Peanut Butter Chocolate Pretzel Pie
Ben The Baker
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Ben The Baker
Peanut Butter Chocolate Pretzel Pie
Peanut butter, chocolate, and a pretzel crust that actually holds its shape — because we press it together with real butter, never shortening, the same way every crust leaves our kitchen. My crew and I hand-press the crushed pretzel crust, layer in a from-scratch peanut butter filling and real chocolate ganache, and build the whole thing right here in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.
- A make-ahead dessert with no oven involved: it's frozen and ready to go, so all it needs from you is a night in the fridge.
- Crust bound with real butter, never shortening, and a peanut butter filling and chocolate ganache made from scratch by our small bakery crew — not sourced from a filling supplier.
- A traditional peanut butter pie made with real dairy, wheat, and peanuts — nothing swapped out or hidden to chase an allergen-free label.
One Peanut Butter Chocolate Pretzel Pie, built the way every pie leaves our kitchen: a hand-pressed crust made with real butter, never shortening, and fillings my crew and I make from scratch in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.
This pie starts with a crushed pretzel crust bound in real butter, filled with a from-scratch peanut butter layer and a cream cheese layer, then finished with a real chocolate ganache and pretzel and peanut pieces on top. It's a no-bake, icebox-style pie built from cream, peanut butter, cream cheese, butter, sugar, chocolate, pretzels, and peanuts - what's on the label is what's in the pie. With its wheat-based pretzel crust, sugar, and corn syrup, this pie is a classic indulgence rather than a fit for keto, paleo, or carnivore diets.
This pie is frozen and ready to thaw. Thaw it in the fridge overnight, then cut and serve it chilled straight from there - no oven, no baking, no extra steps.
Net weight: 44.1 oz (1250g).
Ingredients: Heavy Cream (cream, gellan gum), Peanut Butter (roasted peanuts, sugar, hydrogenated vegetable oils (cottonseed, soybean, and rapeseeed oil), salt), Cream Cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, stabilizers (carob bean and/or xanthan and/or guar gums)), Pretzels (enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), corn syrup, salt, yeast), Unsalted Butter (pasteurized cream, natural flavoring), Sugar, Chocolate Chips (sugar, chocolate luquor, milkfat, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural flavorings), Peanuts, and Instant Clearjel (modified food starch). Contains: Milk, Wheat, Peanuts, Soy.
Common Questions
How does this pie compare to a typical grocery store frozen pretzel or peanut butter pie?
Most mass-market frozen pies use a shortening or margarine-based crust and fillings built around pre-made mousse mixes with corn syrup solids, mono- and diglycerides, and artificial flavoring for shelf stability. This pie's crust is hand-pressed crushed pretzels bound in real butter, and the peanut butter and cream cheese layers are made from scratch rather than reconstituted from a powder. The only stabilizers used are gellan gum in the cream and carob bean, xanthan, or guar gum in the cream cheese, which is a much shorter list than what's typical in a shelf pie. One honest caveat: the peanut butter itself contains hydrogenated cottonseed, soybean, and rapeseed oils, which is standard for commercial peanut butter and not unique to this pie.
What do gellan gum and Instant Clearjel actually do in this pie, and are they fillers?
Gellan gum is used in the heavy cream to keep it from separating or weeping once the pie is frozen and thawed, since cream on its own can break down through multiple temperature changes. Instant Clearjel is a modified corn starch engineered to thicken cold, without cooking, which is exactly what a no-bake icebox pie needs since the filling is never heated to activate a regular starch. Neither ingredient adds bulk or replaces a real component of the pie; they're both functional, small-quantity additions that hold the texture together rather than filler used to stretch the recipe.
Does this pie fit a keto, paleo, or carnivore diet?
No. The crust is made from wheat flour pretzels with corn syrup, the peanut butter and chocolate chip layers both contain added sugar, and none of these ingredients are compatible with keto, paleo, or carnivore macros. This is a traditional icebox dessert pie, not a diet-formulated product, and no diet suitability has been certified or tested for this item. If you're tracking carbohydrates strictly, this pie should be treated as an occasional dessert rather than something built into a low-carb or animal-based eating plan.
Can I use this pie as a base for other desserts?
Yes, a lot of customers cut it into smaller pieces and layer it into parfaits with additional whipped cream, or crumble a slice over vanilla ice cream for a peanut butter pretzel sundae. Since it's a fully baked, no-bake icebox-style pie, there's no cooking adaptation needed either way, you just thaw it in the fridge overnight and serve it cold, straight from there. It also holds up well chopped into smaller pieces and folded into a milkshake if you want to use it that way.
How can I verify what's actually in this pie?
The full ingredient list and the Contains statement on the label are the most direct way to check, since every component, from the pretzel crust to the chocolate ganache, is listed by name rather than as a proprietary blend. This pie carries no third-party certifications like organic or gluten-free, so no outside body has verified those specific claims, and none should be assumed. What we can tell you directly is that it's made by hand in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, by our small bakery crew, and the fillings, including the peanut butter and cream cheese layers, are made from scratch rather than sourced pre-made.
What makes the crust different from a typical pretzel pie crust?
The crust is built from crushed pretzels bound entirely in real butter, with no shortening used anywhere in the recipe. A lot of pretzel crust recipes, especially in commercial baking, substitute margarine or shortening because it's cheaper and holds shape more predictably at room temperature. Butter behaves differently in a no-bake crust, since it firms up hard when frozen and softens as the pie thaws, which is part of why this pie is meant to be served chilled straight from the fridge rather than at room temperature.
What allergens are in this pie, and are there any hidden ones I should know about?
