If you love summer desserts but hate to heat up your house by turning on the oven, no bake treats are your friend.
This no bake pie is full of fresh strawberry and creamy peanut butter flavor with a fluffy, smooth consistency that isn't too heavy.  The texture comes from the combination of whipped cream cheese and a jar of marshmallow creme.  This is my first time using marshmallow creme in a no bake dessert and there's no going back now - I'm hooked!
Mmm... it's like eating a fruity, puffy cloud. Check out that crust!  Instead of a traditional cookie crumb crust, I opted to use crushed pretzels for a salty crunch and to help offset some of the sweetness of the pie.
While you can certainly make this dessert in a deep dish pie pan, I chose to use a spring form pan so that I could remove it for easier decorating.
So whether you are avoiding your oven or you need a fast dessert that will feed a crowd, this one might make it into your permanent go-to stack of recipes. Â Let me know if you try it!
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No Bake Strawberry Peanut Butter Fluff Pie
- Yield: 1 deep dish 9-inch pie 1x
Ingredients
- For the crust:
- 2 cups pretzels, crushed into a fine crumb with some small pieces
- 1 stick unsalted butter, melted
- For the filling:
- 1 8 oz package cream cheese at room temperature
- ¾ cup smooth peanut butter
- 1 7 oz jar marshmallow creme
- 1 8 oz container frozen whipped topping (Cool Whip), thawed
- 1 heaping cup fresh strawberries, washed and thoroughly dried, finely diced, plus more for decoration
- For the drizzle:
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 2-4 TBS milk
- 3 TBS smooth peanut butter
Instructions
- Combine melted butter with crushed pretzels, making sure the mixture is very wet and easily sticks together (add more butter if needed). Press mixture evenly into the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan and press up the sides. Place crust in the refrigerate while the filling is prepared.
- In a large mixing bowl using a hand or stand mixer, beat the softened cream cheese for 2-3 minutes until creamy and smooth. Add the peanut butter and continue mixing until thoroughly combined, and then beat in the marshmallow creme.
- Fold in the thawed whipped topping and strawberries until smooth and then spread mixture into the prepared crust. Refrigerate for 3-4 hours (or overnight) until set.
- In a small bowl, combine the powdered sugar with 2 TBS of milk and stir until combined. Stir in the peanut butter and add more milk as needed until the mixture easily drizzles off of a spoon. Drizzle onto chilled pie.
laurie
Looks delicious! I had to search for this on your site. I found it by clicking the 11 recipe ideas for strawberries. When you click the link for your pie, it goes to the dog treats. There are a few other links in that post that don't go where they are supposed to. Just letting you know, and thanks for the delicious recipes!
Erin
Thank you so much for making me aware of those issues! I will look into them.
Sarah
I made this for my husband--we loved it! Easy to make, and wonderfully rich and creamy. The pretzel crust was definitely the way to go, but when I cut into it, it mostly crumbled. I will definitely make this again, but try to improve my crust somehow.
Erin
Sorry I missed this comment the first time 'round! The crust is definitely crumbly. I've made this a few times now and found that the finer you crush the pretzels, the better it sticks together with the butter, though when you do that you lose the texture of having the slightly larger bits of pretzel. I prefer the texture with the larger bits so I tend to not worry too much about the crumble, but if you want the pie to slice more cleanly you can try crushing it more fine. 🙂
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