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Heavenly Duo: Chocolate and Peanut Butter

Heavenly Duo: Chocolate and Peanut ButterQuick! Which came first? Chocolate or peanut butter? If you guessed chocolate, you’re spot on.

As a drink, chocolate has been around for at least 3,000 years. And it was being transformed into bars by the late 18th century. The first recorded mention of peanut butter, on the other hand, dates to a patent issued in 1884. The Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup was created in 1928 by Harry Reese, a former shipping employee of Hershey Co. The Reese and Hershey companies merged in 1963.

So doing a bit of quick math, it appears that the flavor marriage of chocolate and peanut butter is a mere 100 years young. And as the old saying goes, “What heaven hath joined together, let no man put asunder.” Seriously, can you imagine a world without chocolate or peanut butter? Or without the two of them paired in some delicious way? Neither can I.

 

Chocolate-Peanut-Butter

Which brings me to some of my favorite food bloggers, all members of this great Facebook group. I put out a call to them for posts that feature chocolate and peanut butter together in some seductive, heart melting way.

And wow, look what they came up with. (See links below to follow these inspired blogs and the cooks behind them.)

10 Funky, Cool, Utterly Delicious Chocolate and Peanut Butter Dessert Recipes

omemade Peanutella (Peanut Butter & Chocolate Spread)Homemade Peanutella (Peanut Butter & Chocolate Spread) | LunaCafe

This hybrid approach to making Peanutella—combining both chocolate ganache and unsweetened cocoa powder–yields an especially deep, complex chocolate flavor. It may be the best Nutella ever.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars | Simply Recipes No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars | Simply Recipes

Are they cookies? Candy bars? I’m not sure, but with a crunchy cookie-peanut butter base and chocolate glaze, it’s not like anyone will care what you call them. And you’re going to love how easy they go together.

Oreo Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting | A Cookie Named DesireOreo Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting | A Cookie Named Desire

Imagine a tender, yogurt-enriched, coffee-spiked chocolate bundt cake loaded with Oreo cookie crumbs and whole cookies, drenched with a white chocolate-peanut butter glaze, topped with Oreo cookie shards. Crazy, right? Yeah, crazy like a fox. Who could forget this kitschy-cool cake?

Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies | Try Anything OnceNo Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies | Try Anything Once

These cocoa, oatmeal drops are more chewy confection than cookie. But perhaps more importantly, no oven required. I dare you to eat just one.

Milk Chocolate Ganache Glazed Peanut Butter Cup Surprise Bundtlettes | The Spiced LifeMilk Chocolate Ganache Glazed Peanut Butter Cup Surprise Bundtlettes | The Spiced Life

Get out your prettiest Nordic Ware bundtlette pan, such as this one or this one or this one. Then whip up this tender peanut butter-brown sugar cake, hide a peanut butter cup in each bundtlette, bake, cool, and glaze with milk chocolate ganache. Oh my!

Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip Mini Cheesecakes | CookistryPeanut Butter and Chocolate Chip Mini Cheesecakes | Cookistry

What’s better than a large peanut butter cheesecake studded with chocolate chips? Two small peanut butter cheesecakes of course. One for you and one for your sweetie. A great make ahead dessert.

Peanut Butter Snack Cake with Bittersweet Ganache | The View from Great IslandPeanut Butter Snack Cake with Bittersweet Ganache | The View from Great Island

Grab a whisk and a bowl, and you’ll have this peanut butter-sour cream snack cake in the oven in under 15 minutes. The chocolate ganache frosting is super easy too. Just put your feet up and wait for it to bake.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Doughnuts | ItsYummiChocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Doughnuts | It’s Yummi

Chocolate donuts, baked not fried, and then slathered with peanut butter frosting, and topped with broken pretzels. What’s not to love? Ho, one more thing. You’ll need a donut pan, such as this one, or donut maker, such as this one.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Pudding Tarts | Bake or BreakChocolate Peanut Butter Pudding Tarts | Bake or Break

Is there anything better than homemade chocolate pudding? Perhaps homemade chocolate-peanut butter pudding? You’ll have to make these delicious shortcake-crusted tarts to decide for yourself. If you don’t already have them, grab these removable bottom tart pans first.

Chocolate Fluffernutter Peanut Butter Marshmallow Pie | Boulder LocavoreFrozen Chocolate Fluffernutter (Peanut Butter Marshmallow) Pie | Boulder Locavore

This frozen pie is a no brainer for me. But then, I eat marshmallow cream and peanut butter out of the jars. And sometimes, I scoop some of each on a spoon and eat them together– with only a tinge of guilt. Add a chocolate cookie crust pie and who can resist?

More LunaCafe Chocolate and Peanut Butter Recipes

  • Homemade Peanutella (Peanut Butter & Chocolate Spread)
  • Chewy Peanut Butter, Roasted Peanut & Chocolate Chunk Cookies
  • Chocolate, Peanut Butter & Honey Creme Brulee

Cookin’ with Gas (inspiration from around the web)

  • 16 Scrumptious Chocolate Peanut Butter Recipes | BuzzFeed
  • 25 of the Best Chocolate and Peanut Butter Recipes | Brit + Co
  • 25 Heavenly Peanut Butter and Chocolate Recipes | babble
  • 26 Recipes That Prove Chocolate and Peanut Butter Are the Ultimate Power Couple | HuffPost Taste
  • Over 50 Insanely Delicious Chocolate & Peanut Butter Recipes | Love from the Oven

Copyright 2015 Susan S. Bradley. All rights reserved.

Written by:
Susan S. Bradley
Published on:
February 20, 2015

Categories: Chocolate, RoundupTags: Chocolate, peanut butter, recipe roundup, Recipes, roundup

About Susan S. Bradley

Intrepid cook, food writer, culinary instructor, creator of the LunaCafe blog, author of Pacific Northwest Palate: Four Seasons of Great Cooking, and former director of the Northwest Culinary Academy.

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  1. Mike Huiwitz

    March 8, 2015 at 7:43 pm

    Chocolate and peanut butter. Yum!

  2. Laura

    February 21, 2015 at 7:03 pm

    Great list! I would like everything on it, please. 🙂 And thanks for including me!

  3. Brandy M.

    February 21, 2015 at 6:55 pm

    Oh my goodness these two flavors are meant for each other! I can’t wait to try the Oreo Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting. This is not a combination that I generally see with Oreos but one that sounds amazing!

  4. Barrett

    February 21, 2015 at 6:06 pm

    It\’s hard to decide which one I want most. It\’s a classic combo for good reason.

  5. sue

    February 21, 2015 at 5:22 pm

    A total match made in heaven, this list should keep me busy for a while! Thanks for including me 🙂

  6. pam

    February 21, 2015 at 10:40 am

    What a fantastic round up!

  7. Kimberly

    February 21, 2015 at 10:01 am

    I adore chocolate and peanut butter in any way, shape, or form … so thank you so much for this amazing round-up!

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