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.
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this looks yummo, but i live in queensland australia!!! any suggestions for us overseas lovers of your recipe.!! thanks for your great site and xmas posts!!
I am not sure Natasha, but perhaps Su will comment and have a suggestion for you .
Thank you for sharing.
I find it funny that growing up the parts of Christmas that I thought I didn’t like so much is what I miss the most and has nothing to do with gifts at all and now as a grandma myself I try to fill my grandkids with what I hope will be wonderful memories to them one day!
Tiger Butter is a favorite of ours as well I just started my baking and candy making this week and it is on my list!
Merry Christmas I really enjoy all of your posts!
Merry Christmas to you Diane!! I hope you have a wonderful time making memories with your children and grandchildren. Blessings to you and yours!
I needed to read this today. Most of us are blessed beyond measure. Thanks for gently reminding me, I already have my Christmas too!
Merry Christmas Amanda!!! May your days be merry and bright! I am so glad to hear that you have yours too!!
By the way…I tried your Tiger Butter for Christmas and we all LOVED it!! This recipe will definitely be added to my list of sweets to make every year! Thank you for sharing with us.
I am so glad to hear that you liked it Amanda!!
Wow! What a beautiful thing you wrote about Christmas. I have been quite down this month. You opened your heart to us and I want to thank you for your words of wisdom. Tiger Butter….wow! This looks great! I’m gonna have to make this. I make my peanut butter fudge with almond bark, peanut butter & nuts. This is a great way to change it up a bit. Thank you, Christy!
I hope your spirits are lifted and merry and bright Jean. I am so glad you were able to see my heart.
Christy, thank you for sharing your heart. It brought tears to my eyes and many memories of Christmas’es past. Like you I have everything I need. Thanks again and I hope everyone has a wonderful, grateful holiday season.
We are blessed indeed Cindy.
I can so relate to all you said. My Dad was in his 30’s when he started having heart attacks, I was about 4 years old. We had to learn to live on a fixed income – Mom would take in ironing, and would clean houses, and eventually work in a lotion factory. My Sister helped out by babysitting. I will never forget the following things 1) My older Sister used her babysitting money to buy my Christmas during those years, 2) My Dad made sure our stockings were full of Nuts, Christmas Candy, Oranges and Apples. I had never heard of presents being in stockings! 3) My Mom made the BEST Christmas dinner – ham and her scallopped (augratin) potatoes – not the boxed kind – no she sliced the potatoes, cooked them in milk, butter, and cheeses until everything was thick and succulent and tender. Christmas Cards were taped year after year – they were part of our decor, Christmas records playing in the background.. You are right – I really don’t remember the presents, but I do so remember my family. We didn’t have much, but we had so much more than most!! Thanks for that walk down memory lane!!
Oh my goodness Kathleen, I can just see it all now, like I was there with you. You were so blessed and richer than any wealthy person I have ever known.
I stopped the insanity a few years ago,we have ALWAYS focused on the TRUE MEANING of CHRISTMAS but when the gift giving got out of hand I took a step back and changed it!! We draw names and the ONE GIFT YOU GIVE must be handmade and not cost more than $10. We have so much fun now,even the grandkids must do this and they LOVE IT!! They are 10,9,& 8 years old and make some wonderful gifts.They have wonderful imaginations and are very creative. I see moms and dads with tons of toys for 1 child and it is so sad. I know parents that by the time their kids are 10,they have nothing left to buy them but a car!! The kids get some toys on Christmas morning but not an entire store,ask them what they received last year and they will remember the handmade gift and NOT the toys under the tree.We have more fun,better memories and lots of laughs. I have convinced some of my friends to do this and they have and thank me every year for a stress-free Christmas. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!! Make a few gifts this year and start a new tradition,you will be glad you did!!