The label states this pie contains Milk, Wheat, Peanuts, and Soy, drawn from the heavy cream, cream cheese, pretzels, peanut butter, peanuts, and chocolate chips used in the recipe. Unlike our cherry and peach pies, this recipe does not include almond extract, so there's no hidden tree nut concern specific to this flavor. As with any small-batch bakery item, if you have a peanut allergy this pie is obviously not appropriate, and anyone with a soy or dairy allergy should review the full ingredient list before ordering.
This pie starts with a crushed pretzel crust bound in real butter, filled with a from-scratch peanut butter layer and a cream cheese layer, then finished with a real chocolate ganache and pretzel and peanut pieces on top. It's a no-bake, icebox-style pie built from cream, peanut butter, cream cheese, butter, sugar, chocolate, pretzels, and peanuts - what's on the label is what's in the pie. With its wheat-based pretzel crust, sugar, and corn syrup, this pie is a classic indulgence rather than a fit for keto, paleo, or carnivore diets.
This pie is frozen and ready to thaw. Thaw it in the fridge overnight, then cut and serve it chilled straight from there - no oven, no baking, no extra steps.
Net weight: 44.1 oz (1250g).
Ingredients: Heavy Cream (cream, gellan gum), Peanut Butter (roasted peanuts, sugar, hydrogenated vegetable oils (cottonseed, soybean, and rapeseeed oil), salt), Cream Cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, stabilizers (carob bean and/or xanthan and/or guar gums)), Pretzels (enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), corn syrup, salt, yeast), Unsalted Butter (pasteurized cream, natural flavoring), Sugar, Chocolate Chips (sugar, chocolate luquor, milkfat, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural flavorings), Peanuts, and Instant Clearjel (modified food starch). Contains: Milk, Wheat, Peanuts, Soy.
Common Questions
How does this pie compare to a typical grocery store frozen pretzel or peanut butter pie?
Most mass-market frozen pies use a shortening or margarine-based crust and fillings built around pre-made mousse mixes with corn syrup solids, mono- and diglycerides, and artificial flavoring for shelf stability. This pie's crust is hand-pressed crushed pretzels bound in real butter, and the peanut butter and cream cheese layers are made from scratch rather than reconstituted from a powder. The only stabilizers used are gellan gum in the cream and carob bean, xanthan, or guar gum in the cream cheese, which is a much shorter list than what's typical in a shelf pie. One honest caveat: the peanut butter itself contains hydrogenated cottonseed, soybean, and rapeseed oils, which is standard for commercial peanut butter and not unique to this pie.
What do gellan gum and Instant Clearjel actually do in this pie, and are they fillers?
Gellan gum is used in the heavy cream to keep it from separating or weeping once the pie is frozen and thawed, since cream on its own can break down through multiple temperature changes. Instant Clearjel is a modified corn starch engineered to thicken cold, without cooking, which is exactly what a no-bake icebox pie needs since the filling is never heated to activate a regular starch. Neither ingredient adds bulk or replaces a real component of the pie; they're both functional, small-quantity additions that hold the texture together rather than filler used to stretch the recipe.
Does this pie fit a keto, paleo, or carnivore diet?
No. The crust is made from wheat flour pretzels with corn syrup, the peanut butter and chocolate chip layers both contain added sugar, and none of these ingredients are compatible with keto, paleo, or carnivore macros. This is a traditional icebox dessert pie, not a diet-formulated product, and no diet suitability has been certified or tested for this item. If you're tracking carbohydrates strictly, this pie should be treated as an occasional dessert rather than something built into a low-carb or animal-based eating plan.
Can I use this pie as a base for other desserts?
Yes, a lot of customers cut it into smaller pieces and layer it into parfaits with additional whipped cream, or crumble a slice over vanilla ice cream for a peanut butter pretzel sundae. Since it's a fully baked, no-bake icebox-style pie, there's no cooking adaptation needed either way, you just thaw it in the fridge overnight and serve it cold, straight from there. It also holds up well chopped into smaller pieces and folded into a milkshake if you want to use it that way.
How can I verify what's actually in this pie?
The full ingredient list and the Contains statement on the label are the most direct way to check, since every component, from the pretzel crust to the chocolate ganache, is listed by name rather than as a proprietary blend. This pie carries no third-party certifications like organic or gluten-free, so no outside body has verified those specific claims, and none should be assumed. What we can tell you directly is that it's made by hand in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, by our small bakery crew, and the fillings, including the peanut butter and cream cheese layers, are made from scratch rather than sourced pre-made.
What makes the crust different from a typical pretzel pie crust?
The crust is built from crushed pretzels bound entirely in real butter, with no shortening used anywhere in the recipe. A lot of pretzel crust recipes, especially in commercial baking, substitute margarine or shortening because it's cheaper and holds shape more predictably at room temperature. Butter behaves differently in a no-bake crust, since it firms up hard when frozen and softens as the pie thaws, which is part of why this pie is meant to be served chilled straight from the fridge rather than at room temperature.
What allergens are in this pie, and are there any hidden ones I should know about?
The label states this pie contains Milk, Wheat, Peanuts, and Soy, drawn from the heavy cream, cream cheese, pretzels, peanut butter, peanuts, and chocolate chips used in the recipe. Unlike our cherry and peach pies, this recipe does not include almond extract, so there's no hidden tree nut concern specific to this flavor. As with any small-batch bakery item, if you have a peanut allergy this pie is obviously not appropriate, and anyone with a soy or dairy allergy should review the full ingredient list before ordering.
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- FrozenICE
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- Ben The Baker
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- Thaw & Serve
