PEANUT BUTTER PIE-rerun

I doubled this recipe for the 2 pies!!! One of my favorite pies!!!! I never even heard of this until we moved to Florida! Ya just gotta love the Southeners for their cookin' skills!

I use a short-bread crust, but a graham-cracker or oreo cookie crust works just as well!

8 oz cream cheeses (softened)
1 cup chunky or smooth peanut butter
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsps vanilla extract

beat on medium speed until smoothly blended

in a separate bowl:
beat on high speed until stiff peaks form:
1 cup heavy cream(make sure it is good and cold)

fold whipped cream into peanut butter mixture (1/2 at a time) and keep folding until completely blended.Then spread evenly in pie shell.

for the topping:
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 tbls butter
4 oz dark chocolate bits

heat heavy cream and butter to an almost boil-remove from heat and add chocolate bits-stir until completely melted and blended. Now pread on top of the pie.

If you family or friends aren't easily impressed-take a toothpick and make little swirlies by dragging the toothpick through the chocolate and peanutbutter.
This pie is best served cold the next day!(or if you are impatient-give it a couple of hours at least in the refridgerater!
Decadent,rich,but YUMMY!!!!! It is a bit like the Jolly Green Giant's Peanut butter cup!