This old fashioned peanut butter fudge recipe is light and creamy, and amazingly simple! No one would ever guess that it only requires four ingredients, one pot, and a few minutes of cooking time.
Easy peanut butter fudge
Every time I make this peanut butter fudge, I feel like I'd died and gone to a sweet, peanut-buttery heaven where I danced among unicorns and fluffy white clouds.
So I am sharing this super easy peanut butter fudge recipe from a family cookbook.
This fudge recipe is the best because:
- There are only four simple ingredients!
- It's made in only one pot!
- And the instructions are only two sentences long!
So if you've always envisioned the peanut butter fudge-making process as being something complex, requiring candy thermometers and special sugars, and perhaps a little bit of fairy dust... let me show you how easy it is to make peanut butter fudge!
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Peanut butter fudge with marshmallow fluff
This fudge needs just a container of marshmallow fluff (or marshmallow creme), some good old fashioned creamy peanut butter, milk, and sugar. The secret's out, and I can't wait for y'all to make this yourselves.
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Best Peanut Butter for Peanut Butter Fudge:
As much as I love natural peanut butter, you don't want to use it in this recipe. Stick with traditional creamy peanut butter (I almost always use Jif).
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Fudge making tip:
The fudge-making process works best if you put the marshmallow fluff and peanut butter into bowls (as pictured above) before adding them to the milk/sugar mixture. That way you can add them quickly and make sure everything melts together without separation.
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The Best and Easiest Peanut Butter Fudge Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 7 oz marshmallow fluff or marshmallow creme
- 12 oz creamy peanut butter
- ½ cup whole milk
Instructions
- Butter a small pyrex or 8x8 baking dish and set aside.
- In a medium saucepan (preferably non-stick), combine the milk and sugar, and bring to a boil. Continue to boil, stirring constantly, for three minutes.
- Remove the pan from the heat and add the peanut butter and marshmallow fluff. Stir until well combined.
- Spread the fudge into the baking dish. Allow to cool to room temperature, and then refrigerate
Bailey
Wednesday 14th of August 2024
Tastes good but came out crumbley not creamey. There must be a specific kind of peanut butter needing to be used because I used more of a natural peanut butter that doesn't have anything else in it except for salt and peanuts. I'm assuming if you use Jiff or something similar because of the extra additives it makes the fudge turn out creamy. Maybe update the ingredients list stating to not use natural peanut butter or mention a few top brands than match the kind you use. Still tasty just not the fudge texture.
Kate
Wednesday 21st of August 2024
Yes, use Jiff or something similar. I would see if I could re-melt the fudge and maybe add some more marshmallow fluff or even melted butter to try to get it to come together to a fudge texture. Not sure if that would work as a fix or not. Or see if you can use the crumbly fudge as a stir-in into cookies or banana bread.
Little C
Sunday 24th of December 2023
My daughter and I tried this recipe and it did not do right. We followed recipe as directed and before we could get the candy out of the pot it set up and it was so crumbly . we had to trash it
Diana
Friday 19th of January 2024
@Kate, This happened to me also. I read this review before starting so I followed everything exactly !
Kate
Thursday 11th of January 2024
I'm sorry to hear that! Without being in your kitchen to see what went wrong, the only thing I can ask is to double check that you got all the ingredients (full fat peanut butter, whole milk, etc) and amounts correct, as well as making sure that all the steps were followed to completion (bringing to a boil, stirring constantly for 3 full minutes, etc). I hope you give this another try!
Molly
Friday 22nd of December 2023
This is just like the peanut butter fudge that my Great Aunt Elsie used to make for my cousins and me!! Delicious and it sent me back in time 50 years!! Ha! :)
Linda
Friday 22nd of December 2023
I made this fudge last night, and it’s very creamy and tasty! I only had marshmallows, so I just weighed out 7 oz., and stirred them in before the peanut butter, until they melted.
Kristy Young
Friday 15th of December 2023
I love this recipe and it is so easy and delicious but I have been cutting back on the sugar and carbs and I was wondering if you could use allulose sweetener in place of the sugar. It's the only sugar substitute that me and my family have found that actually tastes like regular sugar and my husband and kids are very picky about the taste lol