Hot Peanut Butter Fudge Topping Recipes

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER BARS WITH HOT FUDGE SAUCE

Steps:

• Make chocolate layer:
• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 9-inch square baking pan with foil, allowing 2 inches of foil to hang over 2 opposite ends of pan, and lightly brush foil (except overhang) with oil.
• Melt chocolate with butter, sugar, and salt in a double boiler or a large metal bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water, whisking occasionally, until smooth. Remove top of double boiler or bowl from heat and whisk in eggs and vanilla, then stir in peanuts.
• Pour batter into baking pan and bake until set and edges are slightly puffed, about 15 minutes. Transfer cake in pan to a rack to cool completely.
• Make peanut butter layer:
• Beat cream cheese, peanut butter, confectioners sugar, and salt in a bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until combined well, about 4 minutes.
• Beat cream with vanilla in a bowl with cleaned beaters at medium-high speed until it just holds stiff peaks, then gently fold into peanut butter mixture until just combined.
• Spread mixture evenly on top of chocolate layer and freeze, pan covered with foil, until firm, about 2 hours.
• Make hot fudge sauce:
• Bring cream, syrup, sugar, cocoa, salt, and chocolate to a boil in a 1-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, stirring until chocolate is melted. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring frequently, until thickened, about 3 minutes, then remove from heat. Stir in vanilla until incorporated. Cool sauce to warm.
• To serve:
• Carefully lift cake from pan by grasping overhang. Trim 1/4 inch from edges of cake and discard, then cut into 8 bars. Peel off foil and serve bars with sauce.

PEANUT BUTTER AND HOT FUDGE PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• Combine flour, 1/4 cup sugar, and baking powder in a bowl. Add milk, oil, and vanilla extract; stir until smooth. Mix in peanut butter. Pour mixture into a small or medium slow cooker.
• Stir remaining 1/2 cup sugar and cocoa powder together in the bowl. Gradually stir in boiling water. Pour mixture over the batter in the slow cooker; do not stir.
• Cover; cook on High until set, 2 to 3 hours.

PEANUT BUTTER AND HOT FUDGE PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• In a medium mixing bowl stir together flour, the 1/4 cup sugar, and the baking powder.
• Add milk, oil, and vanilla.
• Stir until smooth.
• Stir in peanut butter.
• Transfer batter to an ungreased 1 1/2 quart casserole.
• In the same mixing bowl stir together the 1/2 cup sugar and the cocoa powder.
• Gradually stir in the boiling water.
• Pour the mixture evenly over batter in casserole.
• Bake in a 400 degree oven about 30 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted near the center of the cake comes out clean.
• Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.
• If desired, top with fudge ice-cream topping.
• Sprinkle with chopped peanuts.