Frozen Peanut Crunch Pie

Total Time: 24 hrs Preparation Time: 24 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 6 ounces peanut brittle, coarsely chopped
• 5 cups vanilla ice cream, slightly softened, but not melted
• 1 (6 ounce) ready-crust butter crust pie crusts
• 2/3 cup milk chocolate chips or 13 ounces milk chocolate candy bars, chopped
• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream (unwhipped)
• 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar (icing)
• 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter, at room temperature

Recipe

• 1 reserve some of the brittle for decoration.
• 2 mix the remaining brittle with the softened ice cream in a large bowl.
• 3 spoon into the pie crust, mounding it in the center.
• 4 smooth with metal spatula; cover with foil, and freeze at least 6 hours or overnight.
• 5 in a saucepan over low heat, stir chocolate chips and the whipping cream, until the chocolate melts, and the mixture is smooth.
• 6 stir in the confectioners sugar and peanut butter until blended.
• 7 remove the pie from the freezer.
• 8 place the pie on wax paper to catch any drips.
• 9 pour the chocolate mixture evenly over the frozen filling, working quickly, spreading with a metal spatula (topping may flow over the edge of pie).
• 10 put back in the freezer; freeze for 1-2 hours, or until topping is firm.
• 11 just before serving, decorate with reserved brittle.