My favorite not-so-unhealthy thing for breakfast is an English muffin with peanut butter. Then I got to thinking… is there some way to involve chocolate in this breakfast fun?
I tried doing it the healthy way. Adding cocoa powder and honey to my peanut butter. This didn’t work. It wasn’t creamy but crumbly and not chocolatey enough.
So what we have here is basically peanut butter + melted chocolate chips and a little extra cocoa powder for extra chocolate goodness. You won’t complain, will you? I mean, if you use dark chocolate, with all the antioxidants and all, this is basically health food. ;)
Look. WebMD agrees with me.
“Dark chocolate — but not milk chocolate or dark chocolate eaten with milk — is a potent antioxidant… Antioxidants gobble up free radicals, destructive molecules that are implicated in heart disease and other ailments.”
Antioxidants are gobblers! I love the word gobble.
Oh, and there’s another peanut butter + chocolate recipe coming this week. So you might wanna check back later. For now, you can go make this and gobble it up. Just like the dark chocolate will gobble up those free radicals. :D
Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter
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- Yield: about 1⅓ cups
Ingredients
- ½ cup (90) semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips
- 2 cups (400 grams) roasted peanuts
- 2 tablespoons Dutch process / extra dark cocoa powder
- a pinch of salt if your peanuts aren't already salted
Directions
- Using the s-blade of your food processor, process the peanuts until creamy. At first there'll be ground peanuts, and then it'll start to come together in a ball, then it'll actually be a ball, and then the ball will break down and be super creamy.
- Melt the chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl at half power, in 30 second increments, stirring after each 30 seconds. Set this aside while you prepare the peanut butter.
- Add the cocoa powder and salt, if using. I store this at room temperature so that it'll remain nice and creamy. You could store it in the fridge if you like but it will harden quite a bit, making it difficult to spread.
58 comments on "Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter" — Add one!
Mmmm, I loooooove chocolatey peanut butter. I don't know why honey never works for me in nut butters. Isn't it weird? Anyways, this looks awesome :)
Ok, loving this peanut butter chocolate week! I need to pin both of these recipes. Mmmmmm, I seriously cannot wait to make this. It is happening as soon as I get home!
Trouble. That's all I have to say about homemade chocolate peanut butter. I could eat that stuff on ice cream, an English muffin, a spoon, you name it. Your photos look amazing! I hope I can try this recipe soon. :)
Love, love, love! Your photos are very inviting and the peanut butter is almost ready for me to take my finger to it and take a bite. Delish!!
Thanks! I don't know why I didn't think of chocolate peanut butter before. It's so simple and easy. :)
What a brilliant idea! Love the rich color and the perfect creaminess of this peanut butter. Oh, wow!
Just hand me a spoon and a bib! ;)
Haha. Good idea! We've gotta be neat about it. :)
Ooh yum, your chocolate peanut butter looks so good!
Thank you! :)
I often eat an English muffin with peanut butter for breakfast, but I sprinkle it with a few chocolate chips. This is so much better though!!
Ooh, I like your idea! A sprinkle of chocolate chips sounds even better. :)
Chocolate and peanut butter are an irresistible match! I think I'd this this entire jar via spoon. ;)
Haha. Well why not? It's fewer calories if you skip the bread. ;)
Oh my goodness, am I in heaven??? This is absolutely fantastic. I can also imagine this chocolate peanut butter in a swirl cake, maybe? Decadent – yes! Delicious? Double yes!!!!
Oh, yeah! That sounds amazing. I'm working on a post right now for some peanut butter topped chocolate brownies. This would also work there! Yay. :D
Sounds WONDERFUL! Love your cute little jar too, is it German?
It's a Weck jar! I've seen them on other blogs so I know that you can get them in the US. They're so small. Love them for nut butters and jam!
Yum, these looks pretty tasty and easy too, I really need to try this when my jar runs out :)
I hope you do! It's so easy and yummy. :)
Great minds think alike. I just posted chocolate PB! But I used choc chips rather than cocoa powder & didn't even bother melting. I know what you mean about needing full-on chocolate intensity; nothing mild or wimpy!
Yeah! We're no wimps when it comes to chocolate OR booze. ;) I've gotta go check out your chocolate peanut butter now!
I could drink this. Or eat it with a spoon. Or both at the same time. I NEED this in my life right now Erin. You know I'm in love with peanut butter and chocolate – now why haven't I ever made a chocolate peanut butter before? OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!! PS: gorgeous photos :)
When it's room temperature, it's actually drinkable. Yup. Drinkable! And thank you so much for the photo comment! You know how I feel about my photos so that means a lot to me. :)
I would be eating this by the spoonful! Love chocolate and peanut butter!
I do! And me too. :)
OH yum! One of my favorite (not as healthy) things to do is to melt chocolate chips and store bought peanut butter together and dip graham crackers into it. SO GOOD, and I bet this is amazing too!
Sounds healthy enough to me! I miss graham crackers. I need to make some!
Oh I would eat this every morning. Yum.
Or like me, every morning and night. :)
Um, did someone say chocolate peanut butter?! I'm in!
That's right – chocolate peanut butter party up in here today. :D
ahhhhh what a sweet perfect addition fore breakfast! and how lucky for us webmd agrees!
Hahaha. Exactly! You know that WebMD is *the* authority on breakfast healthy-ness. ;)
OH MY FREAKING GOSH ERIN!!!! I'd want like 14 tablespoons.
Hahaha. 14 tablespoons it is, then!
I eat an english muffin with peanut butter most mornings : ) Love the idea of adding some chocolate into that! I really need to try making my own nut butters… it's been on my list to try forever.
You have to try! They're so quick and easy and most importantly, WAY cheaper than the kind from the store. It's just full of win! :)
You just made my favorite treat even better. It looks fantastic. Gobble…lol!
GOBBLE GOBBLE! :D I swear, I'm like four…
It's just more fun that way, okay? ;)
Holy moly. I'll gobble this whole thing right up! You are my hero.
Hehe. We have another gobbler! Yay. :)
This sounds great!! I need to do this for my kids, so simple….and yes dark chocolate is really good for you, the higher the cocoa in it the better ;-) I love those little glass containers you used.
Thanks! You can get them in the US, too. They're Weck containers.
I could sooo love this as a snack right now. Yum!
Or any time, right? ;)
I love chocolate peanut butter! I might copy your breakfast tomorrow :)
That's a good idea! English muffins, chocolate and peanut butter can never be wrong. :)
Oh my GOODNESS. This sounds and looks completely irresistible. I want a bite right now! :)
Hehe. Happy you approve! ;)
Mmmmm. chocolate and peanut butter. And it looks creamy, yet kind of crunchy, and I just started imagining myself just sitting on the couch eating this with a spoon, something I don't even do with regular peanut butter.
Yup, it's bad like that. I finally put mine in the fridge so that I couldn't just go after it with a spoon. It's hard enough in there so I don't bother unless it's breakfast. :)
Oh my, this looks incredible! Wish I could dip a spoon in that jar ;).
Thank you! I just had some on an English muffin and I'm drinking a tea. I think it was you who mentioned tea time so thanks for that. I actually adopted that idea for this afternoon. :)
I'd certainly like to gobble up some of this :D What's not to love about peanut butter + chocolate!
Here you go. Now please gobble. ;)
You are making my mouth water!
Sorry! ;)