10 Desserts That Prove Chocolate and Peanut Butter Are a Match

Decadent chocolate and peanut butter make for the ultimate dream team in this delicious skillet cookie recipe. Don’t forget to top it with a scoop of ice cream! The perfect decadent dessert for a date night at home.

Celebrate Canadiana with these no-bake chocolate peanut butter bars based on an iconic recipe for Nanaimo bars. Popular since the 1950s, Nanaimo bars have graced tables across the country for good reason — the layers of chocolate and super sweet and thick cream filling are irresistible, and only improved upon by the addition of salty peanut butter.

Combine the best parts of movie night snacking with a favourite from Great Chocolate Showdown Season 1 winner Casey Hallen. Casey impressed the judges during the savoury/sweet challenge with her peanut brittle. Just add some salty pretzel bites to any chocolate and peanut butter combo for the crumbliest and crunchiest dessert.

This take on a chocolate peanut butter pie packs a double nutty punch, with peanuts in the crunchy crust and a creamy mousse centre. A dark chocolate glaze wraps the whole thing together for a polished mousse cake that appeals to both kids and adults.

For true peanut butter fans only! The flavours of the ingredients in these gluten-free cookies aren’t muted by any flour or dairy, so you get an over-the-top peanut butter chocolate chip cookie experience. Bittersweet chocolate balances out the peanut butter (you could also use semisweet or dark chocolate to customize the cookies to your preference).

Bake up the best of two worlds with this cross between a chocolate peanut butter cake and the cookies of your dreams. Dark cocoa powder and honey roasted peanuts amplify the chocolate and peanut butter flavours, and the stacking technique makes for an impressive towering creation.

Enjoy these peanut butter fingers — snack-sized peanut butter pieces covered in milk chocolate made with sustainable cocoa — by themselves or chop them up to add into chocolate peanut butter marshmallow squares for s’mores that you can make inside any time of the year.

Give brownies a layer of flair (and bring coconut lovers into the fold) with this combination of a chocolate peanut butter cookie, brownie and macaroon. These rich, dense bars conjure up visions of chocolate peanut butter fudge in each delightful bite and look great as a way to finish a meal or stock the cookie tin.

The no-bake nature of these decadent peanut butter balls means that you can keep your oven free for other treats on baking day. Get the kids to roll up their sleeves (an apron might also be advisable) and get busy dunking each treat into melted bittersweet chocolate.

Like your desserts to be drinkable? This creamy hot milk chocolate is topped with an ingenious peanut butter infused whipped cream (save this idea to use for cakes, puddings or super nutty sundaes).