Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge

My Mom made this growing up and she got this recipe from my Aunt Nana!  It's ohhhhh so easy, all you do is melt the butter and peanut butter then pour it over the cocoa,  powder sugar and vanilla! After that you stir until combined, pat it down in a pan place it in the fridge or freezer until it sets!

Seriously so easy! 

The original recipe didn't call for you to melt the butter and peanut butter but one day I found the recipe online when looking for another recipe.  It called for the same exact ingredients but called for the butter and peanut butter to be melted.  The recipe I used before had you use softened butter and then peanut butter, they both work but I do prefer the melted method.

This fudge is so creamy and has just the right balance of peanut butter and chocolate!

Here is what you will need, I had a 1/2 jar and a whole jar so that is why you see 2 jars of peanut butter.  It only takes 1 cup for a single batch!

melt butter in a heavy pan

add peanut butter to the melted butter

after peanut butter melts let it cool for about 10 minutes

pour butter- peanut butter mixture over dry ingredients once it has cool

stir until incorporated

I made a double batch...I used different sizes because I wanted them to be thicker, normally you would use the size on the right for a single batch. 

Peanut Butter Fudge

Easy Peanut Butter Fudge Recipe Creamy Fudge

Ingredients:

1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup butter
1 pound powdered sugar (3 ¾ cup)
4  T cocoa
1 tsp. vanilla

Directions:
1. Line a 9" square pan with wax paper.

2. Melt the butter in a saucepan on low heat, add the peanut butter and stir well making sure to fully blend. Remove from heat and cool.

3. In a large bowl, mix the powdered sugar, cocoa and the vanilla.

4.  When the peanut butter/butter mixture is cooled, add it to the powdered sugar and mix thoroughly until smooth.

5.  Pour the mixture into the square pan. Cover with waxed paper. Refrigerate for 30 mins to an hour or in freezer for about 15 minutes.