Peanut Butter Banana Fudge Muffins

These right here are a little variation of my banuffins you liked so much.

I'd love to say they were born from a culinary stroke of genius, but that would be a big, chubby fib. The truth be told, I drunkenly finished off the Nutella tub with a teaspoon the night before I'd planned to bake a batch for Sunday brunch.

Hungover, desperate (and a little disgusted with myself), I reached for the Skippy.

The method's exactly the same as before, but since my Banuffin post I've been adding Xanthan Gum to the mix for the benefit of us gluten free'ers.

If you're using normal flour then leave out the gum. If you're using gluten free flour like me, then just a 1/4 teaspoon of the stuff goes a very long way. It reduces crumbling and makes your muffins good 'n' squidgy for a few more days. Win.

You know the drill by now. For 12 muffins, here's what you need:

4 overly ripe bananas, mashed

6 tbsp crunchy peanut butter, I like the Skippy variety

1 tsp vanilla extract

100g fudge pieces (I get mine from here)

2 eggs
120g melted salted butter
225g self raising flour
170g granulated sugar
1/2 tsp salt

Whack the oven up to 180C and grease your muffin tray.

Grab two mixing bowls, one for the dry ingredients and one for the wet stuff. In one, combine your flour, sugar, salt and Xanthan Gum if you're going gluten free.

In the other bowl, mash your bananas with a fork until smooth. Stir in the eggs, melted butter, fudge chunks and vanilla before sifting in the dry ingredients. 

Divide your mixture into twelve and pop a dollop of peanut butter on top.



Gently swirl the peanut butter into the mixture with a cocktail stick or skewer and bake in your pre-warmed oven for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.

Leave them to cool in the tray for a couple of minutes before easing them out one by one with a spoon. Serve whilst warm with big mugs of coffee and get creating crumbs!

Salted Peanut & Chocolate Fudge Sundaes

When the time calls for a day in the kitchen, whipping this, chilling that, stirring furiously and watching the timer tick by, it had better be for something special.

I'm all for putting in the leg work when it comes to a show-stopper of a meal, but my favourite recipes tend to be as simple as they are delicious.

This, my friend, is exactly that. And it couldn't be more utterly satisfying.

 

Spoonful upon spoonful of ice cream drenched in warm peanut and chocolate sauce and crunchy peanuts makes this the ultimate after supper treat.

Nobody judges you for licking the bowl on this blog. Nobody at all.

To make two large sundaes you're going to need:

175ml double cream

100g smooth peanut butter

3 tablespoons golden syrup

150g chopped milk chocolate

4 scoops caramel ice cream

4 scoops chocolate ice cream

4 scoops vanilla ice cream

Big handful of salted peanuts, bashed into crumbs

In a saucepan over a low heat, add your cream, peanut butter, golden syrup and milk chocolate, stirring until totally combined.

When it's thick, glossy and 100% delicious, it's done. Simple as that.

Now go fetch your prettiest glasses.

Starting with the vanilla, layer your ice cream scoop on scoop (on scoop on scoop...)

When your glasses are full, drizzle over your chocolatey, peanuty sauce and quickly top with crushed peanuts. (I usually pop mine in a plastic bag and batter it with a rolling pin a few times - no washing up, no spilt nuts, no grumpy Charlotte. Win.)

And that is pretty much it.

Nestle down on a comfy chair, grab a loved one and chow down.

Just remember to jar your leftover fudge sauce, stow it away at the back of the fridge and keep it hidden away for a particularly rainy day.

 

I'll take mine smothered on toast and topped with chopped banana, please!