Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Lasagna
This no bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Lasagna proves you can have lasagna for dessert, too! It’s a sweet treat that’s so lush and delectable with the bonus of no baking required. It features layers of a peanut butter cheesecake-like filling, lots of chopped Reese’s cups all sandwiched between chocolate graham crackers. The chocolate graham crackers serve as the lasagna “noodles” and the peanut butter cream cheese forms the “cheese” filling. It’s topped with a drizzle of chocolate ganache and salted peanuts for crunch.
Easy Chocolate Peanut Butter Lasagna Recipe
This no bake peanut butter cup lasagna a winner in every way with the bonus of being super simple to prepare. Just the fact that lasagna is typically a savory dish it makes it all the more fun to serve this dessert lasagna for special events, holiday gatherings and family cookouts. How to make Chocolate peanut Butter Lasagna: (Scroll down for full printable recipe.)
- Chocolate – Melt the chocolate chips and heavy cream together in the microwave until smooth. Set aside to cool while you make the filling.
- Peanut Butter Filling – Whip together cream cheese, peanut butter, powdered sugar, 1 cup heavy cream and vanilla for 2-3 minutes or until smooth.
- Whipped Cream – Whip in (2) containers of whipped topping ONE at a time.
- Assemble – Arrange one single layer of graham crackers in a 13×9 inch deep baking dish. Spread with 1/3 of the peanut butter filling. Sprinkle filling with 1/3 chopped peanut butter cups and 1/3 chopped peanuts.
- Repeat Layers – Gently press the next layer of graham crackers on top, filling peanut butter cups and peanuts ending with final 1/3 of the peanut butter filling.
- Topping – Frost the top with the remaining whipped topping.
- Garnish – Sprinkle the top with reserved peanut butter cups and peanuts. Drizzle with melted chocolate.
- Chill for at least 4-6 hours before cutting. Store chilled.
How to Make the Best Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Lasagna Recipe
- Ingredients you’ll need to make homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Lasagna: Chocolate graham crackers, peanut butter, cream cheese, Reese’s cups, milk chocolate chips. heavy cream, salted peanuts, vanilla extract, whipped topping (i.e. Cool Whip or similar) and powdered sugar.
- Kitchen tools you’ll need: A stand mixer or a hand mixer, measuring cups and spoons, nut chopper or sharp knife and cutting board, 13 x 9 inch deep baking dish or lasagna pan, rubber spatula, large bowl and small bowl.
- If you prefer, you can melt the chocolate chips to make the chocolate drizzle in a double boiler instead of the microwave.
- You could swap out milk chocolate chips for semi sweet chocolate chips in the same amount.
- Would you like to add more chocolate drizzle or more Reese’s cups? Go for it!
- For this dessert, Cool Whip or a similar private label brand of frozen whipped will work best for the filling. While I love homemade whipped cream, it’s not as stable as whipped topping. It just doesn’t work the best in this instance.
- When whipping the filling, make sure you whip until the cream cheese is completely smooth.
- You could use crunchy peanut butter if that’s your preference, but it’s not necessary. The chopped peanuts will add texture and a slight crunch to the filling ingredients.
- The best brand of peanut butter to use is one that you already enjoy.
- Please note: The chocolate graham crackers will soften as the ingredients in the dessert come together while chilling. This is a normal occurrence just as they do when making eclair cake using classic graham crackers. It’s not an indication that anything went wrong.
- You can store Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Lasagna chilled in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
More Easy Dessert Recipes to Make
Desserts made in a 13 x 9 inch pan are ideal for taking to potlucks, picnics or holiday parties. More sheet pan desserts you may also like to try:
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- Almond Joy Earthquake Cake is a fun cake to make and eat.
- Death by Chocolate Eclair Cake will delight the chocolate fans in your life.
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- Chocolate Mint Dream Bars from 365 Days of Baking.
