Chocolate Peanut Butter Souffles – Rich chocolate souffles are filled with a creamy peanut butter center to make for an incredible chocolate dessert fit for any occasion.

Alrighty, guys. It’s the second recipe of February and we’re going all in for Valentine’s Day. Last week, I shared these adorable raspberry macaron hearts and you guys loved how perfect they were for this month. But today we’re all about the chocolate. After all, chocolate is the king of Valentine’s Day, am I right??

Today’s recipe is a super popular chocolate dessert to enjoy on Valentine’s Day, but with my own special twist – chocolate peanut butter souffle! You guys know how much I am obsessed with peanut butter and chocolate. Just look at these Reese’s pieces cookies or this peanut butter hot chocolate!

So when thinking up new recipes for Valentine’s Day, I knew I had to make a special chocolate peanut butter treat for you guys. I hope I made you guys proud with this one – check out my Chocolate Peanut Butter Souffle!

Now, if you’ve heard anything about making souffles it’s that they are super tricky. It’s that dish that if you pull them out of the oven too soon, they’ll collapse into themselves. Have you seen that in movies before? If you have, it’s probably kept you from trying this recipe for yourself.

But in reality, the recipe isn’t hard at all if you remember these main tips:

1. Fold the fluffy egg whites gently into the batter. If you stir too vigorously, the egg whites will get deflated and won’t help the souffle rise.
2. You need to grease the souffle dishes really well and make sure to sprinkle with granulated sugar. The sugar helps the souffle “climb” up the sides of the dish and stay there instead of falling back down.
3. Speaking of the souffle dish, make sure the dish has straight edges. This will make it easy for the souffle to rise.
4. If you want the souffles to rise extra tall, you can add a paper collar to the inside of the souffle dish before filling it with the batter. But I definitely don’t think it’s necessary.
5. Do not open the oven door before the souffle is done! I know it’s hard to leave them untouched for so long, but trust me – if you alter the temperature of the oven by introducing outside air, it could cause the souffle to fall. This is also the reason why you cannot remove the souffle before they’re done cooking.
6. Serve the souffle immediately. Yes, straight out of the oven. The longer the souffle sits after baking, the more it falls into itself. It will still taste great but it won’t be as pretty.

Once you’ve got all the above under control, you can make any kind of dessert – sweet or savory. If you’re looking for a savory version, I looooove this cheese souffle.

Okay back to this chocolate peanut butter souffle.

The chocolate cake is super traditional. But then we go and stuff the middle with some incredibly creamy peanut butter pastry cream. What the what?! That’s right – it’s not just plain old peanut butter but it’s a smooth pastry cream we make from scratch to give the souffle the best texture you could imagine.

How excited are you to make this souffle?! I bet you’re more excited to eat it, right??

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