Amazing peanut butter and chocolate dessert recipes to make at home

Few foods are as delicious, wholesome and easily accessible as peanut butter, and it can be easily baked into cookies, cakes and muffins too. Our list of mouthwatering dessert recipes will show you just how perfectly peanut butter and chocolate go together! Or if you feel like trying your hand at something easier, we’ve got a no-bake option as well.

1. Chocolate and Peanut Butter Cups

Nothing can beat the combination of sweet and salty, and these Cups are a true testament to that. This recipe has the perfect balance of light and thick, smooth and sticky to make it a lovely after-dinner treat.

Ingredients:

• ½ cup creamy peanut butter
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
• ¼ cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 cups milk chocolate chips

Method:

• Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners and set aside. 
• Combine peanut butter, butter, confectioner’s sugar in a bowl and mix until fully combined.
• Microwave the chocolate in 20-second intervals until fully melted.
• Add about 1 tbsp of the chocolate to the bottom of each muffin liner. This should only be enough to coat the bottom.
• Top with 2 tsp of the peanut butter mixture in the centre. Add about 1 tbsp more of chocolate at the top.
• Carefully tap the muffin tin on the counter. This will help the chocolate settle and smooth out.
• Chill in the fridge for 1 hour until fully set.
  
  
  

2. Peanut Butter-filled Dark Chocolate Muffins

Muffins, as they are, have got to be one of the most-loved desserts of all time. Rich, soft and moist, what more could one ask for? And filled with a creamy peanut butter filling just takes this dish to the next level.

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons cocoa powder (not Dutch process)
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• ¾ cups plus 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs, at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 2/3 cup confectioners' sugar
  
  

Method:

1. Muffins

• Preheat oven to 180°C and line a muffin tray with paper liners
• In a medium bowl, add cocoa powder in a bowl and add boiling water, whisk until smooth, and whisk in buttermilk until combined.
• In a different bowl, add flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. 
• In a third bowl, beat together butter (except the 3 tbsp) with granulated sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
• Add in the dry ingredients in batches, alternating with the cocoa mixture. 
• Spoon the batter into the muffin cups, making sure not to fill more than two-thirds full.
• Bake for 20-22 mins or until the cupcakes appear fully baked. Let cool completely.
  
  

1. Filling

• In a medium bowl, beat together peanut butter and 3 tbsp of butter until creamy. 
• Add in the confectioner’s sugar and beat until creamy.
  Add this mixture to a pastry bag and squeeze gently into each muffin carefully, until you feel each expand slightly.
  
  

3. Chocolate Chunk PB Skillet Cookie

Somewhere between a cookie and a cake lies this amazing recipe. After all, what could be better than a huge cookie to share? Top with vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce or add in your favourite nuts and berries. No matter how you customise it, this skillet cookie will turn out delicious.

Ingredients:

• ¾ cup unsalted butter, chopped
• 1/2 cup, firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup caster sugar
• 1 egg, lightly whisked
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 3/4 cup plain flour, sifted
• 1/2 tsp baking soda, sifted
• 1/3 cup crunchy peanut butter
• 1/2 dark chocolate, coarsely chopped

Method:

• In an oven-proof frying pan (preferably cast iron) stir together butter and sugar on medium-low heat. After the butter has melted completely, set aside to cool.
• After cooling, add egg and vanilla and stir. Add flour and baking soda until just combined.
• Drop in a few tsp of peanut butter all over and sprinkle chocolate chunks on top.
• Mix gently and smooth surface. Bake at 180°C for about 25 mins. 
• Before serving, let cool completely. Cut into triangles and enjoy.
  
  

4. Chewy Peanut Butter Marble Brownies

Beautifully patterned and an incredible flavour. If you’ve got friends and family coming over, this dessert is definitely bound to wow them all.

Ingredients:

1. A) For the brownie-

• ½ cup unsalted butter, chopped
• ¼ cup dark chocolate, chopped
• ¼ cup milk chocolate, chopped
• 2/3 cup plain flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 2 tsp vanilla extract

1. B) Filling

• 60g unsalted butter, melted
• 1/2 cup pure icing sugar, sifted
• 3/4 cup smooth peanut butter
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Method:

• Preheat oven to 160°C. Line a square baking tray with baking paper fully.
• In a medium bowl, add butter, dark and milk chocolates and heat in microwave in 20 seconds intervals. Microwave till fully melted and stir well.
• Let cool and whisk in sugar. Add eggs one at a time, and vanilla, and whisk till smooth.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. 
• Add in the flour mixture to the chocolate mixture slowly and stir till fully incorporated.
• For filling, combine butter, icing sugar, peanut butter, salt and vanilla in another bowl and mix until smooth. 
• Pour ⅓ of the batter into the baking pan and spread evenly. Drop dollops of the filling evenly across the batter. 
• Drizzle remaining batter over the top. Using a butter knife, toothpick or skewer, gently swirl the filling through the batter to create a marbled pattern on the top.
• Bake for 45 mins or until top is firm to the touch. Let cool in pan before removing.
• Cut into even squares and serve.