This easy no-bake dessert features layers of whipped topping, sweetened cream cheese, and a smooth peanut butter pudding, all on the most amazing Nutter Butter cookie crust. You may have heard of chocolate lasagna before, but have you tried Peanut Butter Lasagna (aka, peanut butter delight)? You must make this recipe! It’s the most delicious thing, and perfect for sharing at potlucks, parties, and holidays. While it’s not an actual lasagna, Peanut Butter Lasagna is a layered dessert made in a casserole pan, so it resembles a lasagna, but is so much more fun! This sweet dessert lasagna is packed with peanut butter flavor in creamy layers of whipped topping, peanut butter pudding, and cheesecake-style mousse. Want to try a different lasagna no-bake dessert? Check out my recipe for Mint Chocolate Lasagna too!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Ingredients In Peanut Butter Lasagna
Here’s what you need to make this easy no bake peanut butter dessert:
For the Crust: Crushed peanut butter sandwich cookies and melted butter come together to create the crunchy, irresistible bottom layer of the lasagna. A family-size package of Nutter Butters is the perfect amount, or you can try using a couple of boxes of Do-Si-Do girl scout cookies. Keep 5-8 of the cookies whole – we’ll break them into larger pieces to garnish the top of the dish!For the Cream Cheese Layer: Let the cream cheese soften at room temperature, and mix it with powdered sugar and whipped topping. To Make the Peanut Butter Layer: Instant vanilla pudding mix plus creamy peanut butter, caramel sauce, extra cookie crumbs, and milk creates a decadent peanut butter filling for this peanut butter delight!The Topping: More whipped topping and more peanut butter cookies! In total, you need three 8-ounce tubs of Cool Whip for this recipe.
Complete list of ingredients and amounts can be found in the recipe card below.
How To Make a Peanut Butter Lasagna
Recipe Tips
Use unsalted butter: Peanut Butter cookies are already a bit salty, so unsalted butter works best for the crust. Choose your Pan: I love using a classic glass baking dish to make this recipe, but you can use any 9×13-inch pan that you like. If you want your peanut butter lasagna to be extra thick, you can also make it in a 9 or 10-inch square pan.Baking the crust makes it crispy and firm. To make this dessert truly oven-free, you can skip this part, but the bottom layer will be crumbly and the squares won’t be so easy to serve.Use Instant Pudding: When buying pudding mix, look for the box that says “instant”. The type of pudding mix that needs to be cooked won’t work properly here.For very clean layers, chill each layer after you spread it. This adds a bit of extra time to the recipe and isn’t completely necessary, but it can help keep the layers from blending together.
Storing Tips
Store this peanut butter lasagna covered in the fridge for up to 4 days. You can also freeze the dessert for up to 2 months. Just allow it to thaw overnight in the fridge before serving.
More Peanut Butter Recipes to Try
Peanut Butter Pretzel BitesNo Bake Peanut Butter PiePeanut Butter BreadPeanut Butter Cup CookiesFor your favorite pet, make Peanut Butter Banana Dog Treats!
No matter if you call this easy dessert Peanut Butter Lasagna or Peanut Butter Delight, you can be sure that it will be a hit wherever you serve it! Be sure to Pin this recipe for later too. © Little Sunny Kitchen
