Easy 5-Step Peanut Butter Fudge

Ingredients:

• ½ cup butter or margarine
• ½ cut milk
• 1 – 16 oz package of brown sugar
• ¾ cup peanut butter (smooth or crunchy)
• 3-½ cups confectioners’ sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Melt butter or margarine in a medium saucepan over medium heat and stir in brown sugar and milk.
2. Bring to a boil and boil for 2 minutes, stirring frequently.
3. Remove from heat and stir in peanut butter and vanilla.
4. Combine peanut butter mixture with confectioners’ sugar in a large mixing bowl. Beat until smooth.
5. Pour into a buttered 8-inch dish.

Chill until firm and cut into squares.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge

If you prefer a fudge that combines peanut butter with chocolate, check out my recipe for an easy 4-step peanut butter fudge.

Anne James

Anne James—also known as Jelly Grandma—is a professional canner and lifelong food preserver with over 55 years of hands-on experience. A retired librarian, paralegal, and self-taught expert in traditional Southern crafts, Anne specializes in canning, jelly-making, cooking, gardening, and quilting. She even has extensive experience as a bartender.
She’s been featured in the Daily Commercial and on Hershey’s website, and is lovingly known as the “go-to canner” in her family and beyond. Her mission is simple: to preserve and pass on the old ways—skills that kept generations thriving without shortcuts or preservatives.
You can find more of Anne’s work at PreservingSweetness.com, on YouTube, and occasionally on SurvivalFreedom.com.