This creamy Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate tastes like a melted peanut butter cup! It's the perfect divine little treat to warm up with on a cold winter's day.
This my friends is the best peanut butter hot chocolate you will ever drink. Through trial and error with several recipes I finally came up with something that tastes like my favorite candy, peanut butter cups! I love peanut cups so much that I can literally a whole bag of miniatures by myself. They have an addicting quality that I have never found in any other candy. <----- It's probably the peanut butter. Because ever since I was a little girl I've been inhaling peanut butter with a spoon straight from the jar. I know that I'm not the only one doing that!
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This peanut butter hot chocolate requires 5 ingredients. That's it. You can make it on the stove top, or you can make it in the microwave. I've done both. The flavor and texture are the exact same, and the timing is almost identical. You can use any brand chocolate chips, I've used Enjoy Life and Ghirardelli. You can also use any peanut butter. I've sampled Peter Pan and Skippy, both however were "natural", so that may make a difference, I'm not sure. I highly encourage you to double this recipe because whoever else is in the house, unless they detest peanut butter and chocolate together, are going to want their very own cup. You are not going to want to share this once you get a sip!
Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate
This creamy Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate tastes like a melted peanut butter cup! It’s the perfect divine little treat to warm up with on a cold winter’s day.
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream
- ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ⅛ cup peanut butter
- ⅛ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a small pot, heat the milk, heavy whipping cream, vanilla, and chocolate chips over medium to high heat, whisking continuously.
- Once the chocolate is completely melted and your drink is hot (about 3 to 4 minutes), remove from the heat, and whisk in your peanut butter.
- Whisk until it's completely incorporated.
- Adding the peanut butter will drop the temperature, which is perfect to drink right away. But if your like me, I like my hot chocolate piping hot! Pull it back on the heat on medium to high and whisk until you have steam coming from the top.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 2 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 670Total Fat: 51gSaturated Fat: 28gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 19gCholesterol: 77mgSodium: 161mgCarbohydrates: 53gFiber: 5gSugar: 38gProtein: 12g
Jenna @ A Savory Feast says
Anything peanut butter and chocolate sounds wonderful to me! Recently I discovered how easy it is to make hot chocolate from scratch, and now I don't want to go back.
Joanna says
I had always used the packets until one day last fall I was out. I wanted hot chocolate, so a quick recipe search, and your right I don't want to go back either. 🙂 It's really so easy, and tastes so much better! Plus you can do stuff like peanut butter hot chocolate!
Debbie says
This looks amazing! Will definitely try this recipe.
Joanna says
Great Debbie, I'm sure you'll enjoy it as much as we do!
Carlee says
That looks and sounds perfect right about now. It is cold and dreary here and a little hot chocolate would really be nice!
Joanna says
I would trade you in a heart beat! It's warm, humid, and cloudy here. I would love some cold dreary days. 🙂
Grace says
I can't believe I've never thought to add peanut butter to hot chocolate. What a delicious idea! I wonder if I could use cocoa powder and sweetener in place of the chocolate chips though.
Joanna says
Yes! Totally. I would do 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder and sweetener of your choice, to your taste. 🙂 I have made it with cocoa powder and sugar many times, just make sure that you whisk it a bit more to get all the cocoa powder lumps.
Mandy says
Wow - peanut butter hot chocolate! What a fantastic idea. Thanks for linking up to #CookBlogShare x
Joanna says
If you love peanut butter and chocolate, it's a must try!
Michelle says
Wow, this looks amazing! I'm definitely making this on our next snow day!
Joanna says
If only we Florida gals had a snow day! 🙂 I'd trade ya!
Amber says
I'm drooling. I MUST make this sometime.
Joanna says
Your gonna love it Amber!
Trisha @ Home Sweet Homemade says
Ummm...peanut butter
I love it! Pinned!
Joanna says
Thanks for the pin! I completely understand! 😉
Colletta says
Peanut Butter Cups are my favorite! Definitely going to give this a try. Maybe even today! I Hope you can stop by:
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Joanna says
I am sure you'll love this as much as we do!
Jess says
Holy cow...this sounds amazing! YUM!
Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
Joanna says
You'll love it!
Joy @ Joy Love Food says
Yum, I love chocolate and peanut butter, this is my kind of hot chocolate, it sounds incredible! Thanks for sharing at What'd You Do This Weekend?!
Joanna says
Thanks Joy! It's definitely one of our favorites! 🙂
Ashley says
These sounds amazing! Thank you for liking up to this week's Tasty Tuesday linky! I have pinned your recipes to the Creative K Tasty Tusday Pinterest board. I hope that you come back again on Tuesday.
Joanna says
Thanks so much Ashley!!
Jennifer | The Deliberate Mom says
I used to hate the peanut butter and chocolate combo but during my second pregnancy, I craved it and now I love it!
This sounds FABULOUS!
Thanks for sharing (and for linking up to the #SHINEbloghop).
Wishing you a lovely day.
xoxo
Joanna says
I can never imagine a person not liking peanut butter and chocolate together! I'm so glad that you love it now!! 🙂
Miz Helen says
This is a great cup of chocolate! Thank you so much for sharing with us for our 5th Anniversary of Full Plate Thursday! Hope you have a fantastic week and hope to see you again real soon!
Miz Helen
Joanna says
Thank you!
Pamela-FromMyFrontPorchToYours says
You had me at peanut butter!:)
Joanna says
I get hooked with that a lot Pamela! 😉