Easy Peanut Butter and Honey Fudge (2024)

I grew up eating fudge and watching my aunts and mother make it. Every Sunday, the home cooks on my father’s side of the family gathered in our kitchen to cook a few dishes. The purpose of these meetings were to teach my mother about French Canadian food. Once in a while the tables would turn and my mother spilled her secrets on the art of making Japanese food, but more often than not it was all about Quebec grub.

One weekend after another the kitchen would be filled with meat pies, dumplings in soup, fruit jams and classic French dishes like Boeuf Bourguignon, Coquilles Saint-Jacques, and fondant, also known as fudge.

And whenever fudge was on the menu, the dining table would be covered with chewy squares of all different flavors and textures – chocolate fudge, maple syrup fudge, sugar fudge, walnut and caramel fudge, and the list goes on. Since then, I’ve learned to make my own fudge and I am sharing with you one of my favorite recipes – peanut butter and honey fudge. I hope this fudge recipe will delight your taste buds!

Table of contents

• Homemade Fudge vs. Store Bought
• Peanut Butter and Honey Fudge Ingredients
• How to Make Peanut Butter and Honey Fudge
• Best Honey To Use For This Recipe
• Different Types of Honey

Homemade Fudge vs. Store Bought

While store bought fudge is something I used to purchased during my college years because cooking was the last thing on my list of priorities, I have since learned that I prefer making my own for various reasons.

I find store bought fudge to be too sweet and either too hard, or to have a weird, unnatural, chewiness. I prefer my fudge to be on the delicately crumbly side, or so soft it almost melts in my mouth. I also have less of an aggressive sweet tooth than I did when I was a teenager ( I used to love my grandmother’s fudge which tasted like the most delicious sugar pie) so, nowadays, I like my fudge to have some sweetness mixed with other fruity, floral, or nutty flavors.

When making my own fudge, I get to control exactly what goes into my recipe. This means I can make it as sweet or unsweet as I want, and also use the best ingredients to make this decadent treat more wholesome.

Lastly, making fudge is easy! It only takes a few minutes to mix the ingredients together and the rest of the recipe is left unattended. Let your fudge chill in the fridge until the desired consistency is achieved and enjoy! This also means you can make it as cheap or as expensive as you like.

Peanut Butter and Honey Fudge Ingredients

• Sugar: I am using granulated sugar but feel free to use brown sugar. You can also use dark brown sugar but the taste will vary slightly since dark brown sugar contains more molasses. This means your fudge will have a warmer and smokier taste than if it was made with regular sugar or light brown sugar.
• Non dairy milk: You can use any type of non dairy milk for this recipe. My favorites are unsweetened oat milk, coconut milk, and hemp milk.
• Peanut butter: I’m using natural creamy peanut butter for a smooth texture and a fudge that’s not too sweet. However, you can use regular creamy peanut butter if you like your fudge sweet (it will be very sweet!).
• Honey: You can use any type of honey but I like raw organic for its floral taste and slightly grainy texture (although the grainy parts will melt once the honey is in the pan).
• Vanilla extract: I always and only use pure vanilla extract because it has a stronger vanilla taste.

How to Make Peanut Butter and Honey Fudge

Listen, I suck at making desserts. Because of that, I never attempt to cook like I’m on the Great British Bake Off. Instead, I pick the simplest recipes – you know, the no fail ones – and make them healthier. Making a 5-ingredient fudge like this one is easy.

Scroll all the way down to the recipe card for the full recipe.

1. Gather all of your kitchen tools and ingredients.
2. Start by brushing a little oil across the bottom and sides of an 8×8 baking pan.
3. Add the sugar and milk to a small pot and bring the mixture to a boil. Boil for 3 minutes, while continuously stirring, and turn the heat off.
4. Stir in the peanut butter and honey and keep mixing until the ingredients are combined and the texture is smooth.
5. Pour the fudge in the pan and refrigerate it. Let the mixture set for about 6 hours or overnight, until you are happy with the consistency. Enjoy!

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