25 Easy Chocolate & Peanut Butter Desserts (5 Ingredients or Less)
These 25 chocolate and peanut butter desserts use 5 ingredients or less and include easy brownies, cookies, pies, and no-bake treats. Perfect for busy days when you want a simple dessert without the extra fuss.
Is there any better flavor combination than peanut butter and chocolate? It’s one of those perfect flavor combinations. I recently realized that many of my favorite dessert recipes are those with both chocolate and peanut butter.
Buckeyes? Check. Peanut butter rice Krispie treats with chocolate on top? Check again. This amazingly decadent buckeye cake? Check, check and check.
As much as I love the flavor of peanut butter and chocolate, I also love easy dessert recipes. So if I can combine these two loves? I am there for it, and I bet you will be too!
I was amazed at how many different chocolate and peanut butter dessert recipes I found with 3, 4 or 5 ingredients. Every single recipe on this list is under 5 ingredients. Nothing complicated. Just short ingredient lists so you can make a delicious dessert in a hurry.
Ready? Let’s get to all the easy dessert recipes! I hope you find a new peanut butter and chocolate favorite – or two!
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Peanut Butter & Chocolate Buckeyes
This is the classic chocolate and peanut butter recipe. It’s a perfectly formed peanut butter ball rolled and dipped in chocolate. This is my family’s recipe that gets rave reviews any time I make these balls. And I promise that they are easier than you may think!
Get the full recipe at Joyfully Thriving.
Peanut Cluster Candies (So Easy!)
This is one of the easiest and best tasting chocolate combinations. It uses peanuts, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips and peanut butter chips to form a delicious candy. Even better? You mix this up so quickly on your stove or in the microwave and it makes a huge batch!
Get the full recipe at Joyfully Thriving.
No Bake Peanut Butter Bars
A good peanut butter bar is always a hit at potlucks or when entertaining. This version is completely a no bake recipe using only 5 ingredients.
Get the full recipe at Live Well, Bake Often.
Buckeye Fudge
If you love buckeyes, try making this 5 ingredient buckeye fudge. It uses half and half to make a peanut butter layer topped with chocolate fudge. Yum!
Get the full recipe from Princess Pinky Girl.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Brownies
Yes, this is a brownie recipe with only 5 ingredients – 2 of them being peanut butter and cocoa to give you the flavor combination you’ve been craving in a hurry!
Get the full recipe from Aly’s Sweet and Savory Food.
Peanut Butter Pie with Chocolate Crust
I love an easy pie recipe like this one! This is a quickly made peanut butter pie that is poured in an Oreo crust. Your family will love this peanut butter pie!
Get the full pie recipe from It’s Always Autumn.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Krispy Cups
While a classic rice krispy treat is good, one that adds peanut butter and chocolate? That’s even better in my book. This version flavors the peanut butter with honey instead of sugar for an individual sized peanut butter treat.
Get the full recipe from The Cookin’ Chicks.
5 Ingredient Peanut Butter Balls
A peanut butter ball recipe is always a classic. This one makes the peanut butter ball with peanut butter and powdered sugar as its base before dipping the entire ball in the chocolate of your choosing.
Get the recipe from Everything Anika.
Healthy Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls
Here’s a twist on the classic peanut butter ball. This one uses a basic store bought granola as the base of the ball, mixed in with peanut butter and dipped in a rich dark chocolate. Yum!
Get the full recipe from The Baker Mama.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
A 5 ingredient peanut butter cookie with chocolate chips? Yes, please! I love that this recipe only uses basic baking ingredients which everyone has in their pantry.
Get the full recipe from Taffey Bakery.
Homemade Peanut Butter Cups
If you like Reese’s peanut butter cups, try this healthy 5 ingredient version made with coconut oil. It’s a great way to get your chocolate and peanut butter fix!
Get the full recipe from Chef Savvy.
5 Ingredient Snickers Chocolate Bark
Not only is it a short list of ingredients, but it’s also a vegan friendly recipe featuring date caramel to add sweetness to your chocolate and peanuts.
Get the full recipe at Minimalist Baker.
Peanut Butter Swirl Fudge
This fudge has the delicious chocolate and peanut butter flavor and swirls the two together for a treat that looks and tastes amazing.
Get the full recipe from Sprinkle Bakes.
Peanut Butter Fudge (No Bake)
This fudge is a peanut butter fudge topped with Reese peanut butter cups, which makes for a different chocolate and peanut butter combination.
Get the full recipe at Midwestern Home Life.
No Bake Oatmeal Cookies
Here’s a healthy version of the traditional oatmeal cookies made with oats, peanut butter and maple syrup. Stir in chocolate chips for the classic peanut butter and chocolate flavor.
Get the full recipe at The Big Man’s World.
Easy Reese’s Bark
Only 4 ingredients needed for this delicious tasting and looking bark. Using chocolate chips of your choice plus peanut butter for the bark with Reese cups and Reese Pieces on top makes for a truly decadent chocolate and peanut treat.
Get the full bark recipe from Flavorful Dishes.
Puppy Chow / Muddy Buddies (Best Recipe!)
Here is a classic peanut butter and chocolate combination. Whether you call it puppy chow or muddy buddies, it is delicious. Even better? Only 5 ingredients and you can make it ahead of time and freeze for whenever you need a chocolate treat to enjoy.
Get the full recipe at Joyfully Thriving.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Crunch Bars
Only 3 ingredients needed for this quick and easy treat – peanut butter, chocolate and rice krispy cereal. Yum!
Get the full recipe at Rachl Mansfield.
3 Ingredient Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge
This easy fudge recipes skips sweetened condensed milk or other sweeteners, and uses just peanut butter, chocolate and peanuts.
Get the full recipe from Dietitian Debbie.
4 Ingredient Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge
This fudge recipe combines chocolate and peanut butter with honey and peanut butter cups. So many different fudge options and they all look delicious!
Get the full recipe at Rachl Mansfield.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Mug Cake
No flour needed to make this quick mug cake! If you’ve never made a mug cake before, it’s an easy way to make an individual dessert. Only 4 ingredients needed for this one – and no flour!
Get the full recipe at Kirbie’s Cravings.
No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Energy Bites
Here’s a healthy energy bite recipe that uses dates (no sugar needed) to make chocolate peanut butter energy bars. Only 5 ingredients needed for this peanut butter recipe.
Get the full recipe from Jessica in the Kitchen.
Healthy Peanut Butter Energy Bites
This version of the no bake energy bites uses only 4 ingredients – including honey as a sweetener. Oats, peanut butter and chocolate chips are the other ingredients needed.
Get the full recipe at Healthy Liv.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Craving chocolate and peanut butter? Try making these easy cookies – only 4 ingredients needed! That’s an easy cookie recipe indeed.
Get the full cookie recipe at Gimme Some Oven.
Milk Chocolate Tart with Peanut Butter Pretzel Crust
This recipe combines sweet and salty as well as the chocolate and peanut butter flavor. It’s a 4 ingredient no bake tart recipe, that uses peanut butter and pretzels for the crust, plus milk chocolate and cream for the filling.
Get the full recipe from Keep It Sweet Desserts.
There you have it! So many quick and easy peanut butter and chocolate dessert options. Now the question is – which one will you try first?
