Tiger Butter
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My 3-ingredient easy tiger butter recipe is a decadently rich fudge snack made from a combination of peanut butter, chocolate, and white chocolate.
Have you ever heard of tiger butter before? If not, you are in for a treat! It’s a quick and easy homemade snack that’s made for chocolate lovers and fans of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Personally, my kids BEG for this tiger butter recipe every year around the holidays. Fortunately, this recipe is as easy as they come.
Before we start cooking, let’s answer the most important question: is it a bark or a fudge? Well, tiger butter is considered a fudge by some and a bark by others. It actually fits into both categories really well so you decide how you want to classify it. Tiger bark isn’t quite as sweet as regular bark and the blend of peanut butter and chocolate creates a rich and creamy fudge-like texture my whole family loves.
You can make this for gifts in easily less than five minutes, too, so it’s great for this time of year. All you need is 3 ingredients: white chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate, and smooth peanut butter. The instructions are as simple as melting the chocolate, combining the white chocolate and peanut butter, and adding the melted chocolate on top. Then you stir it to make a marble pattern that resembles tiger stripes.
Once the tiger butter has chilled in the fridge, it’s time to enjoy it! How easy is that? I hope you try this super quick chocolate treat soon.
Recipe Ingredients
- Vanilla almond bark or white chocolate chips
- Smooth peanut butter
- Semi-sweet chocolate chips
How to Make Tiger Butter
Oh! Did I mention you’re going to need a rimmed baking sheet lined with waxed paper?
Place white chocolate chips into a large bowl.
If using almond bark, breaking it up is optional and dependent on my mood. Sometimes I just throw the whole thing in there. It’s gonna melt either way so just do whatever cranks your tractor.
Place the bowl in the microwave for about one minute. Stir well.
Microwave at 30 to 45-second intervals, stirring after each, until the chocolate is melted and smooth.
Add in peanut butter.
Stir until peanut butter is melted and well blended.
Spread onto the waxed paper-lined baking sheet.
Place chocolate chips in a small bowl and melt them the same way you did the white chocolate.
Drop dollops of melted chocolate onto your peanut butter mixture.
Kinda swirl it a little bit with a butter knife until it looks good from ten yards on a galloping horse.
Place it in the refrigerator to harden or, if you’re one of those patient people I’ve heard folks speak of in legends, allow it to sit out on your countertop at room temperature until fully hardened.
If it’s cold where you live, you can also just put it outside 😉.
Once it’s hardened, break the tiger bark into pieces and store it in an airtight container.
ENJOY!
Storage
- Store tiger butter in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 week.
- This also freezes really well for up to 3 months. Just let it thaw in the fridge before serving.
Recipe Notes
- Almond bark doesn’t have any nuts in it, that is just a generic name for a white candy coating that resembles chocolate and is commonly used in candy making. I say this because I always get several folks asking each year and I like to try to answer questions before folks have to ask them!
- But remember you can use vanilla almond bark, white chocolate morsels, white baking chocolate, or vanilla chips.
- As for the semi-sweet chocolate, you can swap it for milk chocolate chips or dark chocolate. You can even use chocolate chunks or a chocolate block that’s broken up. Whatever works for you.
- If you have a nut allergy in your family, peanut butter is going to be a problem, of course. I suggest trying SunButter, which is a substitute that my friend HodgePodge Mom uses a lot. But another suggestion in the comments is cookie butter.
- You can use crunchy peanut butter, but I prefer the smooth consistency of creamy peanut butter. It’s just easier to mix together. I also don’t recommend using natural peanut butter as the oil separation is likely to affect the fudge’s texture.
- If you don’t have any parchment paper or waxed paper, you can also use aluminum foil that’s been greased with cooking spray. The chocolate just tends to stick to the baking dish, so that extra layer is needed.
Recipe FAQs
What is tiger butter made of?
Tiger butter (also known as tiger butter bark or tiger butter fudge) is made when you combine smooth peanut butter, semi-sweet chocolate, and white chocolate chips. When the ingredients are melted and stirred together, they make a marbled pattern that resembles tiger stripes.
