4 Ingredient No Bake Peanut Butter Fudge

This 4 Ingredient Easy No Bake Peanut Butter Fudge recipe is the perfect holiday season dessert for every peanut butter lover. It’s such a delicious recipe with simple ingredients and the perfect peanut butter flavor.

This homemade peanut butter fudge tastes like the inside of peanut butter cups. Everybody and their mom loves peanut butter cups, so I would highly suggest adding this to your Christmas recipe collection.

The best part about this creamy peanut butter fudge recipe is that it doesn’t require any special equipment like a candy thermometer. All you need is a medium saucepan or microwave-safe bowl, a wooden spoon, an 8×8 inch pan, and your ingredients.

If you love no bake desserts and peanut butter you should also try my Easy Christmas Sugar Cookie Fudge (5 Ingredients) and my No Bake Peanut Butter Balls.

This no bake fudge recipe is one of those easy desserts that has you questioning how it’s so good. The creamy texture in small squares is so delicious.

I remember growing up and my grandmother would always make the best chocolate fudge. I remember her using confectioners’ sugar like it was going out of style.

So we’d always have this creamy fudge with the perfect consistency whenever she would come to visit. She’d also freeze some in a huge freezer-safe bag for us to have when we were craving something sweet.

I always remember her using minimal ingredients and occasionally she would add a peanut butter mixture. I needed to recreate something similar, so this is how the best peanut butter fudge recipe came about.

INGREDIENTS FOR THE NO BAKE PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE RECIPE

You will need the following ingredients listed below to make this easy fudge recipe (the exact measurements and full recipe are in the recipe card at the bottom of the post):

• Peanut Butter – natural peanut butter works great in this recipe. Crunchy peanut butter or smooth peanut butter both work.
• Salted Butter
• Vanilla Extract
• Powdered Sugar
• Optional – chocolate chips, reese’s pieces, toffee bits or anything else to add to the top of the fudge.

HOW TO MAKE THE 4 INGREDIENT PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE

Line an 8×8″ baking pan with parchment paper or wax paper and set aside.

Melt the peanut butter and butter in a small pot over medium heat. Once everything is completely melted remove from stovetop.

If you choose to do this in the microwave, ensure you’re using a microwave safe bowl and heat in 30 second increments. Stir the mixture and then microwave for another 30 seconds.

Add the vanilla extract and the powdered sugar and mix well. It will be a thick batter.

Press the batter into the prepared pan. Use the back of a spatula to press down and make everything even.

Put in refrigerator to set for minimum 2-3 hours. Cut in 25 little squares and enjoy your homemade fudge!

HOW TO STORE THIS OLD FASHIONED PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE

You can store the peanut butter dessert in an airtight container at room temperature for 5-6 days. Or in the refrigerator for up to 10 days.

You can also freeze it in a freezer bag or wrapped in plastic wrap for up to 3 months. This is the easiest peanut butter fudge recipe and is perfect for making ahead and taking out of the freezer when you want to serve.

CAN I MAKE THIS FUDGE MIXTURE VEGAN?

Yes, you can swap the butter in this recipe for vegan butter. It’s a great recipe for holiday parties if you know some of the people going are vegans or lactose intolerant.

OTHER DELICIOUS HOLIDAY SWEET TREAT RECIPES

• 30 Easy Christmas Cookie Recipes With Few Ingredients
• Christmas Rice Krispie Treats
• Christmas Chocolate Peppermint Truffles
• Heart Shaped Jam Thumbprint Cookies
• The Best Biscoff Christmas Truffles
• Easy Peanut Butter Marshmallow Squares

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