Chocolate Oreo Peanut Butter Torte
Oreos! Peanut butter! Cream cheese! Chocolate ganache! What’s not to love? It’s well worth the effort for this deliciously impressive chocolate oreo peanut butter torte.
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Today is my husband’s 33rd birthday. It’s hard to believe we’re this old – I met him when he was just 19. We’ve celebrated quite a lot of birthdays together, and he requests the same thing every year: this dark chocolate cheesecake.
And every year, I question how I could marry someone with such an opposite taste in desserts as me. Cheesecake, ugh. And not just any cheesecake: chocolate cheesecake. No thank you.
His family tradition growing up was an ice cream cake – maybe I need to steer him back in that direction for next year, although he’d probably want chocolate ice cream, so that really doesn’t help my quest in a desert for his birthday that I’d want to eat.
Fortunately, my birthday is right around the corner, which means I can make something I like to celebrate. Hopefully my mint plant will kick it up a notch this week, since mint chocolate chip ice cream is generally my birthday dessert du jour.
Since I’ve already shared the recipe for his birthday dessert of choice, I’ll share something else right up his alley in honor of his big day: a chocolate oreo peanut butter torte. Oreos! Peanut butter! Cream cheese! Chocolate ganache!
What’s not to love? (Well, for him – nothing. For me, the cream cheese and chocolate ganache.)
How to Make a Peanut Butter Torte
Despite the multiple steps and layers – oreo crust, peanut butter mousse, chocolate ganache – this practically no-bake treat comes together fairly easily, just leave time for lots of chilling.
We’ll start with an oreo cookie crust, pressed the whole way up the side of the pan. Next, we’ll add what is best described as a peanut butter mousse: a dreamy, creamy peanut butter cream cheese filling, lightened and fluffed with whipped cream.
There’s some crushed peanuts in there, too – I love the smooth/crunchy texture combination.
Top it all off with some decadent chocolate ganache and another layer of crumbled peanuts.
Use a Springform Pan for Easy Removal
This torte is sky high, so we need something DEEP. A springform pan is going to be your best bet.
Removing the sides allows you to keep the crust intact and slice the torte off the bottom to place on a serving dish, if desired.
Springform pans are my favorite baking tool – I own them in round, square, and rectangular shapes, and use them all the time. (Definitely not a one trick pony just for this torte!)
Tips and Tricks for the Best Chocolate Oreo Peanut Butter Torte
- Press the oreo cookie crust the entire way up the sides of the springform pan. A solid layer of cookie crust make sure the peanut butter filling doesn’t stick to the sides of the springform pan.
- Use room temperature cream cheese! Cold cream cheese will not incorporate with the other ingredients as well, resulting in clumps of cream cheese in the otherwise smooth peanut butter filling.
- Keep the torte in the refrigerator until serving. Leftovers can be refrigerated up to 5 days.
- For long term storage, the torte can be frozen for up to 3 months. The entire uncut torte can be prepared and frozen whole in the springform pan; cover well with a layer of plastic wrap followed by two layers of aluminum foil. Individual slices should be frozen on a cookie sheet until frozen solid, then wrap in plastic wrap followed by aluminum foil. Thaw in the refrigerator.
I made this peanut butter torte last fall when friends invited us over for dinner and was then stuck with that awkward food blogger dilemma: do I bring this to their house with a piece already cut out so I could photograph it, or do I ask to bring a piece back home instead of leaving all the leftovers with them?
I opted for the later, figuring I could bring home a slice, and then my husband could enjoy it later.
Except.. there were no leftovers. Because everyone devoured every last oreo crumb. And thus, I had to make it all over again just to take pictures. And my husband had to eat some all over again.
Food blogging: the struggle is real.
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Chocolate Oreo Peanut Butter Torte
Oreos! Peanut butter! Cream cheese! Chocolate ganache! It's all your favorite ingredients in one amazing (almost) no bake peanut butter torte.
