Grandma's Creamy Peanut Butter Fudge

Name: Grandma's Creamy Peanut Butter Fudge
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 64 small cubes
Ingredients: 1 pound powdered sugar; 1 ¼ cups unsalted butter; 1 ½ cups creamy peanut butter; ½ teaspoon kosher salt; 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract

Rating: 4.9 stars

31 Ratings
22 Reviews
11 Photos

This old-fashioned style of peanut butter fudge is not that easy to find out there. The ones I tend to run across always seem to be the soft, creamy version, which is not what I'm into. If it's going to feel like peanut butter in my mouth, then what's the point? No, I want something that feels dense and firm in my fingers but will almost instantly liquefy in when it hits my tongue.

By Chef John

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Recipe Summary test

prep:

15 mins

cook:

5 mins

additional:

1 hr

total:

1 hr 20 mins

Servings:

Yield:

64 small cubes

Nutrition Info

Ingredients

Original recipe yields 64 servings

The ingredient list now reflects the servings specified

1 pound powdered sugar
1 ¼ cups unsalted butter
1 ½ cups creamy peanut butter
½ teaspoon kosher salt
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

Step 1
Sift sugar through a fine-mesh strainer into a large bowl.

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Step 2
Heat butter and peanut butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk to combine and cook until bubbles appear on the edges, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in salt and vanilla extract. Pour over powdered sugar in the bowl. Mix together using a spatula until smooth.
Step 3
Spread mixture into an 8x8-inch baking pan lined with plastic wrap. Wrap fully and refrigerate until firm enough to cut but not too hard, 1 to 3 hours.
Step 4
Unwrap fudge and cut into small cubes. Let warm up on the counter before cutting if needed.

Chef's Notes:

This technique will work with other nut butters, smooth or chunky, like almond or cashew.

Use 1/4 teaspoon fine salt instead of kosher if desired.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

95 calories; protein 1.6g; carbohydrates 8.3g; fat 6.7g; cholesterol 9.5mg; sodium 43.3mg. Full Nutrition

Reviews (22)

Most helpful positive review

Brennan Martin

01/27/2020

Delicious and definitely not kidding about melt in your mouth. Read More

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31 Ratings

5 star values: 29
4 star values: 1
3 star values: 1
2 star values: 0
1 star values: 0

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Brennan Martin

01/27/2020

Delicious and definitely not kidding about melt in your mouth. Read More

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Suzanne Lepage

12/04/2019

no the same Read More

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Angela Lovell Ulmer

11/24/2019

This is an easy and delicious recipe for peanut butter fudge! We loved it! Read More

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Paula Caudill

12/05/2019

Definitely will make it again. Wonderful. Read More

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Ginette

04/25/2020

I only had 130 g of sugar so I went to the adjust feature and kept adjusting the recipe until I had the right amount of sugar which happened to be 20 servings. So using my scale I measured all the ingredients and made one mistake. Instead of .8g of salt, I misread the amount and thought they wanted 8 g so instead I only added 5 g which still seemed like a lot but the recipe turned out amazing!!! Any sweet treat with added salt is addictive!! Oh my this recipe did not dissapoint! Read More

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Eduardo Penna

01/05/2020

Made this two times during the holidays it was a massive hit with my folks. Left it too long in the fridge the first time the flavor was amazing but the texture wasn't quite there. The second time I left it just the right time and it was amazing literally melting in our mouths. Read More