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Lasagna
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 2 8 oz softened cream cheese (16 oz total)
- 1 1/2 cups peanut butter
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 3 8 oz frozen whipped topping thawed and divided
- 1 14 oz box chocolate graham crackers
- 1 12 oz bag miniature peanut butter cups unwrapped and roughly chopped
- 3/4 cup salted peanuts roughly chopped
Instructions
- Chocolate: In a small bowl melt the chocolate chips and 1/3 cup heavy cream together in the microwave until smooth. Melt in 30 second increments stopping to stir periodically. Set aside to cool while you make the filling.
- Filling: In a medium-size mixing bowl, use an electric mixer to whip together cream cheese, peanut butter, powdered sugar, 1 cup heavy cream and vanilla for 2-3 minutes or until smooth. Whip in (2) containers of whipped topping ONE at a time.
- Assemble: Arrange one single layer of graham crackers in a 13×9 inch deep baking dish. Spread with 1/3 of the peanut butter filling.
- Sprinkle filling with 1/3 chopped peanut butter cups and 1/3 chopped peanuts.
- Gently press the next layer of graham crackers on top and repeat filling, peanut butter cups, peanuts. Finish with a third layer of graham crackers ending with the final 1/3 of the peanut butter filling.
- Frost the top with the remaining 8 oz whipped topping. Garnish the top with final 1/3 of peanut butter cups and peanuts. Drizzle with warm chocolate.
- Chill for at least 4-6 hours before cutting. Store chilled.
Oh, Melissa. I love Reese cups and just about anything with peanut butter and chocolate combined. I cannot wait to try this over the weekend!
– Holly Smith
I just made this dessert and it was wonderful! Everyone that has tried it so far has asked for the recipe. I have also made my own variation using snickers instead of peanut butter cups. That was great too! I love your blog thanks for the great recipes.
I can not wait to have an occasion to make this…looks SOOOOO good! I love any kind of dessert with chocolate/peanut butter!!! 🙂 Thanks for the recipe!
Hi Linda, I think you misunderstood. No please do not use sea salt. The ingredient is for sea salted OR plain salted cocktail peanuts. Sea salted peanuts between each layer, not just salt. That would not be good.
Should you really use 3/4 cup of sea salt if you don’t use peanuts??? It just sounds like a lot of salt. I know it is layered but still would be 1/4 cup per layer. Has anyone done this w/out peanuts & only used the seasalt??
thank you….the recipe looks awesome….. Linda Jorgenson
3/4 of a cup of sea salt? Is that perhaps a mistake? I can’t imagine that much salt in one dish.
Beautifully! You can use all mascarpone cheese if you like [I’m a huge fan, too!]
How would this be if you used half mascapone and half cream cheese instead of all cream cheese?? Any thoughts
Does anyone have any suggestions on where I can get chocolate graham crackers? I have not been able to find them around here (Northwest WI)
I think this would probably do fine if cut in half for a smaller batch. Enjoy!
Hello, do you think cutting the recipe in half with a 9×9 pan would work well? Not so sure we need that amount of sweets in the house 😉
Wow looks delicious and yummy….my fave is peanut butter thanks for sharung this awesome recipe…..
Hi Lori! Thanks for the invite, I’ll pop over. 🙂
This looks amazing! Pinning for the future 🙂
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A 9 x 13 inch dish is best.
What size pan/dish?
Hi Aleasha! That is wonderful, thank you so much for stopping by to let me know. 🙂 Melissa
I made this for my family and we all loved it! We will for sure be having a repeat at least once a month! Thanks for this amazing recipe!!!!
Hi Kristen, oh how your comment makes me smile. 🙂 It is sinfully delicious, I hope he enjoys! Thanks for your visit, Melissa
My husband jokingly said he wanted chocolate peanut butter lasagna for his Father’s Day dinner. I Googled it to see if it actually existed, and here I am! I just finished constructing it and put it in the fridge. Though I’ll be serving something else for dinner, this will make a nice desert. I’m pretty much a health nut, so my kids are THRILLED with this concoction that contains all things forbidden! And hubby will be so surprised. Thanks!