Love salty + sweet desserts? Then grab a handful of peanuts and chocolate chips and bake up this Chocolate Peanut Pie today!
Prep Time35mins
Cook Time55mins
Resting Time5hrs
Total Time6hrs30mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chocolate, dessert, peanut, peanut pie
Servings: 8slices
Calories: 632kcal
Author: David
Ingredients
For the Dough
1⅓cupsall-purpose flour
2Tbspbrown sugar
½tspsalt
½cupunsalted buttercold
2Tbspvodkasee note
2-4Tbspcold water
For the Peanut Pie
¾cuplight corn syrup
¾cupbrown sugar
3large eggs
¼cupunsalted buttermelted
1Tbspvanilla extract
2cupsroasted salted peanuts
¾cupsemisweet chocolate chips
For the Chocolate Drizzle
½cupsemisweet chocolate chips
2Tbspunsalted butter
2tsplight corn syrup
Instructions
For the Dough
Using a food processor, add flour, brown sugar and salt; pulse until well combined.
Cut butter into small cubes and add to the food processor; pulse until a crumbly mixture forms.
Add vodka and 2 Tbsp of water; pulse until well combined. Continue adding water 1 Tbsp at a time (and pulsing) until dough comes together in a ball.
Shape dough into a disc and wrap with plastic wrap; refrigerate for at least 2 hours. (Note: Dough can be made the day before and refrigerated overnight.)
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Working on a well-floured surface, roll pie dough into a 12” circle.
Transfer pie dough into pan and gently press dough into pan; trim excess overhang so that you have ~½” of overhang on all sides. Tuck overhang under itself so that folded edge is level with the edge of pie plate.
Use 2 fingers, crimp the edges of dough. Refrigerate dough for at least 15 minutes.
For the Peanut Pie
Using a large mixing bowl, add corn syrup, brown sugar, eggs, melted butter and vanilla extract; stir until well combined.
Spread peanuts out onto counter or large cutting board. Using a rolling pin, lightly crush ~⅔ of the peanuts. (Note: You want to crush the peanuts into large pieces here.)
Add crushed peanuts, remaining whole peanuts and chocolate chips to the mixing bowl; stir until well combined.
Transfer mixture into prepared pie pan.
Bake at 350°F for 55-60 minutes, or until filling is set.
Let pie cool at room temperature for at least 3 hours. (Note: For a firmer pie, refrigerate pie once it has cooled and serve cold.)
For the Chocolate Drizzle
Using a double boiler (or a small heatproof bowl set over a pot of gently simmering water), combine chocolate chips, butter and light corn syrup. Stir until chocolate chips have completely melted and mixture is smooth.
Using a piping bag with a small round tip (or a sandwich bag with one corner snipped off), drizzle chocolate on top of pie before serving.
Notes
The alcohol in the crust will evaporate while baking. Substituting vodka (or another 80-proof alcohol) for ½ of the liquid in pie dough will lead to a flakier crust once baked. Try it out!