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Recipe For Easy Chocolate Fudge
Ingredients
- 3 cups white chocolate chips or 24-ounces almond bark
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment or waxed paper. Set aside
- In a large mixing bowl, place white chocolate chips or almond bark. Place the bowl in the microwave for about one minute. Stir well. Microwave at 30 to 45-second intervals, stirring after each, until it's melted and smooth.3 cups white chocolate chips
- Stir in peanut butter until melted and well blended.1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- Spread out onto the waxed paper-lined baking pan.
- Place chocolate chips in a small bowl and microwave at 30 to 45-second intervals, stirring after each, until smooth and melted.1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Drop dollops of chocolate onto the white chocolate mixture in the pan. Swirl with a butter knife to create a marbled look.
- Place the baking sheet in the refrigerator until hardened or allow it to harden completely at room temperature.
- Break into pieces and store in an airtight container.
Nutrition
I really needed to read this today. This year we are really struggling. My husband and I are having a hard time coping with the fact that christmas will be slim this year for our kids. As a parent we fill horrible. I went out this morning and bought things for baking. I told myself no matter what they will have the goodies that they come to expect from me. I sit here and look at the christmas tree that has no presents underneath it and it makes me tear up. But we are so blessed today at least I have my children with me to hold.
You have your Christmas indeed Wendy! Hug them tight and work on making special memories, the number of presents in the tree won’t matter in the long run.
Christy – I made this over the weekend while my in-laws were visiting. It sure was a hit! Even my adult daughter loved it, though she isn’t supposed to eat it because of allergies. Thanks for the simply wonderful recipe!
I am so glad to hear that everyone liked it Tammy!! I hope you have a Merry Christmas!!
Christy, it was a HIT at our house! I’ve already made two batches and given some away! YUMMM!! Thanks for sharing!
I am so glad to hear it was such a hit!!!
Christy, your recipe for tiger butter sounds delicious and I will be making it this week. You message of family memories really touched my heart. In the light of tragedy and grief we are all experiencing today, it means so much that you remind us that it is not the gifts but the love, sharing and togetherness that will be remembered in the future. That is what I remember when my sister and I were growing up. Thank you not only for the recipe but the reminder of what is really important this holiday season
Thank YOU Linda, I am so grateful you were able to see my heart in this post and I hope you enjoy the recipe!!
Christy, Christy, Christy… You have no idea how much I needed to read this. At one point, I stopped and gasped with tears flooding my eyes. I, too, only really remember the Christmas spirit that my parents had and would extend to us kids by mom putting out nuts and tangerines. And my dad would make sure that there was old fashioned Christmas candy in the house in a dish. The gifts received over the years can’t even BEGIN to touch the heart my parents have put into this season every single year of our lives… And both of them worked fulltime jobs. Hard! You have done a wonderful thing, by posting this, and I will forever try to not get caught up in the wordly aspect of the holiday and focus on the loving memories I now have an opportunity to create for when I have a family oneday. Love you, Christy…
Christy, I just read your story and of all days it made your words never truer. The tragedy in Newtown is such a startling reminder that everyone needs to focus on the important things in life and appreciate our loved ones and not silly possessions. I pray that you and your family have a wonderful Christmas.
Hey Christy,
I love your stories and it makes me glad to realize that even though I’m not giving my kids a bunch of store bought presents that they are having the best Christmas ever. My family doesn’t typically agree with me when it comes to Christmas and they are all extravagant givers spending more in one month than our family makes in six months. Thank you for supporting a Christ based, family Christmas instead of a commercial based, stress-filled Christmas!! And the recipe we love at our house but do slightly different if you ever want to try it out. The first difference is I use creamy peanut butter and the whole 18 oz. jar. Then I crush some pretzels and add to the peanut butter concoction before smoothing it into the cookie sheet. And last the person who gave me the recipe calls it Tiger Fudge. Mmmmmm I love the sweet and salty the pretzels give it and it’s crunchy without getting stuck in my teeth (the only reason I don’t eat nuts more often)!!!
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