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Peanut Butter Hot Fudge

candy· dessert· Valentine's Day
July 30, 2018

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Peanut Butter Hot Fudge – Peanut butter and chocolate come together to make a rich hot fudge perfect for topping your ice cream or other desserts

And just like that, National Ice Cream Month is coming to a close. Anyone else feel like summer just flew by?! Schools here in Atlanta are already starting back up on Wednesday. How crazy is that?!

Anywho, before we get to the final recipe of the month, let’s recap some of the favorite recipes that we debuted this month:

Your favorite recipe: Butterscotch Vanilla Bean Sauce

You guys went crazy for this easy homemade sauce. I bet it was those gorgeous flecks of real vanilla bean.

Runner up: Apple Pie Sundae

This deconstructed apple pie was also a reader favorite. Was it the caramelized apples? Or maybe the Cinnamon Crumble ice cream? I personally loved those apple pie crust pieces πŸ˜‰

My favorite: Peanut Butter Chocolate Ice Cream Whoopie Pies

These whoopie pies were, by far, my favorite treat this month. You guys already know how much I love duo of peanut butter and chocolate. Well, it got even better with this treat due to the incredible Peanut Butter Chocolate ice cream from High Road sandwiched in a fluffy cake sandwich.

Today’s recipe is another tribute to this dynamic duo. It was inspired by my love of hot fudge sauce.

Ever since I was a little kid, hot fudge was the most glorious topping you could put on a sundae. Not only did it add the perfect amount of rich, thick chocolate to any ice cream, the warm consistency melted the ice cream a little, which made it even better. I definitely live in the group of people who love soft, almost melted ice cream so this was ideal for me.

But I can’t just feature any old hot fudge recipe here. There’s got to be something special about it.

Enter: creamy peanut butter.

That’s right – today’s recipe is a Peanut Butter Hot Fudge sauce. Check it out!

Upon the first taste of this sauce, it’s almost like we took a bunch of peanut butter cups and melted them down into a sauce. Yup, I am so serious. It’s got the perfect blend of milk chocolate and peanut butter flavors. You’re gonna want to eat it straight from the jar – I definitely did!

Making this hot fudge is so super easy. It’s just like making a hot chocolate to any other stove top sauce. And it’s ready in less than 10 minutes!

To start off, we heat up the heavy cream, butter, sugar, and corn syrup. This helps dissolve all the sugar.

Once the sugar is all dissolved, we remove the mixture from the heat and stir in the chopped chocolate, creamy peanut butter, and vanilla extract. That’s it! Now it’s ready for pouring over ice cream. Or cake, or brownies, or cookies, or…

There really are no gimmicks or tricks to this recipe. But in case you’re still a little concerned, I thought through a few issues that could come up as you make this sauce and how you can get past them:

  1. Since the highlight of any hot fudge is the chocolate, you MUST use good-quality chocolate. I used a combination of Baker’s chocolate and Ghiradelli since that’s what I had in the pantry.
  2. It’s important to add the chocolate at the end of the process, when the cream is off the heat, to ensure it does not burn. Once the chocolate burns or gets too hot, it will begin to solidify again and there’s no saving it.

There we have it – the last recipe of National Ice Cream month. I’ve loved celebrating this month with you all. But just because this month is over, doesn’t mean the ice cream eating has to end. As long as the temps continue to stay in the 90s, I’ll be enjoying some ice cream and sorbet on the reg. I hope you will too!

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Peanut Butter Hot Fudge

Peanut butter and chocolate come together to make a rich hot fudge perfect for topping your ice cream or other desserts
Prep Time5 minutes mins
Cook Time5 minutes mins
Total Time20 minutes mins
Servings: 12 ounces

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 3 tablespoons butter salted, sliced into pieces
  • 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chopped
  • 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Add cream, butter, corn syrup, and sugar into a medium saucepan. Whisk together and place over medium-high heat to boil. Once boiling, cook for 3 more minutes, whisking occasionally to keep it from boiling over. .
  • Remove from heat and add chocolate, peanut butter, and vanilla extract. Whisk until smooth. Let it cool for 10 minutes to let it thicken. Store leftovers in the fridge.

Notes

Recipe adapted from Chocolate Moosey

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  1. Claire | The Simple, Sweet Life says

    August 6, 2018 at 12:32 am

    Peanut butter in fudge?! This is like a match made in ice cream heaven! Pretty sure I need to get a carton of ice cream ASAP just so I can try this. πŸ˜€

    Reply
  2. Lorie says

    August 5, 2018 at 10:10 pm

    Why is this not something that has always been?!?! This is gonna be my version of mikes red hot. Gonna put this sh** on everything!!!

    Reply
  3. Sri Mallya says

    August 5, 2018 at 3:33 pm

    This looks amazingly delicious. I have all the ingredients and can’t wait to try this out and use it on ice cream. Yum!

