You are here: Home / dessert / candy / Peanut Butter Fudge Treats

Peanut Butter Fudge Treats

September 23, 2009 by 8 Comments

Yes, these ARE what you think they are. Rice Krispy Treats, topped with a layer of peanut butter fudge, topped with a layer of chocolate fudge. Oh, baby. It’s practically too much to wrap your mind around, right??

This recipe comes via one of my favorite websites for sinfully sweet stuff, Joy The Baker, and she credits them back to a combination of the classic Rice Krispy Treat plus a peanut butter fudge recipe from Alton Brown, plus a standard recipe for chocolate fudge. As you can see, it takes a village to make something so incredibly, decadently good. They are really, really easy to make — the hardest part, quite honestly, is waiting in between stages for the various layers to cool.

When you make these (because let’s be honest, you KNOW you are going to make these), here are a few pieces of advice. Cut them into SMALL pieces. I cut mine into one inch squares. Eating a piece bigger than one inch could make all your teeth fall out at once. Second, I store mine in the fridge. There is definitely enough sugar in these to keep them perfectly fine stored on the kitchen counter, but I liked the harder consistency of the cold fudge. That’s just me, though. Fudge consistency is a very personal decision, and I leave that up to you.

I think that is all I have to say about these, except that you have to make them as soon as humanly possible. You only go around once.

Print
Peanut Butter Fudge Treats

Peanut Butter Fudge Treats

Ingredients

Rice Krispy Treats
3 tablespoons butter or margarine
4 cups miniature marshmallows
6 cups Rice Krispy Cereal (or any puffed rice cereal)
Peanut Butter Fudge (recipe from Alton Brown)
1 cup butter
1 cup smooth peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 pound confectioners (powdered) sugar
Chocolate Fudge
2 Tbsp butter
2/3 cup evaporated milk
1 2/3 cups sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups miniature marshmallows
1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 tsp vanilla

Directions

Rice Krispy Treats
1. In large saucepan melt butter over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Remove from heat.
2. Add Rice Krispies cereal. Stir until well coated.
3. Using buttered spatula or wax paper evenly press mixture into 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan coated with cooking spray.
4. Cool. Make Peanut Butter Fudge.
Peanut butter Fudge
1. Microwave butter and peanut butter for 2 minutes on high.
2. Stir and microwave on high for 2 more minutes. Add vanilla and powdered sugar to peanut butter mixture and stir to combine with a wooden spoon.
3. Pour over the Rice Krispy treats in the pan and spread evenly.
4. Let cool in the fridge while you make the Chocolate Fudge.
Chocolate Fudge
1. Combine butter, milk, sugar, and salt in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil; cook 4 to 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
2. Stir in marshmallows, chocolate, and vanilla,. Beat for about 1 minute, or until marshmallows melt and mixture is thoroughly combined.
3. Pour over peanut butter fudge, spread evenly and place in the fridge to harden and cool.
4. Cut into 1-inch pieces or smaller.

Recipe adapted from Joy The Baker

Filed Under: candy, dessert Tagged With: , ,

Comments

Want a photo beside your name? Go to Gravatar.com, sign up for a free account, and upload a photo. It's super easy!

  1. Thibeault's Table says:
    September 25, 2009 at 3:37 pm

    Your rice krispie treats look perfect. Great photo.

    Reply
  2. Natalie says:
    September 25, 2009 at 4:46 pm

    These look fantastic. I love each component on its own, im sure together it would be delicious!!

    Reply
  3. Marsha H says:
    September 25, 2009 at 4:54 pm

    This was my introduction to your blog, and, oh, my goodness! I will have to make these next week when both of my (grown) boys come home for a visit. After tasting these treats, I wonder if they will leave my kitcehn to go back to their own homes …

    Reply
  4. Kate Morgan Jackson says:
    September 25, 2009 at 5:48 pm

    Thanks everyone! The second the last one was eaten in my house, everyone started begging me for a second batch! Maybe this weekend…although I do have a cinnamon roll cake I wanted to make. :-)

    Reply
  5. pegasuslegend says:
    October 10, 2009 at 1:58 am

    Wow these are awesome looking what kind of camera do you have, All your pictures are fabulous and I hate peanut butter….but even I would have to eat these!

    Reply
  6. Kate Morgan Jackson says:
    October 12, 2009 at 12:46 pm

    I shoot with a Nikon D700 and usually a 105mm lens for my food shots. Thanks for the nice comments! (Have you guys seen the Cookie Truffles that I posted this weekend? I think they are even BETTER!) :-)

    Reply
  7. Sweet and Savory says:
    November 5, 2009 at 10:58 pm

    This is a great idea, layering these flavors. I bet it is delicious.

    Reply
  8. Vicki says:
    November 7, 2010 at 4:28 pm

    Uh oh…..these could be trouble.

    Reply

Let's Talk!

*