Peanut Butter Fluff
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Posted: 10/27/24
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If you love the combination of peanut butter and chocolate this Peanut Butter Fluff recipe is calling your name. A simple combination of peanut butter, cream cheese, pudding mix, milk, Cool Whip and candy that is perfect for dipping Nutter Butter Cookies, Nilla Wafers, Graham Crackers and Animal Crackers in!
Oreo fluff is a slight obsession of mine, and so are all things peanut butter and chocolate. So making a recipe for peanut butter fluff was a must! This delicious dippable delight is loaded with chocolate peanut butter cups, whipped cream and cream cheese. It’s an addictive easy dessert creation that is full of all the best things ever.
Reese’s Peanut butter fluff is so fun to serve at parties or family gatherings and make for bake sales. It’s unique, so everyone always oo’s and ah’s over it! A crowd hit for sure. Peanut butter lovers will enjoy every single bite of this sticky sweet dessert. Dunk in some cookies, pretzels, and animal crackers for a fun dipping experience.
Why You’ll Love this Peanut Butter Fluff Recipe
- This is a fabulous make ahead recipe since it can be refrigerated for a long time. In fact, it’s best served cold and needs to be chilled for at least a few hours before being served.
- Clean-up is easy after your make this peanut butter fluff recipe. Everything can be made in one bowl and then mixed together with a hand mixer.
- It only takes 10 minutes to prep this dish, then let it chill until needed. Not long at all!
Ingredients for Peanut Butter Fluff
- Semi-sweet mini chocolate chips – Using both mini chocolate chips and regular chocolate chips will ensure there’s a tasty chocolate flavor in every single bite.
- Nilla wafers – These crunchy vanilla flavored cookies add a nice little crunch to your peanut butter fluff.
- Nutter butter cookies – Add more peanut butter flavor to this recipe with some nutter butter cookies.
- Cream cheese – Allow the cream cheese to come to room temperature before using it so that it’s easier to mix together with other ingredients.
- Creamy peanut butter – You can use crunchy peanut butter if you prefer, but creamy peanut butter makes this fluff extra silky smooth.
- Whipped topping – Make some homemade whipped cream or use store-bought whipped topping. Both will work!
- Reese’s peanut butter cups – You’ll need a few full size peanut butter cups for this recipe. You can actually even make homemade peanut butter cups if you want!
- Vanilla instant pudding mix – Use vanilla pudding mix to flavor the fluff and help thicken it up a bit.
- Milk chocolate chips – Add some regular milk chocolate chips along with mini chocolate chips for all the delicious chocolate flavor.
- 2% milk – Thin out the peanut butter fluff to a dippable consistency by mixing in a bit of 2% milk.
- Reese’s minis – Chop up some Reese’s minis to mix into this chocolate peanut butter fluff recipe.
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How to Make Peanut Butter Fluff
Using a stand mixer with paddle attachment or hand mixer, combine 1 ½ cups creamy peanut butter and an 8-ounce block of cream cheese in a large mixing bowl. Once smooth, gradually add a box vanilla pudding to the mixture and mix well.
Reduce the speed of your hand mixer and then slowly add 1 ½ cups of milk. Fold in 8-ounces of whipped cream, then fold in ½ cup of milk chocolate chips, 1 cup of halved Reese’s minis, and ½ cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips.
Garnish the dip with the remaining ¼ cup of Reese’s minis and ½ cup of semi-sweet mini chocolate chips.
Then transfer the peanut butter fluff to a serving bowl, cover and chill in the fridge for 2-3 hours.
Serve with your favorite dippable items and enjoy!
How to Store Leftover Peanut Butter Fluff
Transfer leftovers to an airtight container and store in the refrigerator for up to 7 days. I do not recommend freezing the peanut butter fluff. Plus, it’s so easy to make it will better to make a fresh batch than attempt to freeze this anyway!
What to Serve with Peanut Butter Fluff
This delicious easy peanut butter fluff goes with many dippable treats. Use peanut butter cookies, chocolate chip cookies, animal crackers, apple slices, pretzels, pretzel chips, nutter butters, fresh fruit and regular graham crackers or chocolate graham crackers. You could even use this dip recipe in place of icing on a slice of chocolate sheet cake.