    Reply
  4. Jenni LeBaron says

    August 5, 2018 at 12:30 pm

    This peanut butter hot fudge looks so good! I could imagine putting it on top of ice cream, pound cake, shortbread, or just eating it with a spoon!

    Reply
  5. Veronika's Kitchen says

    August 5, 2018 at 10:35 am

    This peanut butter hot fudge looks amazing! I already imagine all the recipes I can use it with: cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and just spoon it from the jar and eat)))

    Reply
  6. prasanna hede says

    August 4, 2018 at 9:21 am

    Love the combination of chocolate and peanut butter! Not only kids but even I would eat this out of the jar πŸ™‚

    Reply
  7. Jessica says

    August 3, 2018 at 9:00 pm

    Wow this looks delicious and surprisingly easy to make! I’ll have to give it a go sometime – my boyfriend would love these!

    Reply
  8. Kathryn @ FoodieGirlChicago says

    August 3, 2018 at 9:55 am

    You couldn’t have really picked two flavors that go better together! I haven’t had hot fudge in such a long time – I think I may need to make it this weekend!

    Reply
    • Sharon says

      August 3, 2018 at 10:54 am

      Yes, most certainly!

      Reply
  9. Veena Azmanov says

    August 2, 2018 at 3:51 am

    Hot Fudge? Yes please, and then you add peanut butter… oh my!! That would be my daughter’s expression if she was around this right now.. Love fudge and eats peanut butter out of the jar. I bet she can make this herself. So easy.

    Reply
    • Sharon says

      August 3, 2018 at 11:44 am

      She’s gonna love this recipe!

      Reply
  10. Elaine says

    August 1, 2018 at 12:10 pm

    Wow!! Peanut butter and chocolate together to make a delicious hot fudge? Those are two of my favorite ingredient combinations! I will be sure to make this asap!

    Reply
    • Sharon says

      August 3, 2018 at 11:49 am

      Mine too!

      Reply
  11. Linda says

    August 1, 2018 at 11:04 am

    my husbands favorite flavor combination. This is such an easy recipe, which I appreciate!

    Reply
    • Sharon says

      August 3, 2018 at 11:46 am

      Yes one of the easiest, for sure!

      Reply
  12. Anne says

    July 31, 2018 at 10:26 am

    Wow! This looks amazing – full of peanut butter and chocolate goodness. A great way to end National Ice Cream month!

    Reply
    • Sharon says

      August 3, 2018 at 12:00 pm

      Thanks so much!

      Reply
  13. Neriz @ food and journeys says

    July 31, 2018 at 3:39 am

    Finger lickin’ deliciousness alert! This jar would not last long in our house – SO GOOD! πŸ™‚

    Reply
    • Sharon says

      August 3, 2018 at 12:01 pm

      Haha it sure didn’t last in ours!

      Reply
  14. Natalie says

    July 31, 2018 at 1:57 am

    This hot fudge sauce looks and sounds so decadent, luscious and delicious! I love chocolate and peanut butter together!

    Reply
    • Sharon says

      August 3, 2018 at 12:01 pm

      Me too!

      Reply
  15. Adriana Lopez Martin says

    July 31, 2018 at 1:14 am

    wow so comforting and delightful besides chocolate and peanut go perfect. This coudl be a wonderful drizzle for my homemade vanilla ice crea, need to make yoru hot fudge soon!

    Reply
    • Sharon says

      August 3, 2018 at 12:02 pm

      Oh man, what a perfect duo!

      Reply
  16. Sara says

    July 30, 2018 at 11:27 pm

    That looks perfect for ice cream! I am in love with the idea of peanut butter hot fudge!

    Reply
  17. Sandi says

    July 30, 2018 at 11:23 pm

    This would be amazing on My coconut ice cream!

    Reply
    • Sharon says

      August 3, 2018 at 12:05 pm

      Yum, I totally agree!

      Reply
  18. Theresa Bailey says

    July 30, 2018 at 11:16 pm

    So many great recipes to use this hot fudge with. I wish I wasn’t dairy and soy free πŸ™

    Reply
  19. jenna | the urben life says

    July 30, 2018 at 6:44 pm

    Okaaay, drooling!! This looks so luxurious

    Reply
    • Sharon says

      August 3, 2018 at 12:14 pm

      Thanks!

      Reply
  20. Whitney Kutch says

    July 30, 2018 at 4:58 pm

    Oh my gosh, this looks incredible! There’s nothing I love more than peanut butter with chocolate <3

    Reply
    • Sharon says

      August 3, 2018 at 12:18 pm

      Such a great duo πŸ™‚

      Reply
  21. valmg @ From Val's Kitchen says

    July 30, 2018 at 4:22 pm

    I love how simple this peanut butter hot fudge is to make. Hubby is all about hot fudge on ice cream and likes peanut butter so I’m sure he’d be up for trying this.

    Reply
    • Sharon says

      August 3, 2018 at 12:18 pm

      So simple! Let me know how he likes it!

      Reply

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