Peanut Butter Pie

It's no secret that we are peanut butter lovers in this family.  Can't get enough of the stuff!

This Peanut Butter pie recipe was famous from a restaurant called The Pearl Street Cafe.  It was a quaint little cafe with excellent food.  It's a shame that the restaurant closed down, but our good memories linger on.

Here is their famous Peanut Butter Pie recipe.  Delish!

Crust:

• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1/2 cup chopped peanuts (I didn't add these)
• 1 1/2 cups chocolate wafer crumbs

Mix crumbs, butter and peanuts.  Press into a 12" springform pan.  Bake at 400 degrees for 5-7 minutes.

Filling:

• 1 1/4 cups icing sugar
• 1 1/4 cups smooth peanut butter
• 4 oz cream cheese (I use light)
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups whipping cream

Mix cream cheese and peanut butter.  Beat with icing sugar and vanilla until smooth and creamy.  Whip cream.  Fold whipped cream into cream cheese/peanut butter mixture.  Pour over crust and refrigerate.

I kept some of the chocolate crumble to sprinkle on top.  I also made a chocolate/peanut butter sauce to pour over top.  Hey if you're going all out, then you might as well go all the way!

Admittedly not the nicest picture, but it sure tastes good!

Snowmen Cookies

So cute and so easy.....

Dip Oreo cookies in melted white chocolate.  We used holiday mint Oreo cookies.

Add mini chocolate chips for the eyes and mouth.

For the nose, we used orange jujubes cut into a triangle to look like a nose.

Drop onto parchment paper and let cool.

Note:  we didn't have any mini chocolate chips, so we used regular size for the eyes and cut them for the mouth.  I think mini chocolate chips would look better.

Hot Chocolate Bar

A new twist on a old favourite....  A Hot Chocolate Bar.

Set up a hot chocolate bar for the kids where they can make their own hot chocolate.  I got this idea from Pinterest (my newest favourite site - I'm totally addicted).

Make hot chocolate (the real stuff please!) in a crockpot and let simmer.  Set out mini marshmallows, crushed candy canes, candy canes and whipped cream and let the kids make their own.  So fun!