Simple as Peanut Butter Pie

I am not a baker. I can do it, but normally I opt out if possible. Jeremiah's Mom and sisters are big time bakers. There are always boocoodles of desserts at their houses, and he grew up eating dessert every night after dinner...we didn't. Frankly, I don't want to start, because if it's THERE big booty will find it and partake. Sometimes I do feel a little bad when I catch Jeremiah hanging forlornly onto the cabinet handles, peering into their depths, and wishing a dessert would materialize. BUT, he just didn't marry a baker.

Saying all of that, I do bake when I take food to other people's houses. It's what people do. You take a meal AND a dessert when someone has a baby. That Mom is normally a milk factory and needs those calories :) That said, this is my go-to when I need a quick dessert to take to somebody. There is no baking involved, it's delicious, and it makes TWO! YAY! That way, at least for a couple of days, my husband doesn't have to be forlorn over his loss of dessert.

Ingredients: 1 (8 oz) cream cheese, softened

2 c. crunchy peanut butter (the recipe only calls for 1 c, but I personally like to run into a peanut in my peanut butter pie, a bit more often than that)

1 (16 oz) Cool Whip

1 1/2 c. powdered sugar (recipe says sifted, but I never do :))

2 (9 in) graham cracker crusts (that's right, I buy them pre-made)
chocolate chips (the recipe says optional, but I think that's ridiculous. Chocolate and peanut butter, the worlds sweetest marriage)

Combine cream cheese and peanut butter in a large bowl. Beat at medium speed until fluffy (with the double peanut butter, it doesn't ever fluff so much). Add powdered sugar and cool whip. Beat until smooth.
Pour into crusts, freeze 8 hours or overnight (I personally like this dessert refrigerated just as well as I do frozen. This helps for those of you, like me, who never think to make a dessert a WHOLE DAY ahead). Decorate with chocolate chips.

Somehow dessert making always leads to spontaneous, joyful, kissing...

Maybe this is why:

Don't worry, I was finished with the mixer. They were just pre-rinsing :)