is like telling her you don't like her. My grandmother fixes full course meals for lunch and don't even get me started on her appetizer table. Yeah, a whole table of appetizers to pick from before you even get to the main course. Perfection!

Over Christmas and the week following I got to make casseroles, bake a ham, whip up pies and cookies plus use my holiday dishes and platters. One of the new recipes that I tried was Snickers Pie. My family ate the pie in about 24 hours. Following dinner we had it for dessert then again a few hours later after some card games and Catch Phrase. We might have snacked on it before lunch the next day. Just maybe. Once you have a bite of this pie you will understand the need to eat it before you even get to lunch.

Photo Source: Make Life Delicious

I adapted the recipe from Food.com and the best part about this recipe is it is SO easy. Here is what you need:

- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter (It says you can use crunchy but I am not a fan of crunchy peanut butter.)
- 1 1/2 regular sized Snickers candy bars, chopped (I used two full bars.)
- 8 ounces Cool Whip, thawed
- 1 chocolate cookie pie crust (You can also use graham cracker crust. I bought mine at the store but you can also make a quick crust with melted butter, fine graham crust or crushed pretzels.)

Directions:

1. In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar and peanut butter until creamy. (I used my Kitchen Aid but you can mix it in a large bowl too.)

2. Stir in chopped candy bars.

3. Gently fold in the Cool Whip just until mixed.

4. Pour into crust and refrigerate overnight. If you are making it a few hours before you serve it place it in the freezer.

5. Enjoy!

For the original recipe click here. Try adding chopped snickers to garnish the top. You can also make a caramel or chocolate design on top. Whip cream works too! Who is going to make Snickers Pie now?