Peanut Butter & Oreo No Bake Cheesecake

This was one of those "let me look in the cupboard and see what I can whip up" 

and this was the end result.

and let me just say...it was freaking delicious. 

I was in Myrtle Beach a few weeks ago nannying and since I am the one that usually cooks(shocker;) I gave the girls a list of possible ingredients to have on hand that I could possibly make meals/desserts of. 

I came in a few days after they were already there(we were celebrating our ten year that weekend) and so they had already purchased everything. Funny enough they had peanut butter for the kids and oreos just to snack on.I opened the cabinet doors and thought for a few minutes before going with this rather simple idea. So this came completely by accident. and not my foreshadowing genius. Darnit.

8 oz softened cream cheese

1 pack cheesecake pudding

2 to 3 tbsp peanut butter

1/4 cup milk

1 cup crushed oreos

1 tub cool whip

pre made crust

. Mix cream cheese and cheesecake pudding together in bowl and add 1/4 cup milk. Stir to combine. Add in 2 tbsp peanut butter, stirring till fully incorporated and then add in  crushed oreos. Then stir in cool whip. Once completely mixed, pour into pre made crust. Place in freezer for at least an hour

If you have chocolate sauce, drizzle it as a topping and maybe some extra crushed oreos. If you had any reeces cups, you could probably add those in too.

And in case you were wondering...this is really fantastic for breakfast, pretty much straight up breakfast of champions. and maybe at 2:30 am in bed when everyone else is asleep.(right, E?)

Oh my gracious and for the the love of all things good...I just re read this and noticed I used the term cupboard in the intro paragraph. I am not sure if this is my country showing...or maybe 34 is older than I thought. Either way I chose to leave it as a reminder to myself... "dear self, you are cooler than that. Clean.it.up"

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Fluffernutter Cheesecake Dip

so simple. so good. and it made me slightly nostalgic for my childhood. Can I tell you something? I only ate one cold sandwich growing up(actually room temp, but let's not muse over details) and it wasn't a PB & J, nope, it was the delectable treat known as a fluffernutter. Oh, be still my heart. Goodness in a little girls life. So I've tried adapting the treat to a few of my favorite things, so far I've made whoopie pies, ooey gooey bars and then finally, this super simple dip.

Ingredients
4-6 oz cream cheese(softened)
2 tbsp peanut butter(melted)
2 tbsp marshmallow fluff(melted)
1 packet cheesecake pudding
1 cup heavy whipping cream
(or cool whip & milk to make pudding, I'll give those directions also)

place pb & fluff in a microwave safe bowl and microwave for 5-10 seconds(be sure to watch carefully, there's nothing more gagifying than burned pb.trust me) then add to softened cream cheese and beat on low for roughly a minute, till the mixture is fluffy. Add half the packet of pudding and 2 tbsp of whipping cream. Beat to fully incorporate and then add remainder of whipping cream and beat till stiff peaks form. Place in fridge for at least an hour or until ready to serve. if you wanted to use cool whip, mix the pudding packet with 1 cup cold milk and after it sets up, mix with cool whip, then whisk together w/the cream cheese, pb and fluff.

These are great with graham crackers or apples and pretzels w/salt gives it a nice twist. I also use this as an "instant cheesecake" and pour mixture over pre made crust and put in fridge for 2 hours. It's also quite tasty rolled up in crescent rolls and baked for 10 minutes, maybe add some mini reese's. The ideas are endless.