What happened to Thanksgiving??

Hey Walmart, K-Mart, Target, and various other places...What happened to Thanksgiving?  Do you have to have all of the Christmas items out already?  Can we not spend a little time being thankful?  I am a lover of celebrating the birth of Jesus, but that is not what you are doing.  You commercialize this sacred day and turn it into a money making machine.  I admit, I am making plans for my holidays, but will wait until we get closer to Thanksgiving to give time to pay homage to the current holiday.  Think of all of the things you have to be thankful for.  There are a lot!

This is something to be thankful for!  Creamy peanut butter filling in a chocolaty Oreo crust.  add whipped cream and peanut butter cups and you have some heaven for your mouth.  

Peanut Butter Cup Pie

Oreo pie crust (Or make your own with crushed cookies and melted butter.)

1 cup peanut butter (you can use creamy or crunchy.  I prefer creamy.)

1/2 cup sugar

1 tsp vanilla

1 block of cream cheese, softened

1 tub Cool Whip Creamy (Or make fresh whipped cream, that is even better)

12 chopped full size peanut butter cups

chocolate syrup to drizzle if desired

Mix cream cheese, peanut butter, vanilla, and sugar on medium until thick and creamy.  The trick is to whip it until it has a lot of air in it.  Using a spatula, fold in a small container of Cool whip Creamy or whipped cream.  Fold gently so you keep an airy mixture.
Fold in half of the peanut butter cups and spread into Oreo crust.
top with remaining peanut butter cups and drizzle with chocolate of desired.  Pipe whipped cream around the edges and viola!
If you want even more peanut butter deliciousness, Spread a little peanut butter onto the crust before adding the filling.  You can also drizzle with melted peanut butter.  I have also made this in cupcake liners for mini pies, they sold like crazy at a bake sale!