Cookie butter pie – rich, creamy cookie butter cream cheese filling on a crunchy, buttery cookie butter crust. Every bite of this no bake cookie butter pie is pure cookie butter bliss.
(Can’t get enough of cookie butter recipes? Try these soft and chewy cookie butter blondies with white chocolate chips. So good!)
We had a quick trip to New York at the beginning of summer and to us, a trip to the States is not complete without a trip to Trader Joe’s.
We’re big fans – we tend to go on zombie apocalypse hoard mode when we’re there.
So the other day I was looking at what has become our mini Trader Joe’s pop-up shop and decided I must do something with all this food.
Then I saw this peanut butter pie from The Pioneer Woman and thought I can definitely do a cookie butter version. So I did.
Imagine rich, creamy cookie butter cream cheese filling sitting on a crunchy, buttery cookie butter crust. Red brought some to work and her co-workers named it Speculoos Spectacular.
I’m too embarrassed to actually call it that lol but frankly, it is quite fantastic.
You may be wondering, what the heck is cookie butter anyway? It’s a jar of magic is what it is.
But if you want to get all dictionary about it, according to Taste of Home it’s a spread made from ground-up spice cookies called speculoos (think: gingerbread cookies).
It’s sorta kinda like peanut butter, but cookies. Bottomline – it’s delicious.
How to make
Back to this pie. It’s the easiest pie ever – to make and eat! Let’s make the crust first.
Crunchy buttery crust
You would need cookie butter cookies and melted butter. If you can’t find cookie butter or speculoos cookies, I think graham crackers or even Oreos would do just fine.
First thing you do is crush the cookie butter cookies until they resemble a coarse meal (I put them in a Ziploc bag and used my rolling pin to crush them).
Then combine the crumbs with melted butter and stir until the crumbs are evenly moist.
Press to the bottom of a 9-inch pie dish.
Why is this pie almost no-bake, you ask? It’s because you need to bake the cookie butter crust for 5-7 minutes for it to set. I can’t make it come together simply by freezing it so baked it, I did.
And it was worth the extra minutes I spent in the hot summer kitchen because the crust is to-die for.
While that’s in the oven, you can make your cookie butter pie filling.
Using a handheld electric mixer or a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, beat the cookie butter and cream cheese until well combined (make sure your cream cheese is soft/room temp).
Fold 2 cups of whipped cream a little at a time until the mixture is smooth and fluffy. Pour into your pie dish and smooth out the top. Sprinkle cookie butter crumbs.
Now the hard part – chill until set, preferably overnight.
I think Speculoos from Trader Joe’s is the brand most people recognize and go crazy for. It’s not available here in Canada but we have Penotti and Biscoff and they’re pretty great too.
If all else fails, Amazon carries all three brands!
You can serve this straight out of the fridge when it’s firmer and colder, or slightly room temperature when it’s softer. Either way, it’s delicious.
It’s very rich so we can really only eat a small slice at a time but find ourselves wanting mini slices several times a day.
It’s quite addicting. Now that you’ve been warned, go forth and make this pie. It is delicious!
Other recipes inspired by Trader Joe’s products
Do you like shopping at Trader Joe’s too? These recipes are packed with TJ goodies.
I used Pound Plus Dark Chocolate to make these chewy and chunky double chocolate cookies.
While these soft and chewy peanut butter fig bars are made with Fig Butter.
Cookie Butter Pie Recipe – (Almost) No Bake!
Equipment
Ingredients
For the cookie butter crust:
- 2 cups crushed cookie butter cookies plus extra for topping (see notes)
- ½ cup unsalted butter melted
For the cookie butter filling:
- 1 14-oz jar creamy cookie butter see notes
- 1 8-oz block cream cheese softened
- 2 cups heavy cream whipped stiff
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Crush the cookie butter cookies until they resemble a coarse meal (I put them in a Ziploc bag and used my rolling pin to crush them).
- In a small bowl, combine the crumbs with ½ cup melted butter and stir until the crumbs are evenly moist. Press to the bottom and a little up the sides of a 9-inch pie dish.
- Bake for 5-7 minutes or until set. Take out of the oven and cool completely.
- Using a handheld electric mixer or a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, beat the cookie butter and cream cheese until well combined (about 2 minutes on medium-high). Remember to scrape the bottom and sides of your bowl.