What else can I add to peanut butter fluff?
While this recipe already has loads of tasty add-ins, there’s plenty more that you can add to it. Some edible cookie dough would be delicious and other candies would be delicious. Crunch chocolate, M&M’s, chopped up Ferrero Rocher, butterfingers, reese’s pieces and white chocolate Reese’s would all be perfect.
Can I add marshmallow fluff to this recipe?
Of course! This recipe doesn’t use marshmallow fluff but you can totally mix some in. You may need to adjust the amount of whipped cream used so that the texture is still dippable.
Pro Tips for the Best Peanut Butter Fluff
- Don’t over-mix the fluff! The whipped cream needs to be gently folded in so that it doesn’t go flat and get liquidy.
- You can use dark chocolate instead of milk chocolate if you want a more rich flavor!
- Allergic to peanuts? You can make this recipe with almond butter and almond butter cups too.
This candy-filled fluff is just delicious! So much to love in a small bowl. I hope you love it too!
More Peanut Butter Recipes You’ll Love
- Peanut Butter Cup Cookies are a classic cookie for a reason! So yummy and really simple to make.
- These Peanut Butter Ritz Cookies are the salty and sweet delight of your dreams. A unique and flavorful combination.
- Make some Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies when you’re craving that peanut butter chocolate combo.
- This Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake is just as good as something you’d get from your favorite bakery.
Did you make this? If you snap a photo, please be sure tag me on Instagram at @julieseatsandtreats or #julieseatsandtreats so I can see your yummy treat!
Peanut Butter Fluff
Light, fluffy Peanut Butter Fluff loaded with chocolate chips and Reese's to dip your Nutter Butter Cookies, Nilla Wafers, Graham Crackers and Animal Crackers in!
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 8 ounces cream cheese (1 block), room temperature
- 3.4 ounces vanilla or white chocolate instant pudding mix (1 box)
- 1 ¼ cup 2% milk
- 8 ounces whipped topping (1 tub), thawed
- ½ cup milk chocolate chips
- 1 ¼ cup Reese’s minis halved and divided
- 1 cup semi-sweet mini chocolate chips divided
- 4 whole regular-sized Reese’s peanut butter cups
- Nutter Butter Cookies, nilla wafers, Graham Crackers, apple slices, pretzels and animal crackers for serving
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, combine 1 ½ cups creamy peanut butter and (1) 8-ounce block of cream cheese. Use a mixer to ensure the mixture is smooth and well combined. Gradually add (1) 3.4-ounce box of vanilla pudding mix to the peanut butter mixture and mix well to incorporate evenly. Reduce the speed of your mixer, then slowly add 1 ½ cups of milk.
- Carefully fold in (1) 8-ounce whipped cream. Then fold in ½ cup of milk chocolate chips, 1 cup of halved Reese’s minis, and ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips.
- Garnish the top of the dip with the remaining ¼ cup Reese’s minis and ½ cup semi-sweet mini chocolate chips.
- Transfer the peanut butter fluff dip to a serving bowl. Cover and chill in the fridge for 2 – 3 hours (or overnight).
- Serve with your favorite dippable items such as cookies, animal crackers, apple slices, pretzels, and graham crackers.
Tips
Transfer leftovers to an airtight container and store in the refrigerator for up to 7 days. I do not recommend freezing the peanut butter fluff. Plus, it’s so easy to make it will better to make a fresh batch than attempt to freeze this anyway!
Nutrition Information
Calories: 638kcal (32%), Carbohydrates: 56g (19%), Protein: 14g (28%), Fat: 42g (65%), Saturated Fat: 17g (106%), Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g, Monounsaturated Fat: 15g, Trans Fat: 0.1g, Cholesterol: 27mg (9%), Sodium: 415mg (18%), Potassium: 382mg (11%), Fiber: 3g (13%), Sugar: 47g (52%), Vitamin A: 363IU (7%), Vitamin C: 0.3mg, Calcium: 131mg (13%), Iron: 1mg (6%)
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