2-Ingredient Peanut Butter Fudge

This easy 2-Ingredient Peanut Butter Fudge recipe is perfect as a quick and easy homemade peanut butter candy recipe. Plus, this peanut butter fudge recipe is also dairy-free and made without vanilla frosting, only simple ingredients.

When it’s the fudge season (and actually many other times in the year), my passion is to share more ways to create delicious fudge at home, like my 4-Ingredient Chocolate Fudge, 2-Ingredient Fudge, or Healthy Peanut Butter Fudge.

I love making all these freezer-friendly fudge recipes all the time because they are delicious, easy to meal prep, they melt fast and can be enjoyed on the double. So this year, let’s welcome some more indulgent vegan fudge recipes starting with this 2-Ingredient Peanut Butter Fudge.

Ingredients and Substitutions

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So my option to make an easy, better-for-you peanut butter fudge with 2 ingredients is to use:

2-Ingredient Peanut Butter Fudge in a measuring cup and bowl.

Natural Peanut Butter – This refers to pure peanut butter, not a peanut butter spread. This variety contains no added oil and no added sugar. Find out how to pick vegan peanut butter.
White Chocolate Chips – I use dairy-free white chocolate made of coconut milk, cocoa butter, and coconut nectar. Of course, you can use any kind of white chocolate chips that match your diet requirement for this recipe. But I found this vegan chocolate a very good alternative to the vegan peanut butter fudge recipe.

Add-Ons

Obviously, this recipe doesn’t have to be a 2-ingredient recipe only! Feel free to play with flavor and add some of the delicious adds-on below into your fudge mixture.

Simply add:

1/3 cup of crushed candy cane and 1/4 teaspoon of peppermint extract for peppermint fudge.
1/2 cup of crushed toasted nuts for some crunch.
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract or caramel extract to flavor.
1/2 cup of crushed Oreo for an Oreo fudge style. Yes, Oreos are vegan!

How To Make 2-Ingredient Peanut Butter Fudge

Most 2-ingredient fudge recipes with peanut butter fudge use a combination of peanut butter and vanilla frosting.

While this is a clever way to make tasty and easy fudge, I don’t really like the idea of using vanilla frosting in my recipe.

In fact, even if ready-made vanilla frosting mixes are vegan, they are made from overly processed ingredients, including vegetable oils and additives.

Before you start, line a 9-inch x 5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper and lightly oil the paper with coconut oil. Set aside.

White chocolate chips in peanut butter in a mixing bowls.

Next, melt chocolate and peanut butter. The fastest and easiest way to melt both ingredients is to use the microwave. Place both ingredients into a glass bowl and microwave in 30-second bursts, stirring between, and keep microwaving until melted. It usually takes 60 seconds. You can also use a stove. Bring both ingredients into a non-stick saucepan and bring over medium heat. Cook and stir with a wooden spoon until both ingredients are fully melted.

Stirring the 2-ingredient peanut butter batter in a loaf pan.

Pour the peanut butter fudge mixture into the prepared loaf pan and refrigerate for 2 hours to set the fudge.
You can make fudge faster by popping the pan in the freezer for 12-15 minutes, but this also tends to make the fudge less shiny.

When the fudge is hard, remove the pan from the fridge and use the hanging part of parchment paper to lift out the fudge bar from the pan.
Place on a chopping board, and using a sharp knife, cut into 18 squares.

Stack of 2-ingredient Peanut Butter Fudge squares on a plate.

Decorating

You can serve this vegan peanut butter fudge plain or add some topping like:

Pinch of sea salt
Crushed nuts – like peanuts
Desiccated coconut
Christmas sprinkles

Serving

This 2-Ingredient Peanut Butter Fudge stores well at room temperature, so you can easily keep this on your Christmas dessert table for a few hours without melting.

Then, store the leftover in an airtight box in your refrigerator for up to 1 month or freeze for later.

You can thaw fudge in the fridge overnight or for a quick treat at room temperature for 1 hour.

Storage Instructions

You can store leftovers of Vegan Fudge in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 weeks.

It’s also possible to freeze the fudge and thaw it in the fridge the day before or a few hours at room temperature.

- ingredient Peanut Butter Fudge squares.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I Make Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge?

Yes, you can use dark chocolate chips or dairy0free milk chocolate chips in this recipe to make a vegan chocolate peanut butter fudge.

Can I Make It Nut-free?

Absolutely, why not make a tahini fudge using tahini instead of peanut butter. Or, use sunflower seed butter.

Can I Use Another Nut Butter?

Yes, almond butter or cashew butter works very well in this fudge recipe. Another great option is to use crunchy nut butter to add crunchy bites of nuts into your fudge.

Can I Add Nuts?

It’s a great idea to stir in 1/2 cup of finely chopped, toasted nuts like almonds, peanuts, or pecan into the fudge batter to add some crunch.

More Fudge Recipes

I love to create Christmas fudge recipes, and below are my favorite easy fudge recipe for you to try this holiday.

4-Ingredient Fudge

2-Ingredient Fudge

Healthy Peanut Butter Fudge Recipe

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