Easy Peanut Butter Fudge

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This melt-in-your-mouth, heavenly Soft & Creamy Peanut Butter Fudge recipe is a definite crowd pleaser for all your holiday events and parties.   So soft and creamy delish to taste, just like Grandma used to make!

More yummy festive recipes? Chocolate Peanut Butter Christmas Trees, Reese’s Peanut Butter Pretzel Pie, these 60 Easy No Bake Christmas Treats and this Easy No-Bake Lemon Lasagna Dessert!

Why We Love This Easy Peanut Butter Fudge

What if you could have soft, creamy, and delicious peanut butter fudge that comes together in a snap? Introducing our easy peanut butter fudge recipe that you can whip up in just 15 minutes. This recipe doesn’t require any hard-to-find ingredients and is sure to satisfy any dessert cravings with lots of peanut butter flavor.

Fudge has never been easier than with our delicious easy peanut butter fudge recipe. So let’s get started on this sweet treat and enjoy the deliciousness with friends and family.

Ingredients You Need

It is made partially on the stove-top and then it’s mixed together in a bowl with a total of 6 ingredients!  

Confectioner’s sugar, brown sugar, peanut butter, butter, milk and some vanilla.  Add a little salt to really bring out the sweet and salty!  YUM!  It can be made in 5-10 minutes and it’s easy to prepare!

• unsalted butter
• brown sugar
• milk
• creamy Jif peanut butter or crunchy
• vanilla extract
• powdered sugar 
• optional ¼ teaspoon salt or sea salt on top!

How to Make Easy Creamy Peanut Butter Fudge Recipe

1. Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
2. Stir in brown sugar and milk and bring to a slow boil.
3. Continue stirring frequently for 2 minutes, while mixture is boiling.
4. Remove from heat and stir in peanut butter and vanilla.
5. In a large bowl, add the confectioners’ sugar, and salt and pour the peanut butter mixture on top of the confectioner’s sugar.
6. Using a mixer or by hand, beat until smooth and pour into an 8×8 inch baking dish. You can line the prepared pan with parchment paper for easy removal if desired.
7. Chill until firm and cut into squares. Let it warm up to room temperature before eating. Enjoy one of the easiest and best peanut butter fudge recipes! 

Storing Fudge

• Store peanut butter fudge in an airtight container in the refrigerator. It will stay fresh for one week.
• If you want to save it for later, freeze the fudge for up to two months. To thaw it, put it in the fridge for two to four hours.

Ways to Serve

Make a couple of batches and give them out as gifts, or on a holiday platter with an assortment of other candies and cookies.  It’s so dang good! You’ll love this old-fashioned fudge!

Fudge has been a treasured dessert for generations, but there’s no denying that homemade peanut butter fudge is a winner. Not only does it satisfy cravings, but it can also be made in a few easy steps. With only six ingredients and minimal preparation, anyone can make creamy, dreamy, and delicious peanut butter fudge in no time.

So don’t hesitate – make some peanut butter fudge today and your family and friends will thank you!

Other Fudgy Heavenly Treats That’ll Make Your Mouth Water!

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• Easy Microwaveable Buckeye Fudge
• Chocolate Candy Egg Fudge Cake

Soft & Creamy Peanut Butter Fudge

Kim Lange

This Soft Peanut Butter Fudge is a nice rich, super creamy, delicious fudge! So, so awesomely good!

4.04 from 29 votes

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 40 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Servings 36 Pieces

Calories

Ingredients

  

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• ½ cup butter unsalted
• 2 cups brown sugar
• ½ cup milk
• 1 cup creamy Jif peanut butter or crunchy
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 ¼ cups confectioners' sugar sifted if lumpy
• optional 1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions

 

• Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
• Stir in brown sugar and milk and bring to a slow boil.
• Continue stirring frequently for 2 minutes, while mixture is boiling.
• Remove from heat and stir in peanut butter and vanilla.
• In a large bowl, add the confectioners' sugar, and salt and pour the peanut butter mixture on top of the confectioner's sugar.
• Using a mixer or by hand, beat until smooth and pour into an 8x8 inch dish.
• Chill until firm and cut into squares.

Notes

You can drizzle some peanut butter over the top by microwaving it and then piping it back and forth on top of the fudge as an added decorative.

Keyword christmas, fudge, party treats, peanut butter

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