These cozy and nostalgic desserts have the same delicious main ingredient in common: peanut butter. If you're feeling homesick for your rich and nutty childhood favorites, try one our favorite Grandma-approved peanut butter dessert recipes. From tried-and-true family recipes for PB-infused fudge, cookies, and pies to traditional sheet cakes, candies, and ovenless treats, you'll find a new old-fashioned favorite in this collection of Grandma's best peanut butter dessert recipes.
Peanut Butter Meringue Pie
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“This has been passed down in my family,” recipe creator Ginger Darragh says of this old-fashioned peanut butter pie. “My grandma made it for us when we were children.”
Grama's Corn Flake Peanut Butter Cookies
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“These cookies remind me of peanut butter fudge,” says recipe creator Nana’s 3 Babies. “My Grandmother made them for us, and now I make them for my family.”
Classic Peanut Butter Cookies
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The Allrecipes community can't get enough of this top-rated traditional peanut butter cookie recipe — it has more than 3,000 rave reviews from happy home cooks.
Grandma's Creamy Peanut Butter Fudge
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Chef John’s take on classic peanut butter fudge is easy to make with powdered sugar, unsalted butter, creamy peanut butter, kosher salt, and vanilla extract.
Peanut Butter Sheet Cake
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It doesn’t get much simpler than this basic sheet cake. “Wonderfully moist with a delicious peanut butter frosting,” according to recipe creator ERNSBERGER5.
Chewy Peanut Butter Brownies
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This quick and easy family recipe comes together in less than an hour. It’s great alone or with chocolate frosting, according to recipe creator Jo.
Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies
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Make these shockingly easy treats with just four cheap ingredients: white sugar, peanut butter, an egg, and chocolate candy kisses.
No Bake Peanut Butter Pie
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Here's a rich, creamy, and downright decadent peanut butter pie that's made with just six ingredients and doesn't require an oven.
Peanut Butter Popcorn Balls
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These old-fashioned popcorn balls are as delicious as they are nostalgic. Give them out as homemade Halloween treats or whip them up whenever you need to satisfy your sweet tooth.
Buckeye Balls
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There’s never a wrong time to make no-bake chocolate-covered peanut butter balls. “All I can say is WOW,” says reviewer donnysmom1. “These are the best I have ever tasted!!!”
Peanut Butter Cookie In a Mug
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This easy peanut butter cake comes together with just a few ingredients and a microwave. The recipe “came from a very special person — my grandma,” says recipe creator dana loves yaah.
No-Bake Peanut Butter Cookies II
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"I got this recipe from my Grandmother," says recipe creator Karla. The cookies come together quickly with just five cheap ingredients.
Lottie's Peanut Butter Cupcakes
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“Combine banana butter frosting with this delicious peanut butter cupcake recipe from [my] grandmother, Lottie, for a decadent dessert,” says recipe creator Lisa Altmiller.
Irish Peanut Butter Potato Candy
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"This is an old-fashioned recipe passed down from my grandmother," says the anonymous recipe creator. "When she told me the recipe, my mouth dropped. You mean you actually put a potato in this candy? Yes, you actually use a potato."
Nutty Puppy Chow
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“My Grams would always make this recipe for Christmas,” says recipe creator Becky Beckmann. “I can’t help but to make it more often with roasted peanuts and confectioners’ sugar. Oh so good. You gotta try this one.”
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