Yo, Melbourne Posts. I’m really happy for you, and Imma let you finish but this oreo-topped peanut butter fudge is one of the sweetest recipes of all time. One of the sweetest recipes of all time!
- Hannye T-West
Hi folks! I promise I’ll get right back to reliving my Melbourne escapades for you after this post, but I wanted to quickly give you a recipe for something so sweet that your face might squint up in shock before dissolving into pleasure, just like the sugary morsel in your mouth will dissolve into peanut butter-y Oreo-tinted goodness.
I should probably be honest with you and tell you that I made these several weeks ago for my father for Christmas.
However, I kept some of this oreo-topped peanut butter fudge for myself and, because it freezes beautifully, I know for a fact that it’s a lovely treat when you’ve returned from a blissfully-happy holiday to not just the standard anticlimactic let-down but also a few jarring thuds and thunks to rattle the soul.
That sentence was far too long.
This one is shorter.
As is this one.
It would probably be accurate to call this a faux-fudge, as it’s made in the microwave and is more crumbly-dense than chewy-soft. In its favour, though, this fudge can easily be vegan, dairy-free, and even gluten-free if you switch the Oreos for something devoid of The Gluten. Also, the fudge’s insane level of sweetness is quite a novelty, and rather perfect alongside a large mug of dark, dark, roiling, aromatic, black, black coffee.
On a side note, does anyone want to come be my housemate, or know of someone who might like to? This double rent thing is proving damaging to my travel-dream savings.
Oreo-Topped Peanut Butter Fudge
Makes many, many, squares. Possibly 64, but who’s counting?
Adapted from Alton Brown
- 170g (6oz) butter (or dairy-free spread like Nuttelex, for vegan version)
- 55g (2oz) coconut oil
- 1 cup (260g) peanut butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 450g (1 pound) pure icing sugar
- 5 (65g) Oreos, crushed
- Grease and line a 20cm (8-inch) square tin with baking paper, extending the paper up the sides where you can.
- Place the butter, coconut oil, and peanut butter in a large microwave-safe bowl and cover loosely with plastic wrap. Microwave for 2 minutes on high, then stir. Microwave again for 1-2 minutes, until all is melted and very hot and combined.
- Add the vanilla and icing sugar and stir like you mean it, like you’re a crazy person trying to stir out all of your swirling emotions through your arm. The mixture will become quite hard to stir and lose its sheen*.
- Spread the fudge into the pan and scatter the crushed Oreos over the top, pressing them in gently. Refrigerate until cool, about two hours, then cut into 2.5cm (1-inch) pieces and store in the fridge or freezer (my Dad loves this fudge best straight from the freezer).
* Speaking of Sheens, I love Jed Bartlet. And Toby. And Josh. And Leo. And Danny. And even Sam, now that Rob Lowe is also on Parks and Recreation. Yes. End scene.
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looks delicious Hannah, can you please send some my way???
Im not a fan of Oreo’s, but I will take them plain, doesn’t bother me!!!
You know I would if I could! And you could definitely leave the Oreos off or, worst case scenario, simply pick them off if someone else made them for you
I will accept your brief pause from your Melbourne escapades because this fudge looks soooo naughty. When I want to misbehave this will be the ticket. It reminds me of when I’d have peaunt butter schmeared on an oreo as a treat.
Teehee, thank you Casey! You know what? Don’t tell anyone, but I think I’d prefer the peanut butter smeared oreo even more than this. I like my peanut butter straight-up
Alton Brown is a genius for his microwave peanut butter fudge recipe(and other reasons, but mostly that). I’ve made it countless times. I’m overdue for another batch.
I must admit, I was always pretty happy when I caught his show on the TV when I was travelling around the US! And I think I have a DVD of his somewhere. Something about asphalt?! That makes no sense…
You are very very mean to post this when I am trying to quit sugar. I can just taste it now….ohhhhhh *droooool* nom nom nom.
I think the lack of sugar has fuzzled my brain.
People, make this fudge stat! But don’t tell me you’re making it. But send pictures.
Sugar porn! Brain fuzzles! Fudge dreams!
