21 Peanut Butter Dessert Recipes (2024)

Peanut butter flavors our recipes for cookies, cheesecake, scones, brownies, truffles, bar cookies, fudge, pie and candy.

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Peanut Butter Chiffon Pie

Peanut butter lovers, rejoice. This pie is so good, and it has a twist: Melba toast replaces graham cracker crumbs for a crisp, salty foil to the decadent filling.

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Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprint Cookies

These easy, nostalgic-tasting cookies are a favorite of Wisconsin blogger Stephanie Simmons. Use your favorite preserves to personalize them.

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Peanut Butter Oatmeal Biggies Ice Cream Sandwiches

This chewy, saucer-size cookie is sure to satisfy a sweet tooth. Use chocolate chips, raisins, or a combination to add a little texture. Then, add ice cream between two of the cookies and on top for a cool treat!

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Peanut Butter Temptations

Calling all peanut butter fans! These cookies offer double-the-PB compared to the classic peanut blossom cookie with a chocolate kiss on top. And they couldn't be easier.

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Peanut Butter Buckeye Brownie Cheesecake

Dawn Moore of Warren, Pennsylvania, grew up sampling buckeye candy from neighboring Ohio. It was the muse for this outrageously rich and creamy dessert she created.

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Salted Peanut Bars

These salted peanut bars are the perfect salty-sweet combo. Luscious caramel tops a mixture of peanuts, pretzels, marshmallow crème and creamy peanut butter.

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Peanut Better Blossoms

Chicago cookbook author Shauna Sever ramped up the nuttiness and opted for a creamy ganache filling in her take on this Midwest favorite. See her other Midwest heritage dessert recipes.

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PBJ&C Cheesecake

You will most likely print this recipe to keep in your favorites stash. With a satisfying crunch to the crust and plenty of PB&J flavor and chocolate chips in the filling, it was a test kitchen favorite.

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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Baked Doughnuts

Breakfast or dessert? You decide. These no-fry doughnuts are super chocolatey. For a twist, you can swap chocolate-hazelnut spread for the peanut butter in the glaze and top with finely chopped toasted hazelnuts.

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Banana and Peanut Butter Pie

Sliced bananas hide under a rich filling of peanut butter, cream cheese and honey. Chopped peanuts and a graham cracker crust lend the perfect crunch.

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Peanut Butter Breakfast Scones

These energy-boosting peanut butter scones pack a healthy amount of fiber and protein.

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Salted Caramel, Chocolate and Peanut Cracker-Stack Bars

These fantastic potluck bars come from Patrice Hurd of Bemidji, Minnesota. Patrice says they're a twist on her grandmother's cracker bars. They cut beautifully and brim with salty-sweet-nutty-chocolately flavor.

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Peanut Butter-Fudge Pie

Vanilla ice cream, gooey fudge sauce and peanuts sit on a chewy rice-cereal crust. Trust us, it's out of this world-perfect for potlucks or family dinners.

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Crunchy Peanut Butter-Coconut Bananas

This five-ingredient recipe makes an easy, healthy snack in minutes.

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Peanut Butter Chip and Jelly Bars

The flavor of these bars from Connie Siegel of Wisconsin will take you right back to your school lunchroom! If you don't like grape jelly, strawberry would work well, too.

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Triple Chocolate-Peanut Butter Pudding Cake

This super-gooey slow-cooker cake sets up beautifully as it cools. Scoop into an ice cream bowl or footed dish, and pair with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and chocolate bar pieces.

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Easy Monster Cookie Bars

Ever the crowd pleaser, these five-ingredient bar cookies come together quickly thanks to refrigerated peanut butter cookie dough.

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Peanut Butter Fudge

Peanut butter fans will love this creamy, nutty fudge, made with peanut butter pieces, marshmallow creme and finely chopped peanuts. Add extra peanuts on top if you want some more crunch.

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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Bars

Peanut butter and chocolate meet for a sweet treat in this recipe from a Cedarburg, Wisconsin, reader.

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Triple Peanut Butter Streusel Bars

Dry-roasted peanuts, peanut butter-flavored pieces and peanut butter bring triple flavor to this make-ahead bar cookie.

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Peanut Butter Cupcakes

A chocolate-covered peanut butter cup tucks inside each of these treats. The tops will sink a bit as the cupcakes cool, creating a perfect spot for a dollop of jam. Check out more of our best cupcake recipes.

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