Peanut Butter Buttercream Icing Recipe

Peanut butter lovers, this recipe is for you! Smooth, creamy Peanut Butter Buttercream Frosting is the perfect way to top chocolate cake or cupcakes!

Do you like peanut butter? I LOVE IT!  Especially with chocolate.  So when I need a quick and easy frosting with a chocolate cake, this Peanut Butter Buttercream frosting is my go-to.

Peanut Butter Buttercream Ingredients

• powdered sugar
• butter
• vanilla extract
• heavy cream
• peanut butter

How to Make Peanut Butter Buttercream Frosting

This recipe couldn’t be easier. First, you’ll mixt he peanut butter and butter together with a hand mixer or in a stand mixer (affiliate link). Once it is blended add the powdered sugar a cup at a time. Then, stir in the cream and vanilla and you’re all finished!

You can pipe this frosting on or spread it, either way, it’s the perfect complement to chocolate cake or cupcakes!

Does Peanut Butter Frosting Have to Be Refrigerated?

The small amount of cream in the frosting is stabilized by the sugar, so you can keep this peanut butter frosting at room temperature up to 3 days.

This is the easiest, most delicious frosting in the world! Can you tell I like it???

How Much Peanut Butter Icing Does This Recipe Make?

The recipe below yields enough to frost a 2 layer cake or 24 cupcakes with some extra for eating with a spoon 🙂

How to Adjust a Buttercream Recipe

It can easily be adjusted from its original smooth creamy consistency to a more firm consistency by increasing the amount of peanut butter & sugar while decreasing the amount of butter.  Don’t want it too sweet?  Decrease the amount of powdered sugar.  It can be tweaked to accommodate any taste and can’t really be messed up!

You might also like these other peanut butter recipes:

• Peanut Butter Pie
• Peanut Butter Blossoms
• Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls
• Peanut Butter Apple Crisp

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Peanut Butter Buttercream Icing Recipe

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• Author: Melissa Riker
• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Total Time: 5 minutes
• Yield: 24 1x
• Category: dessert
• Method: none
• Cuisine: American

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Description

Peanut butter lovers, this recipe is for you! Smooth, creamy Peanut Butter Buttercream Frosting is the perfect way to top chocolate cake or cupcakes!

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Ingredients

• 2 cups unsalted butter
• 1 lb. powdered sugar
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2–3 tablespoons heavy cream

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Instructions

1. Place butter, and peanut butter in a mixing bowl and beat together with a hand mixer.
2. Add powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, until fully incorporated.
3. Stir in cream and vanilla and beat until frosting is smooth and creamy!

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Notes

• Can be stored at room temperature up to 3 days
• Adjust for thickness by varying the amount of sugar and/or heavy cream

Keywords: peanut butter buttercream, peanut butter frosting, peanut butter icing

This recipe was originally published in May 2014 and updated with new photos and additional information in August 2019.