I still want your banoffee pie more than this, though
Wow Hannye T-West, I’m amazed at the restraint you showed in only using 5 oreos to top this. It wouldn’t have even crossed my mind to not use the whole bag. Guess I just lost at “Spot the American,” naturally I was too busy polishing my shotgun while watching celebrity reality shows to notice we were playing.
Bahahaha! I just read your comment out to my mum because it made me laugh so much. Bravo, my dear, bravo!
And encore bravo … such self-knowledge in one so young is impressive!! (I can say that because I’m so old).
No you’re not, you young whipper-snapper you!
Traditionally I don’t like fudge, but I might like *this* fudge. Your mention of freezing also brought to my attention that I suspect I would like fudge very much if I had it from the freezer.
(Sometimes all foods need is a change of temperature for me to go from dislike to like in an instant.)
I hope those return-to-home thuds get less thud-like in a hurry. And that you find a gorgeous, fun, chocolate and book-loving flatmate!
Like banana! I can’t stand the texture of fresh bananas (so grainy and mushy and slimy and euuuuurgh!) but frozen? They become my home-boy. Except for how frozen things make my teeth hurt. But I digress.
Thank you, Kari! I’m looking forward to a week of less-thuds, but unfortunately have to get through the thuds of cleaning-for-rental-inspection first. Ugh!
Your fudge looks like professionaly manufactured.
Let me tell you I’ve never eaten a single Oreo cookie in my entire life. Okay, this is quite due to not eating wheat anymore, and recuding sugar to the minimum. But even without that, I wonder if I’d voluntarily come to feel like eating an Oreo (and then eat it). The reason is that Oreos are so black-and-white, and the contrast is so hard. This somewhat distubs me because it’s nothing I associate with food. Okay, there are white foods like milk or yoghurt, and black foods like … well, I’ve seen sepia-ink colored pasta once. (But I couldn’t eat it, it looked too disturbing.) I’ve never seen the two together, though. I can very well imagine a cookie to be light or middle or dark brown, probably even yellow or orange (yay food colering!
), but not black-and-white.
Do Oreos taste like coconut, btw?
Oh gosh, knowing your hatred of manufactured foods, that seems like it could be an insult!
I’m so fascinated by your reasoning for disliking Oreos! I’m on the other side, though, as I find black food fascinating and ordered squid ink pasta in Japan once purely for the novelty of eating black food. However, we all know how I shy away from oranges and anything orange-coloured that even hints at being orange-flavoured
And nope, they absolutely do not! No coconut involved in Oreos at all. They’re mostly just sweet, and the blackness comes from the special kind of cocoa that’s used. I remember David Lebovitz writing about it once…
No, I don’t hate manufactured foods! And I especially don’t hate self-made foods that reflect such artistic skillfulness as you little fudges do! But they’re too pretty to be eaten by me.
(And I better don’t do that anyway. 
)
I remember a study showing that people tend to rate foods presented in colorful pictures very attractive, and the same foods presented in black-and-white pictures very unappealing. So maybe that plays a role in my Oreo concerns. (But now I wonder how Oreos made it this far in the world, since they break such basic psychological rules.
)
Teehee, nice save
A friend of mine once blogged about such a study; it was fascinating but also not surprising at all. Black and white veggies could never look as appealing as colourful, surely.
Teehee, I think there are many things we humans do that break the basic “psychological rules”. Plus, I’m a sociologist, so I don’t really believe in those anyway
And perhaps the squid pasta isn’t unappealing per se because there were other colors (from vegetables etc) in the same dish as well? I think that people don’t mind completely black or completely white foods in general, but that the combination of just completely black and completely white foods is irritating because it looks so artificial.
Oh, no, there was definitely no other veggies or colour in that dish I had. It was all black, black, black, and so much fun to eat
Oh man do I love Oreos. They’re so dangerous to have around. Luckily, I don’t like peanut butter-flavored things. Not so dangerous. But I just received a lovely rectangle of fudge in the mail from my mum yesterday. It was chocolate, and there were Snickers bars involved. Oh ya. Yum.
I would be your roommate. I’m sorry I’m moving to the middle of nowhere instead (next week).