Ingredients
For the Crust:
- 32 oreo cookies, ground into crumbs
- 5 tablespoons butter, melted
For the Crunch:
- 1/2 cup (71 grams) salted peanuts, chopped
- 1/2 cup (89 grams) miniature chocolate chips
- 2 teaspoons (8 grams) sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
For the Filling:
- 2 cups (454 grams) heavy cream
- 1 1/4 (142 grams) cups confectioners sugar
- 12 ounces (340 grams) cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups (405 grams) creamy peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons (28 grams) milk
- 1/4 cup salted peanuts (35 grams), chopped
For the Ganache:
- 1/2 cup (114 grams) heavy cream
- 4 ounces (113 grams) bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 1/2 cup (71 grams) salted peanuts, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 °F. Butter a 9-inch springform pan.
- Prepare the crust. Combine the oreo crumbs and melted butter in a small bowl and stir to form small clumps. Press the oreo mixture into a thin layer, covering both the bottom and the sides of the springform pan. Freeze the crust for 10 minutes and then bake for another 10 minutes. Transfer the crust to a wire rack and cool completely before filling.
- Make the filling. In another small bowl, combine the chopped peanuts, miniature chocolate chips, sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Toss with a fork and set aside.
- Using an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whip 2 cups of the heavy cream until it holds medium peaks. Whisk in 1/4 cup of the confectioners sugar, beating an additional few minutes until the peaks become firmer. Scrape the whipped cream into a separate bowl.
- Replace the whisk with a paddle attachment if available and beat the cream cheese with the remaining 1 cup confectioners sugar, mixing on medium speed until the cream cheese is smooth. Beat in the peanut butter, milk, and 1/4 cup of the chopped peanuts until well combined. Gently fold in 1/4 of the whipped cream using a rubber spatula. Next, stir in the crunchy peanut mixture, followed by folding in the rest of the whipped cream. Scrape the peanut butter mousse into the crust, smoothing the top. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours or up to overnight; cover with plastic wrap once the mousse layer firms.
- Make the ganache. Once fully chilled and firm, start the ganache layer. Add the chopped chocolate to a heatproof bowl. Bring the 1/2 cup of cream to a full boil in a small saucepan, then pour the boiling cream over the chopped chocolate. Let the chocolate and cream sit for 5 minutes; then stir with a rubber spatula until the ganache is completely smooth.
- Pour the ganache over the torte, smoothing with a spatula. Scatter the remaining chopped peanuts over the top and chill the entire torte in the refrigerator until the ganache sets, about 30 minutes. Once the ganache is firm, remove the sides of the springform pan and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Notes
Chocolate oreo peanut butter torte can be stored in the refrigerator up to 5 days or frozen for up to 3 months. The entire uncut torte can be prepared and frozen whole in the springform pan; cover well with a layer of plastic wrap followed by two layers of aluminum foil. Individual slices should be frozen on a cookie sheet until frozen solid, then wrap in plastic wrap followed by aluminum foil. Thaw in the refrigerator.
Recipe adapted from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking: From My Home to Yours
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 16 Serving Size: 1 sliceAmount Per Serving: Calories: 598Total Fat: 44.7gCarbohydrates: 42.7gProtein: 11.8g
The struggle IS real. It's one of the big reasons I don't have many cakes/pies on my blog… Although I have definitely been known to bring these types of things to the homes of people I know well and just say "sorry, blog post!" Happy birthday to Scott!
Just wanted to ask a couple of things about the recipe –
Do you use the oreo's cream filling in the base too or just the biscuits?
And after you've baked the Oreo base do you take it out of the springform tin to cool or is it in the tin until the cake is finished?
Going to try this this week I think, looks delicious!
Thanks 🙂
Hi Alice! Use the whole oreo — cream filling and all — and leave the oreo base in the tin the entire time until the cake is finished. Hope you enjoy it!
Thank you!
Hi there again..just making this now, and wondering when you sayin fold in 1/4 of the whipped cream to the cream cheese mixture, do you also add in the rest of the whipped cream or where does that go?
Thanks!
Hi Alice — if you read the next line, it says to stir in the crunchy peanut mixture, followed by the rest of the whipped cream. You add a little first to lighten it up so you can stir in the peanuts, and then add the rest to make sure everything is well mixed.
Sorry! I was tired! And reading it of my phone!..guessed I needed to add in the rest bit by bit anyway, it's looking good thanks! 🙂
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I hate cheesecake too. Does this taste like a cheesecake or a mousse? I love mousse.
Hi Traci – this is lighter than a cheesecake, but not as light as a mousse. The peanut butter and Oreos weigh it down, so the density comes more from them than from the cream cheese, if that explanation makes sense!