This Healthy Peanut Butter Fudge is going to save me this holiday season. They taste like something naughty and decadent out of that little candy shop that you passed on vacation. But these little treats are full of nourishing (think bulletproof!) fats, and protein, making them a perfect little pick me up treat. And they’re JUST as delicious as they look!
Here in the south, our fall temperatures are still (as of November) spiking up into the mid 80’s. So I keep these little beauties in the fridge or they’ll get melty fast. A flat glass 6×8 storage dish with a snap on lid is perfect for keeping a batch on hand…I just rotate out flavors from week to week.
I like peanut butter fudge to be super smooth and velvety, so I opt for the smoothest grind of nut butter I can find. Or choose chunky if you want some nut pieces. But for this recipe, I would not use a natural grind with any grit to it.
And speaking of keeping it smooth, I recommend using Gentle Sweet as a sugar free, natural alternative, or you can sub any type of granulated stevia/erythritol sweetener or a healthy sugar free sweetener of your choice (see sugar free conversion chart here). If you’d like to keep these all natural and more Paleo than Trim Healthy Mama, and use the power of raw honey to sweeten these (which is what I’d do for my kids), I posted that version of Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge as a guest blogger over here at Mommypotamus.
Since I want to boost my healthy fat intake, I use my favorite brands of grassfed butter, and refined organic coconut oil for these, but you really can use what you have on hand. As written, this is SUCH an easy fudge recipe, but if you wanted to get creative or gourmet, you could always stir in some add-ins, or top with flaked sea salt or peanut pieces.
So that’s it! Just a few simple ingredients stirred together can make an amazing pan of healthy chocolate peanut butter fudge in just a few minutes! Let’s make it together.
- 1 cup smooth peanut butter
- 1 cup organic coconut oil, liquid; I like refined, but you can use either
- ½-2/3 cup gentle sweet, or equivalent of your favorite sweetener-see chart here- if you're using granules, I'd recommend grinding them into a powder first using a small blender.
- ½ cup butter, softened
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- salt to taste
- Stir together peanut butter and coconut oil in a small bowl.
- Remove one cup of peanut butter mixture, and set aside.
- To remaining mixture in bowl, add softened butter, sweetener, and cocoa.
- Stir well. Taste and adjust sweet and salty to your liking.
- Pour chocolate mixture into a 6x8 or similar glass dish, and spread smooth.
- Pour reserved peanut butter mixture over chocolate and use a knife to make swirls, by 'cutting' stripes in opposite directions. I love this part!
- Chill fudge for about an hour, or until firm enough to slice and enjoy.
- 1 cup smooth peanut butter
- 1 cup organic coconut oil, liquid; I like refined, but you can use either
- ½-2/3 cup gentle sweet, or equivalent of your favorite sweetener-see chart here- if you're using granules, I'd recommend grinding them into a powder first using a small blender.
- ½ cup butter, softened
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- salt to taste
- Stir together peanut butter and coconut oil in a small bowl.
- Remove one cup of peanut butter mixture, and set aside.
- To remaining mixture in bowl, add softened butter, sweetener, and cocoa.
- Stir well. Taste and adjust sweet and salty to your liking.
- Pour chocolate mixture into a 6x8 or similar glass dish, and spread smooth.
- Pour reserved peanut butter mixture over chocolate and use a knife to make swirls, by 'cutting' stripes in opposite directions. I love this part!
- Chill fudge for about an hour, or until firm enough to slice and enjoy.
If you enjoyed this recipe, check out the coldstone peppermint fudge recipe here!
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Thank you thank you thank you for this! I LOVED your mint fudge recipe and was thinking about how to adapt it to chocolate PB fudge, so thanks for putting one up! Can’t wait to try it!
Thank you so much for all of your recipes! What a help to those of us on THM plan. I don’t know how you do it with a family and LIFE!
HI there, do you have a recommendation for a smooth peanut butter? Everything I use is very coarse. Thanks for your help!
I buy natural peanut butter that you stir in the oil…any brand that’s just peanuts, salt, and oil. 🙂
Hi Gwen,
Thank you for all the THM info! I was wondering if you have an easy way to mix your peanut butter? It’s such a pain to mix with the oil. Argh!
Thanks,
Stacy
I don’t have any great tricks for this, other than using a butter knife instead of a spoon. And I agree…it’s a pain!
This is what I do to mix my natural peanut butter. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-to-mix-all-natural-peanut-butter_us_564214a6e4b0411d30728bfc
You could also move the peanut butter to a stand mixer and blend, put back in the jar and then store upside down the the frig.
What do you mean liquid for the coconut oil? Just melted?
Yes! Just warmed. Where I live, it’s liquid most of the year.
Is there any substitute for coconut oil?
You could try cocoa butter…the coconut oil provides the hardening effect. 🙂
Super yum!!
I think I’m making this for hubby for Father’s Day with the kiddos! YUMMY
Hi Gwen, Great recipe! Any easy substitutions for the butter?
I have never made it without the butter…it adds a softer texture than just straight up coconut oil. You can try it with plain coconut oil…maybe cut in a little bit of another oil that doesn’t harden as much in the fridge? It would be experimental. 🙂
I can’t wait to try this — peanut butter and chocolate are my favorite! As for how to mix natural peanut butter that has separated I use my hand mixer with the dough hook attachments. It makes quick work of mixing the oil in right in the jar… but be extra careful if you have a glass jar.
Awesome tip, Lynn! Thank you!
OMG I am going to make this RIGHT NOW! I’m a newbie so it’s nice to find something that doesn’t have the special ingredients of most recipes. Thank you!
I just made this today. I like the flavor but find it a bit greasy. Do you this it would stillnwork with less butter?
You could certainly try it. 🙂 All of the ingredients are fats though.