Teehee, just today I said to my mum that I don’t actually love Oreos all that much, now that I can buy them myself! I used to want them as a kid because they weren’t allowed, but these days I’d much prefer the deliciousness that is a proper Tim Tam (and a Tim Tam Slam). Your Snickers fudge sounds The Brilliant, though!
Oh, oh, oh! Emma, how I wish you could be! That honestly makes my heart pang a little bit.
P.S. You need to email me exactly where you’re heading!
mmmm this fudge looks specially good, the oreos on top make it even better
Thanks Beti!
oh that fudge looks so good – a lotta sugar but all in a good cause – your comment about eating it with coffee makes me realise that I am at a disadvantage as a non-coffee drinker when it comes to sweet food
Ah, this is true! But would tea work? Surely tea would work! People always talk about tea and biscuits
hmmm herbal tea is often quite sweet – occasionally peppermint tea works but I don’t like tea unless it is herbal – though don’t get me wrong I love tea and bikkies (tea and scones even better!)
Ah, then you are in a pickle!
To be honest, I only drink coffee or herbal tea; have completely gone off black tea. Lemon and ginger or lemongrass is my pick though 
They look amazing! But now I am sad because there is a lack of fudge in my freezer.
Life is hard sometimes.
Oh you naughty, naughty temptress you. I got a massive sugar high and crash (when I realized I didn’t have any to eat) just reading and drooling over this post! I mean seriously, you had me at peanut butter fudge, but then you had to go topping it with Oreos, didn’t you?
I did. I did. That was my own little personal touch, just for you.
Teehee, I’ve clearly been more influenced by my time in the US than I first thought…
I used to LOVE fudge as a kid… these days I can’t really handle the sugar but in my hometown there’s a place called the “Fudge Cottage.” It’s an early 1900s original cottage where they make fudge and all the employees dress up in old school clothes… think long lace skirts, gingham pinnies, frilly caps…. the guys wear suspenders and top hats. It’s so cute, and there fudge is amazing (they have free samples EVERYWHERE!) I think you would dig it…. I do have a soft spot for oreos, or anything cookies + crea,
Shhhh, don’t tell anyone, but I’ve never really been a fudge fan! Except at the Folk Festival. I always wanted fudge at the Folk Festival. However, anything peanut butter gets my vote of support
Fudge Cottage sounds so adorable! I want men in suspenders and top hats handing me delicious things…
Recipes like this one (and all those mug cake recipes) make me want a microwave. But this one is stove-able! I want to make this fudge really very badly.
Oh, definitely stove-able! You see, my probably is the opposite right now. I have a microwave but no pots, pans, frypans, woks…
That is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen!
Marty has half a jar of coconut oil that desperately needs to be used up so this recipe would definitely come in handy. Yummo!
Teehee, thank you! Marty sounds like me. I asked for fancy coconut oil the Christmas before last, and it went almost untouched until about October last year, when I started obsessively making granola with it
This is pure sin! Where do you find these recipes? I have homework for next week!
Teehee, this was purely down to deciding that I wanted to make peanut butter fudge topped with Oreos, so I googled for a microwave fudge recipe and then made it like I imagined it
Every post needs one nay sayer doesn’t it? While I’m vaguely interested in the peanut butter fudge, I know myself well enough to know that the oreo bit isn’t for me. I like my peanut butter thick on nice fresh bread, with lots of lovely Danish butter. Oh oh, now I’m going to have to leave the house today aren’t I? Did anyone say lunch?
Louise, deep down I’m a bit of a nay sayer myself
This was truly too sweet for my tastes, and I’d much prefer my peanut butter straight up on a spoon than hidden in sugar 
But a little bit was fun to eat!
Oh, you had me until you said they were super sweet. If *you* think they were too sweet, then I’m scared. :p
It’s the stuff of sugar nightmares!
P.S. It’s my whole enigma thing. I have a sweet-tooth, but a not-too-sweet-please-sweet-tooth.
My kingdom for a piece of this fudge pretty please spay lady!
I’ve been blinking my eyes *and* twinkling my nose for ten minutes now, and yet all the fudge is still in front of me. Faulty magic!
Next time when you stay with me, please bring a batch of these too. thankyouverymuch. And I want more kale chips!!!