- Fold the 2 cups of whipped cream a little at a time until the mixture is smooth and fluffy. Pour into your pie dish and smooth out the top. Sprinkle cookie butter crumbs.
- Chill until set, preferably overnight. Serve with whipped cream.
Video
Notes
- If you want to make this pie 100% no bake, you can use a pre-baked 9-inch graham cracker or Oreo pie crust.
- I used Speculooos but you can use any brand of cookie butter, like Penotti.
Nutrition
Nutritional information are estimates only.
Happy no-baking!
Did you make no bake cookie butter pie? I’d love to hear from you in the comments section below.
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Maggie Unzueta
That looks amazing. Pinning for later!
Jolina
Thanks Maggie! And thanks for the pin! 🙂
Janine Good
This looks incredible. Simple yet full of flavour and a perfect finale to a celebration or simple meal at home. I have yummed this for later!
Jolina
Thanks Janine! And appreciate the yum 🙂
Brianna
You had me at cookie butter! This looks amazing
Jolina
Haha yes. Cookie butter is pretty compelling isn’t it? 🙂 Thanks Brianna! Hope you get to give this recipe a go!
Clarissa
This looks so beautiful! And not that many steps either!!
Jolina
Thanks Clarissa! And not very many steps at all 🙂
Liz
Ahhhhhhh okay I LOVE how this looks! I’m beyond addicted to cookie butter. Every time I go to Trader Joe’s I also act like the zombie are coming and get about six jars. And this looks dangerously easy to make….in fact I may be emailing it to Ross in another tab at this very moment because I know he’ll love it too. I’ll report back after we try it!
Jolina
Haha so it’s not just us then! Did you hear about that time when they limited the sale of cookie butters to 2 jars per person in some stores? Ah good times 🙂 And yes, it’s so easy Liz! And addicting. Beware! LOL!
Tiffany VanSickle
This looks heavenly! I’ve never heard of cookie butter before!!! Definitely have to check it out!!!
Jolina
Thanks Tiffany! I put a link to the exact brand I use at the bottom of the post 🙂
Suchi
looks great! my daughter would love this~
Jolina
Happy to hear that! Let me know how it goes. Thanks Suchi!
Amanda Love
Cookie butter is one of my kids’ favorites! And it would be nice to make this pie for them especially with school starting and all. A sweet dessert will keep the stress levels low!
Jolina
It’s pretty awesome isn’t it?? And yes, anything to lower stress levels is a win in my book! 🙂 Thanks Amanda!
Nina
Oh my gosh, this looks absolutely incredible.
Jolina
Thanks a lot Nina! Cookie butter is awesome IMO, hope you get to give this pie a go! 🙂
Lisa Sell
Amazing! Sometimes you just don’t want to be waiting ages for a cake to bake in the oven and sometimes it’s just too hot to do it. Definitely trying this recipe out!
Jolina
I agree! Though summer is at its homestretch it’s still pretty hot here. Hope you like the pie Lisa!
Lubka Henry
Now you’re so tempting me with this recipe. I’m still on a diet, but this looks so delicious!!
Jolina
I feel really bad now sharing all these recipes with you Lubka!! Maybe think of this as a cheat day treat? 🙂 Thanks for your kind words though, you’re always very sweet.
Catrina
Oh my, this looks so good. Definitely trying this. Thanks so much for sharing!
Jolina
Thanks a lot Catrina! Hope you like it! 🙂
Me-An Clemente
I wonder what it will be if it doesn’t involve any baking at all as you mentioned that it’s not completely no-bake. You baked it for a few minutes to set. We don’t have an oven so no bake recipes really appeal to me. I would love to try this recipe in the future when I get the time. It looks really delicious.
Jolina
Hi Me-An! I’m sure it will be fine. You can buy a ready made 9-inch pie crust (graham or Oreo would work) so that you don’t need to make your own. Then just do the filling and you’re done – without the oven at all 🙂 Would love to hear how it goes!
Megan
Your creations are seriously making my mouth water. This looks amazing, and I’m lusting after your peach icebox pie!
Jolina
Aw thanks a lot Megan! My job is done haha 🙂
Courtney
Omg I have to make this for my hubby!!! He’s peanut butter pie obsessed!
Jolina
Hi CourtneyLynne! You can definitely sub peanut butter for the cookie butter 🙂 I do recommend trying cookie butter though, it’s pretty awesome 🙂