I always keep a few flavor profiles in mind when searching for recipes for him. He loves chocolate/chocolate, peanut butter and chocolate, and also toffee and chocolate. Also, he loves bacon. Somewhere along the line, this recipe for Memphis Mafia Pie popped up on my Pinterest feed, and I knew immediately that it was perfect for his birthday--peanut butter, chocolate, and bacon.
This pie is a several steps, and you will have a lot of dishes to wash before it's all said and done. Let me assure you, every step is worth it. I was not able to find a premade vanilla wafer crust, so I made my own using this recipe. For the other layers, I used mostly creamy peanut butter, except for the peanut butter cup layer. I recommend waiting to make the chocolate layers until a little closer to time to assemble the pie. I didn't even refrigerate the peanut butter fudge layer, and it was still too clumpy to spread easily. The ganache was a little better, and of course you don't want it too warm, but I wouldn't make it too early either.
Overall, this pie was an amazing mix of different flavors that all worked together so well. I chose barely ripe bananas, and I liked that they tasted fresh and not too sweet with the other flavors. The bacon is a perfect salty balance to all the sweet, and the vanilla wafer crust was a nice change of pace from most pies. We all loved this pie, and I think we were a little sad when it was gone.
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