Tiger Butter

Tiger Butter is an EASY rich and creamy dessert that will melt in your mouth.  With just three ingredients it couldn’t be simpler to make this fudge like treat.  It’s a great holiday dessert to serve at a party or give as gifts.

This peanut butter and white chocolate Christmas candy will amaze you with its simplicity. If you’ve never tried tiger butter, give it a try. You probably have all the ingredients in your pantry and you only need a microwave and 10 minutes. You will need to refrigerate it before cutting, but everyone needs a dessert they can make without thinking in 10 minutes.

Taylor first introduced us to Tiger Butter when her fourth grade teacher brought some to class before the holiday break.  It seemed so exotic with its swirls and stripes. It’s been a favorite ever since and the girls always love to give it to friends at Christmas.  Since this is such an easy fudge recipe, you can get the kids involved, all you need is a microwave. It’s so much fun to make the swirls and every batch turns out a little different.

Tiger butter makes a great hostess gift, or make some for your holiday cookie exchange.

Why you’ll love tiger butter

• Only 3 ingredients needed to make this candy and 2 of them are probably in your pantry!
• This is a rich and creamy dessert that takes no time to make but has a beautiful design to it, making it a great homemade candy to share!
• All you need is a microwave

What you’ll need

• Peanut Butter – Jiff creamy for me, or crunchy if you want more texture
• White Chocolate bar or chips – Ghirardelli or Lindt
• Semi-sweet chocolate chips Ghirardelli or Guittard. If you like dark chocolate, you can use that instead or a mixture.

If you want this to be super creamy and melt in your mouth, then use a really good quality white chocolate bar, or white chocolate chips or wafers. Please do not use almond bark, it is not white chocolate.

With butter in the name it’s kind of funny that it doesn’t even have butter in the recipe. You can add bittersweet chocolate to the mix if you’re a dark chocolate fan. You can also use crunchy peanut butter, but I live in a house of smooth peanut butter lovers. These need to be kept in the refrigerator or they’ll get melty if your house is warm.

How do you make peanut butter candy

Step 1: Place the white chocolate in a microwave safe bowl with a tablespoon of peanut butter.

The tricky part to making anything with white chocolate is that it’s very sensitive to heat.  If white chocolate gets too hot, it gets stiff and you have to throw it out and start again. To avoid this, cook it at 50% power and stir it every 30 seconds. It should take about two minutes. 

As an added precaution, I add just a scoop of the peanut butter at the beginning with the white chocolate to keep it from scorching. Once its melted add the rest of the peanut butter and stir to combine. 

Step 2: Pour the white chocolate peanut butter mixture into a lined 9 x 13 pan.

Step 3: In a small microwave safe bowl melt the chocolate chips at 50% power stirring every 30 seconds until melted, about 1-2 minutes.  Pour this over the white chocolate peanut butter mixture.

Step 4: Take a butter knife and swirl it to get the stripes. 

Step 5:  Refrigerate for about 3 hours before cutting.

I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t love Tiger Butter.  While it’s made with peanut butter, that isn’t the predominate flavor. It’s creamy and rich and perfect for the holidays. It has no added sugar although it’s plenty sweet with all of the white chocolate.

Pro tip: Make this at night so it cools thoroughly overnight and you don’t have to stare at them, hoping they cool faster.

FAQs and tips

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Holiday treats you’ll love

• Chocolate chip shortbreads
• Peanut butter sandwich cookies
• Peanut butter oatmeal cookies
• Cherry crinkle cookies
• Sprinkle cookies
• S’more cookies
• Cranberry shortbreads