Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge
Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge made with nut butter, dark brown sugar, dark chocolate and flaky sea salt.
Ingredients
- 8 Tbsp Unsalted Butter
- 2 Cups Dark Brown Sugar slightly packed
- ½ Cup (125 ml) Heavy Cream
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 Cup Creamy Peanut Butter *or favorite nut butter (no stir)
- 3 ½ Cups Powdered Sugar
- 1 Cup Dark Chocolate melted
- Flake Sea Salt to sprinkle
Instructions
- Line an 8x8, 9x9, or 7x11 tray with parchment paper.
- Place butter, brown sugar, heavy cream, and vanilla into a medium sauce pan on medium-high heat.
- Stir occasionally with wooden spoon until sugar and butter are melted. Mixture should just start to have bubbles in the center, but not come to a full raging boil.
- Add peanut butter and stir until smooth.
- Remove from heat.
- Place powdered sugar in bowl of stand mixer with paddle attachment.
- Pour hot mixture into bowl with sugar.
- Begin on medium low speed and gradually increase to medium high.
- Mix until a thick cookie dough consistency is formed.
- Place dough into pan and level with hands or spatula.
- Melt chocolate in a microwaveable safe bowl at 30 second intervals, stirring in between each, for 90 seconds.
- Pour melted chocolate onto fudge and level with spoon.
- Let chocolate cool for about 5 minutes then sprinkle with flake sea salt.
- Cover pan with aluminum foil and place in fridge for a minimum of one hour to set.
- Slice and serve!
- Store fudge in an air tight container.