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Peanut Butter Chocolate Sauce

You can make this sauce ahead of time and store it in the refrigerator. When ready to serve, reheat, stirring frequently, until melted.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    yields 1Ā 1/2 cups

Ingredients

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup water or milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup creamy or crunchy peanut butter

Preparation

  1. In a double boiler or a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water, melt the chocolate chips and sugar in the water or milk, stirring with a whisk until smooth and shiny. Whisk in the vanilla and peanut butter.

Cover of the cookbook Moosewood Simple Suppers with a red floral motif.
From Moosewood Restaurant Simple Suppers: Fresh Ideas for the Weeknight Table. Copyright Ā© 2017 by Moosewood Collective. Published by Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC. Buy the full book from ThriftBooks or Amazon.
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