Food and Recipes Entertaining Ideas & Tips 14 Peanut Butter Desserts Your Family Will Go Nuts For By Zoe Denenberg Updated on July 7, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Christine Keely; Food Styling: Chelsea Zimmer A classic peanut butter and jelly still tops the list of our favorite packed lunches. Not only are the sandwich's flavors nostalgic, but the classic dish is a great way to pack protein and round out your diet. Rich, creamy, delicious peanut butter is an excellent source of protein, which makes it a top choice for healthy snacking. You can dip carrots or celery in peanut butter for a just-indulgent-enough snack, but our favorite way to use peanut butter is in decadent desserts. From brownies and cookies to cakes and bars, peanut butter is a welcome addition to our favorite sweets. Whether you enjoy your peanut butter in a sandwich or as a dip, spread on chocolate cookies or baked into pies, we've got a peanut butter recipe for every palate. Now, if you or a loved one is allergic to peanuts, don't worry–the peanut butter in most of these recipes can be substituted for almond butter or sunflower seed butter! These alternatives are a great option, although nothing can truly replace the ever-classic peanut butter. Whether you like your peanut butter smooth or crunchy, sweet or salty, we have a recipe for you. 01 of 14 Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes Victor Protasio, Food Stylist: Emily Nabors Hall, Prop Stylist: Kathleen Varner Recipe: Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes Decadent and delicious, these cupcakes are full of chocolate flavor and brimming with a peanut butter buttercream you'll have to taste to believe. 02 of 14 Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies Caitlin Bensel Recipe: Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies This cookie recipe tops the charts as one of our all-time favorites. It's nutty, chocolatey, and oh-so nostalgic. 03 of 14 No-Bake Peanut Butter-Fudge Ice-Cream Pie Victor Protasio; Food Styling: Tina Bell Stamos; Prop Styling: Christine Keely Recipe: No-Bake Peanut Butter-Fudge Ice-Cream Pie For those summer days when you just don't want to turn on the oven, this cool Peanut Butter-Fudge Ice-Cream Pie satisfies like no other. 04 of 14 Georgia Peanut Pie with Peanut Butter Crust and Brown Sugar-Bourbon Whipped Cream Victor Protasio; Prop Styling: Kay E. Clarke; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Georgia Peanut Pie with Peanut Butter Crust and Brown Sugar-Bourbon Whipped Cream This impressive pie is packed full of rich peanut flavor, from the gooey peanut butter filling to the peanut butter crust. 05 of 14 Peanut Butter-Coconut Cookies Micah A. Leal Recipe: Peanut Butter-Coconut Cookies A short ingredient list, perfectly chewy texture, and unexpected coconut flavor make this update on the classic peanut butter cookie a winner in our book. Give them a try and we have a feeling you'll agree. 06 of 14 Chewy Chocolate-Peanut Butter Bars Hector Manuel Sanchez Recipe: Chewy Chocolate-Peanut Butter Bars This easy recipe comes together in a flash with the help of your microwave. 07 of 14 Easiest Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe: Easiest Peanut Butter Cookies Impress your guests with these simple, 4-ingredient peanut butter cookies. 08 of 14 Chocolate-Peanut Butter Eggs Cedric Angeles; Prop Styling: Claire Spollen; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Chocolate-Peanut Butter Eggs They look impressive, but these chocolate-filled eggs are so easy to make that you won't need to fear getting the kids involved. Go with dark chocolate melting wafers—they don't require tempering. 09 of 14 Peanut Butter Cake Photography: Caitlin Bensel, Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall Recipe: Peanut Butter Cake With peanut butter in the cake and in the frosting, this cake is total peanut butter overload. 10 of 14 Crunchy Peanut Butter-Chocolate Swirl Bars Greg DuPree; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall; Prop Styling: Mary Clayton Carl Jones Recipe: Crunchy Peanut Butter-Chocolate Swirl Bars Creamy, crunchy, and chocolatey, these bars are everything we want in a dessert. 11 of 14 Peanut Butter-Chocolate Chip Cookies Zoe Denenberg; Prop Styling: Rachel Mulcahy Recipe: Peanut Butter-Chocolate Chip Cookies Why make regular ol' chocolate chip cookies when you can add peanut butter to the dough? 12 of 14 Peanut Butter Pie Photographer: Greg DuPree, Food Stylist: Torie Cox Prop Stylist: Prissy Lee Recipe: Peanut Butter Pie This easy-as-can-be pie requires only 15 minutes of active time. 13 of 14 Classic Peanut Brittle Charles Walton Recipe: Classic Peanut Brittle Stuff those cookie tins with this classic peanut confection. 14 of 14 Chocolate Peanut Butter-Fudge Bars Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Christine Keely; Food Styling: Chelsea Zimmer Recipe: Chocolate Peanut Butter-Fudge Bars These Peanut Butter-Fudge Bars are essentially a homemade version of everyone's favorite peanut butter cups. You're going to want to bookmark this recipe. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit