Much simpler than it sounds. It's a glorified brownie baked in a pie-pan and then topped with chocolate sauce.
8 ounces semi sweet chocolate chips, 6 ounces peanut butter chips, 1/8 cup of all purpose flour, 1/4 cup 'hot' water, 3/4 cup sugar, 1 stick room temperature butter, 4 large eggs, 1 tablespoon creamy peanut butter, 2 teaspoons vanilla.
Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour a 9 inch pie-tin or pan. Put half of the chocolate and peanut butter chips along with the flour into a blender or food processor. Grind until the chips are chopped. Remove from blender and set aside in a bowl. Add the remainder of the chocolate and peanut butter chips and sugar into blender, blend until the mixture is finely ground. With the machine running, slowly add the hot water (you'll see the chips begin to melt). Then add the vanilla, eggs (one at a time) the butter which has been cut into cubes, and peanut butter. Return the bowl of previously chopped chips and flour back into the mixture. Continue to blend until incorporated.
Pour into a pie-pan and bake for 35 minutes. The top of the pie will crack and rise. Let cool on a cooling rack for 1 hour and then refrigerate for 2 hours.
Top with whipped cream or chocolate ganache. (Honestly I eyeball this). Make a double boiler by using a medium sized pot with 2 inches or so of water. Place on stove and bring to boil. Place a safe-glass mixing bowl over the pot so the steam will melt the chips. Add 3-4 ounces of semi-sweet chocolate chips and 1/2 cup heavy cream along with 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract. Stir gently until the chips have melted. Top cooled pie with ganache and refrigerate for another hour before serving.
(I MUST give credit where it's due. This is a Giada recipe from foodnetwork.com. However I modified it. Hers is a chocolate/hazelnut pie with cinnamon flavored whip cream. I made it, it was great but Chris loves peanut butter so I modified the recipe and today I had chips left over and thought ganache would be good.)
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