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Microwave Peanut Butter Fudge

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This Microwave Peanut Butter Fudge is topped with melted chocolate and mini peanut butter cups chopped into pieces. 

Microwave Peanut Butter Fudge cut into slices and on a counter with a napkin nearby.

This Peanut Butter Fudge recipe is perfect for any beginner cook. It’s decadent yet easy to make. That’s my kind of fudge!

The thing about most fudge recipes is they are wicked hard to make, step heavy, or they are just plain temperamental. Most people get intimidated by fudge. However this fudge should inspire no fear.

It’s made in the microwave. Every step of it. It is the easiest fudge I’ve ever made in my life. It’s a thing of beauty.

Since this fudge has a special purpose I had to up the wow factor a bit. Plain peanut butter fudge was not going to cut it today.

So, I decided to drizzle some really good quality chocolate over top of the fudge. Then, I chopped up mini peanut butter cups and tossed those on top.

Sheer perfection if you ask me. In a tiny little sugar package.

This recipe does not disappoint. It’s super easy to make and it’s absolutely delicious.

If you’re thinking to yourself  “wow I’d really love some of this decadent Peanut Butter Fudge topped with Chocolate and Mini Peanut Butter Cups”, well, you’re in luck.

This fudge is super easy to make. Plus it’s wicked quick too.  Seriously, it’s the easiest fudge you’ll ever make.

Peanut Butter Fudge topped with Chocolate and Mini Peanut Butter Cups.

Ingredients:

  • Butter – You can use salted or unsalted butter for this fudge.
  • Peanut Butter – I used smooth peanut butter. Use whatever kind you like.
  • Extract – This recipe uses vanilla extract. Rum extract would be nice too!
  • Sugar – I used powdered sugar for this recipe
  • Chocolate – You can use any kind of chocolate you love. Personally, I prefer milk chocolate.
  • Peanut Butter Cups – I love Trader Joe’s mini peanut butter cups but Reese’s are amazing too!

How to Make Microwave Peanut Butter Fudge:

Be sure to scroll to the recipe card for FULL ingredients and directions!

  1. First add butter and peanut butter in a large microwave safe bowl. Place in the microwave and melt together until smooth.
  2. Then remove the bowl from the microwave, whisk the butter and peanut butter until smooth.
  3. Next, add the vanilla and powdered sugar. Stir.
  4. Now transfer the mixture to a parchment lined pan.
  5. Then, smooth the top of the fudge. Cover and refrigerate.
  6. Next, in a microwave safe bowl, melt the chocolate until it’s smooth.
  7. Remove fudge from fridge and spoon the chocolate over top.
  8. Lastly, toss the chopped mini peanut butter cups over top of the chocolate.
  9. Refrigerate until the fudge sets up.
  10. Serve!

Peanut Butter Fudge is topped with Chocolate and Mini Peanut Butter Cups

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Microwave Peanut Butter Fudge in a loaf dish lined with parchment paper.
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Microwave Peanut Butter Fudge

This Microwave Peanut Butter Fudge is topped with melted chocolate and mini peanut butter cups chopped into pieces. 
Course Candy
Cuisine American
Keyword peanut butter chocolate fudge, peanut butter fudge
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 16
Calories 456kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

For the fudge:

For the topping:

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Instructions

  • Place butter and peanut butter in a large microwave safe bowl. Place in the microwave and cook for 2 minutes. Remove and stir, place back in microwave and cook for about another minute depending on your microwave. It gets super hot so handle with care. If you're microwave is not powerful you may need to go an additional minute.
  • Place on counter, whisk the butter and peanut butter until smooth. Add the vanilla, then the powdered sugar. Stir with a wooden spoon until it comes together and loses it gloss.
  • Transfer to a parchment lined 8 by 8 inch pan. Make sure you leave some parchment hanging over the edges so you can pull it down to cover the fudge while it sets, and also it makes it easier to remove to cut.
  • Smooth the fudge inside the pan. Fold over the parchment so the fudge is covered and not exposed to air. Pop in the fridge till it sets up. Takes a couple of hours.
  • Remove from fridge and set on counter in pan.
  • In a microwave safe bowl, melt the chocolate in 30 second increments until it's melted and smooth. Spoon evenly over fudge.
  • Toss the chopped up pieces of peanut butter cups over top on the warm chocolate so they stick.
  • Pop back in the fridge for a couple of hours.
  • Serve with a big old peanut butter smile!

Notes

Slightly adapted from Alton Brown's Peanut Butter Fudge
 
Originally posted on July 17, 2013.

Nutrition

Calories: 456kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Cholesterol: 32mg | Sodium: 276mg | Potassium: 231mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 42g | Vitamin A: 364IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 1mg

Microwave Peanut Butter Fudge topped with melted chocolate and mini peanut butter cups on a grey counter.

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Comments

  1. Anita at Hungry Couple says

    Awe…little Demon Spawn. 🙂 Hadley says hi! Incidentally, Hadley is smarter than many people I’ve met but, when it comes to things she doesn’t want to do, she suddenly develops a case of severe brain damage…

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    • Kim Beaulieu says

      Ha, isn’t she precious. Mostly when she’s sleeping. Malia says hi to Hadley and she would like more puppy treats soon. Omg, I hear you. My sis got Malia one of those toys that hides treats in compartments and she had it figured out in seconds. And some were wicked hard. Yet me teaching her not to bite me when she wants me to throw her ball is beyond her. lol

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      • Anita at Hungry Couple says

        Oh, yeah, I’ve tried those doggie brain game things with Hadley. She figures them out instantly and then looks at me like I’m an idiot. But the concept of heel, as in ‘stop dislocating my shoulder when we go for walks, you damn dog’…that’s totally above her capabilities. 🙂

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  2. shannon @ a periodic table says

    oh my goodness: the fudge right now! i saw this over on Kita’s site this morning, and i’m fairly certain i gained weight just looking at it. just saying. it’s so nice of everyone to participate in this: you all did a fantastic job…so many baked goods, and it couldn’t be for a better cause. Now i don’t know what to bid on.

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    • Kim Beaulieu says

      Thanks so much Maureen. You should try it with chocolate then peanut butter ganache. Holy heck that would be amazing.

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    • Kim Beaulieu says

      Thanks Ashley. I would try it. I’m making it with Nutella tomorrow. It’s now an obsession.

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  5. [email protected] says

    Microwave fudge is the best! We’ve been making it that way for years – super flavor and dead simple to make. Yours looks terrific. Kita is doing good stuff – thanks for passing along the word. And cute picture of Malia. Funny, she appears rather angelic in that picture – nothing at all like the Demon Spawn of Satan!

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    • Kim Beaulieu says

      Thanks John. I am so pleased with it. I need to keep my house cooler. It’s taking all my self restraint not to bake in my oven and cook on the stove.

      Kita is amazing. I’m so happy she’s willing to help Muffin, they are a perfect match.

      Don’t let the Demon Spawn fool you. She’s presently pushing my hubby our of the chair cuz she thinks it’s hers.

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  6. Susan says

    But but. . . I don’t currently have a microwave!! Can I just put peanut butter on a spoon, top it with the fudge and call it it a day?

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  11. suzanne Perazzini says

    Oh yes, I am all for simple though I don’t always stick to that. Today I am about to make a four layer cake and each layer is different. Let’s see if I return to simple is best after today.

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