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Off the top of my head, the peanut butter and crust is already taking it in the direction of PB&J.  Whipping and folding tells me it's lighter than some versions of peanut butter dessert.  Raspberry or your favorite jelly melted and drizzled, with some white chocolate shavings & whipped cream on the side as like the glass of milk you'd drink with it. (Replacing the nuts, chocolate sauce, and ice cream).  I think it would be like a grown up version of PB&J that could be enjoyed in groups without it getting stuck on the roof of your mouth, LOL.  I've always shy-ed away from dark corn syrup in recipes, recalling it as quite pronounced in flavor, so if there's something else that could do it's job in this recipe like light corn syrup or something entirely different.  I'm not sure what it's function is in this pie but I think omitting it might make the pie even lighter and more lending to this light modern PB&J idea.

It looks like peanuts (chopped?) are sprinkled atop the pie .. but i don't see them listed.

The previous poster talked about PB&J -- I would NOT add jelly (mainly because I have always HATED the combo of pb&j -- bu tknow many like itl.  To each their own.  I'm sure its great.  But not for me.

I'd probably add some chocolate (chocolate freak that I am) .. maybe chocolate or some Nutella (hazenut choco spread) ... as I find it a good combo w/ peanut butter.

Funny you should say that, I like peanut butter and honey, peanut butter and banana, and peanut butter and apple sandwiches a lot too. I don't "HATE" pb&j per se, actually like the flavor contrasts, but it can be a bit much sometimes cause it's all so heavy and thick and that's when I go for these alternate peanut butter combos.  I'd always thought of Nutella as a peanut butter SUBSTITUTE but thanks for opening my eyes! I'm gonna pick some up on my next trip to the market and add one more mate to my peanut butter obsession, maybe with pretzels or a warm tortilla for a quick snack.

Instead of the egg whites, I would whip in some cream cheese and also add some milk chocolate chips. Top with whipped cream and drizzle with chocolate and carmel sauce and garnish with some white, peanut butter and milk mini choco chips.

I wonder if instead of using pie crust, if using a pre-made graham cracker or chocolate oreo crust would change it?

Instead of doing a chocolate drizzle on top, what if you just melted some Nutella and have a layer of Nutella on top?  And I would mix in peanuts in the filling mixture.  You could then top the Nutella layer with marshmallows and toast them a bit with a kitchen torch.

I also like the idea of using a chocolate-y crust instead of a normal pie crust.

Or! You could put half the peanut butter filling in the crust, bake it for a bit so it sets, and then do a chocolate/Nutella layer, and then the rest of the PB filling and bake, so then it's a layered pie.

OK go full out Rocky Road Adventure....after the PB part is done, top with chocolate pudding and then add some marshmallows and peanuts for a garnish.......................................YUMMMMMMY

I think I would substitute light corn syrup also, and I would try condensed milk instead of evaporated. I still like the chocolate and peanuts on the top.

Off the top of my head, I would add a layer of chocolate cake between the crust and the peanut butter filing ! yummy that would make it perfect

I think i would add some chopped pecans in the crust of your choice, then top it off by drizzeling Hot peanut butter syrup, & hot fudge syrup on top after cooked, just before serving

Increase  Brown Sugar to 3/4 C.

Fold in 1 C. Peanut Butter Chips.

Add 3 TBSP AP flour.

New Recipe: 

1 Pic crust

FILLING:

2 eggs, separated

3/4 C. Brown Sugar

3 TBSP All-Purpose Flour

3/4 C. Peanut Butter

1/4 C. Dark Corn Syrup

5 oz. Evaporated Milk

1 tsp. Vanilla

1 C. Peanut Butter Chips

INSTRUCTIONS:

Heat oven to 350 F. Place 1 pie crust in a glass pie pan as directed on box for a filled pie.

Beat egg whites in small bowl until stiff peaks form and set aside.

Beat egg yolks with brown sugar until light in color and thickened.

Gradually add flour; sift in 1 TBSP at a time.

Add peanut butter and corn syrup; blend well.

Gradually add milk and vanilla.

Fold egg whites into peanut butter mixture, and carefully add in the peanut butter chips being careful not to over mix.

Pour into pie shell and bake for 30-35 minutes. Serve warm or room temperature, and store leftover pie in the refridgerator.

I would change the crust to a crushed pecan nut, butter, and flour one.  I would put some melted dark chocolate morsels on top of the crust.  Then mix the peanut butter with 3/4 cup of brown sugar, 1 tsp. vanilla, and 1/2 block of cream cheese.  On top of that, I would put some more dark chocolate morsels to decorate.

along the same line -  the crust is what needs the redo. I would like to see a chocolate chip cookie crust along with the peanut butter pie and a thicker chocolate topping = temper dark chocolate with a heavy whipping cream into a creamy melt - then spread over the peanut butter portion and allow to cool

I like this only instead of peanut butter chips I would use mini chocolate chips...like a Kentucky Derby Pie..and top it with whipped cream.