No-Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Lasagna

Name: No-Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Lasagna
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 24
Ingredients: 1 (12 oz.) package mini chocolate chips (divided); 3 1/2 cups milk (divided); 1 (~14 oz.) box chocolate graham crackers; 2 (8 oz.) blocks cream cheese (room temperature, divided); 1 (~3.4 oz.) package instant vanilla pudding; 1 cup smooth peanut butter; 1 (~3.4 oz.) package instant chocolate pudding; 1 (12 oz.) tub frozen whipped topping (defrosted); 1 cup peanuts (chopped)

December 11, 2013 42 Comments

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No-Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Lasagna, an easy chocolate lasagna dessert recipe perfect year-round!

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Today, I have the best No-Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Lasagna recipe for you! This chocolate lasagna recipe FAR exceeded my expectations! So much in fact, I had to send most of it to work with my husband before I ate it all. This layered no-bake chocolate lasagna dessert is the perfect potluck, holiday, Christmas, or anytime dessert recipe!

I know there are lots of chocolate lasagna recipes out there, but most don’t include peanut butter. Thought about making a peanut butter lasagna recipe, but then it wouldn’t have chocolate. Chocolate and peanut butter recipes are one of my favorite combos so had to go with both!

Ohhh how I love chocolate and peanut butter don’t you? I have so many favorite chocolate and peanut recipes such as my Chocolate Peanut Butter Magic Bars, Chunky Peanut Butter Stuffed Brownies, and of course this chocolate lasagna recipe. I have no exciting story behind this recipe for chocolate lasagna. The truth is, I was craving a chocolate and peanut butter dessert recipe. Why? I have no idea, but I knew I wanted something easy.

Next thing I knew I was in the kitchen creating this No-Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Lasagna recipe and boy, oh boy, did it turn out GOOD! You’re not even going to believe how easy this chocolate lasagna recipe is and everyone will be amazed when they see all the layers! If you’ve never had a dessert lasagna before, I think you’ll love this.

Yes, I know it’s not really a traditional pasta lasagna recipe so don’t send me hate mail. But it has layers and (cream) cheese so close enough. There are only 9 ingredients in this chocolate lasagna recipe so it’s quick and easy! All the ingredients are easy to find including instant chocolate pudding mix, vanilla pudding mix, chocolate graham crackers, peanut butter, milk, whipped topping, cream cheese, chocolate chips, and peanuts…

The first thing you do when starting to make the Chocolate Lasagna, is make the chocolate sauce for the chocolate filling layer. Just add the chocolate chips and a little milk to a bowl then microwave until smooth. The chocolate sauce needs a little time to cool so that’s why I suggest doing this first so you have time to set it aside to cool.

While your chocolate sauce is cooling, layer the bottom of a 13×9-inch baking dish with 1/3 of the graham crackers. Be sure to use a deep 13×9 baking dish so you can fit all the layers. I used chocolate graham crackers, but you could use honey graham crackers if you want. I strongly recommend NOT using the cinnamon sugar kind. I don’t think those would go well in this recipe.

I broke my graham crackers into quarters, but you really don’t need to. The graham crackers get soft (almost cake like) with the filling so you could use full sheets of graham crackers then break some apart to fill in the edges. Do NOT worry if the pan is not completely covered in graham crackers, just spread them out a bit.

Next, make your peanut butter layer. VERY IMPORTANT, make sure your cream cheese is soft and at room temperature. Otherwise, the cream cheese and peanut butter filling will be lumpy when you try to mix everything together. Also be sure to add the milk very SLOWLY to help prevent lumps as well. When everything is well blended, spread the peanut butter filling over the graham crackers. An offset spatula works great for this.

Then add another layer of 1/3 of the graham crackers. Again don’t worry if there are some small empty spots but try to cover as much as you can. Prepare the chocolate layer and again be sure your cream cheese is at room temperature and add the milk slowly. Also make sure your chocolate sauce is cool before adding. Add the remaining graham crackers on top of your chocolate filling and your Peanut Butter Chocolate Lasagna is almost done!

When you add the last layer of graham crackers, push down slightly if you need to make room for the whipped topping. This Peanut Butter Chocolate Lasagna may go all the way to the top of your pan that’s why I strongly recommend a deep pan. Spread the whipped topping on top of the chocolate graham crackers, then sprinkle the chocolate chips, then nuts on top.

Cover and refrigerate at least 4-6 hours or overnight. You really DO need to let this sit in the fridge for the filling to thicken and for the graham crackers to get soft. When done, the graham crackers will be soft and cake like. Most people might not even know it’s graham crackers and will assume it’s cake!

When you’re cutting the Peanut Butter Chocolate Lasagna, try to clean your knife in between slices so that the layers don’t get too messy. Also use a big spatula to lift the chocolate lasagna out of the pan and onto serving plates. This makes A LOT and could easily feed 24 people, or less if you want a big piece. It’s the perfect holiday, Christmas, or potluck dessert since you can make it ahead and it feeds a lot! It also keeps very well in the fridge for a while.

Hope you enjoy this easy No-Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Lasagna recipe!

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