All the better to throw at you, my dear!
Also, squeeeeee! Now you can’t laugh at me about the raw vegan things anymore!
P.S. What were the cookies like?
Hmmm. Probably have some fudge eaters in my house but I’m not going to test it. Would rather soak in a cup of cappuccino from your Melbourne expeditions.
Me too, Tammy. Me too
oh my – how very delicious indeed!
…I’m kind of at a loss for how to describe just how awesome this looks. Although I’m also imagining it with peanut butter-filled sandwich cookies just to make it totally ridiculous. Wonderful!
In this case, ridiculous = the most logical thing in the world.
Love your brilliance!
I’ll come and be your housemate. I know commuting to southeast England every day might be a bit on the tricky side but I think I could cope… and if there’s fudge like that on offer, I’m definitely there!
Awesome, I’ll email you the tenancy application right away!
All that icing sugar made my blood roil like black coffee! But I can’t deny how amahzing this sounds. I love The Peanut Butter.
I’ll be your housemate! Oh wait, I can’t. *pouts petulantly* *smiles at the alliteration*
I wish you could! Broadway-singing, sugar-loving, alliteration-…avowing? housemates definitely go to the top of the list for me
Oh. My gawd. Yum.
I have a better idea – you come here and room with MEEE!
God please yes now go.
i’ve actually never tried pb fudge before, but I’M SURE i would love it. you just can’t go wrong with peanut butter…
HAH genius opening line, Hannye!
Despite my rollicking sweet tooth, I’m not really one for fudge BUT I bet this would taste superb with some dark dark coffee, as you said.
Oh thank heavens! I totally couldn’t decide whether that would be too old and tired by now
Teehee, I’m actually the same. Wouldn’t ever make something like this for just me!
damn, lady! I want 64 squares of this stat. SO impressive. But I’m not surprised. Clearly you’re amazing.
Heidi xo
Aw, shucks! But here’s my secret: I’d go for our pb tasti d’lite treats over this any day
surely not!! Ok now I feel like I need to take advantage of living 15 mins away & go get some…
One part of me is all: go forth, young woman! Do it for your country! And get something with cake batter flavour.
The other part is more: I can’t believe you’re being so cruel to me.
hahaha I know, I’m terrible
they need to start serving those batter ones, stat. really, who do they think they are?
And yet I love you like autumn colours anyway
Maybe they’re just waiting for me to move down?
oooh i would love some of those.. oreo topped fudgeies! i’d probably make my own oreos and then the fudge! i have probably had like 2 oreos and i couldnt take the crazy sweet cream. but i love the way they look!
Oooh, homemade Oreos would be amazing! Personally, I’m more of a Tim Tam girl myself, but Oreos looked better here
Oh my gosh….peanut butter is one thing, but with oreos? Hell to the yesss!!!
*cue random gangsta beatboxing in the background*
Wiggy wiggy wah wah!!
(Wow. I really have no idea how to phonetically spell the gangsta-noises I’m currently making.)
Oh Em Gee!!!! Is there any left?? WANTS!!! *drool*
You know, there very well might be some left in my dad’s freezer
I laughed out loud at that line about the coffee. And then I read it aloud to my husband, who suggested I make fudge for the restaurant. I said I’d better not, because the last time I made something silly and junky and way too sweet, it was rice krispie treats ( of which I know you are also an aficionado) and now I want them every day, even though I just made them last week for the super bowl, and took so many samples while I was cutting them that I nearly made myself sick. Anyway, I just thought you’d like that story. Please pardon any weird typos, the iPad has a mind of its own.
Oh Camille, I do so wish we lived nearer to each other (as in, not on opposite sides of the world). The peanut butter crispy slice I just posted? I kept the other not-sculpted half of the mix in my fridge, and when I returned from my end of year gospel concert that night I stood at the fridge at midnight with the door open, pulling pieces off with my hands and eating it til I felt sick.
So worth it. And yes, I love the story, just as I love the you.
Oh this made me laugh Camille … I love my iPad but typing on it is the bane of my life. Too often I miss some “correction” it has made and off goes another bit of nonsense into cyberspace.
And then I derive great pleasure from teasing you about it