PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE (even chocolate fudge lovers love this!)

[PattyInAK]

PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE

½ pound Velveeta cheese
1 cup (two sticks) I Can't Believe Its Not Butter**
4 oz. (1 cup) crunchy peanut butter***
1 t. vanilla,
1 cup chopped peanuts, 2 (16 oz.) boxes powdered sugar, sifted so it doesn't leave little white balls in the fudge.

Line a 8x8 pan with parchment.
Spray with non-stick cooking spray.
Melt cheese and butter together,Add the peanut butter and stir until smooth.

Remove from heat and Add vanilla and nuts.
Slowly stir in powdered sugar until thoroughtly blended in.  Two boxes seem like a lot, but it will melt down and incorporate.

Pour into pan.  Smooth out and make nice swirlies on top.  Refrigerate or freeze until firm.
Store in refrigerator or freeze.  Keeps for months!

**I Can't Believe Its Not Butter produces a great texture.  Real butter makes the fudge oily.

***I don't like to deal with measuring peanut butter and then trying to get it out of the measuring cup, so I figured out that one cup of peanut butter weighs 4 oz.  I put a piece of waxed paper on my food scale and glob peanut butter on it until I reach 4 oz.

[Kari]

Cheese? in fudge??

[PattyInAK]

Cheese? in fudge??

Kari, you would not believe how good this is.  Most fudges have some kind of dairy in them, this one has cheese.  No one ever guesses there is Velveeta, of all things, in the fudge.  I bring it to work all the time.  They all know there is a secret ingredient, but no one has guessed it yet.

[Kari]

LOL! Interesting! Will have to give it a try!

[PattyInAK]

LOL!   I know what you all must be thinking...........peanut butter and Velveeta in fudge???   :thinik:  Oh yeah, lets go right out and make some, yum.   Really guys, this is great, and no fail.   :thumb: