Peanut Butter Babies
Moist, yet crumbly. And super-simple to make.
Tastes *just* like eating peanut butter cookie dough!
Howabouta big hunk of melt-in-your-mouth peanut butter cookie dough?
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Peanut Butter Babies
(Makes 120 grams, which is a tiny bit more than the size of two Larabars)
- 80 grams dates (If you’re unsure as to what dates to use, or need a grams-to-cups conversion, read the Fudge Baby FAQ post.)
- 30 grams roasted, salted peanuts (Actually, I use roasted-unsalted, and I add about 1/8 tsp plus 1/16th tsp salt. You can use peanut butter in place of the peanuts. But if you do, up the proportion of the dates: 90 grams dates to 15 grams nut butter.)
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract (Edit: Lately, I’ve been only adding around 1/16th tsp, because I like the bars saltier, as opposed to sweeter. It’s your call.)
- Optional: chocolate chips or cocoa powder
*80-90 grams dates is about a packed 1/2 cup. 15 grams nut butter is about a tablespoon.
Blend the ingredients in your food processor (I used a Magic Bullet short cup). Smush into bars, roll into balls, or use cookie cutters! These peanut butter fudge baby bars taste divine warmed up a little in the microwave. Oh who am I kidding? They taste divine ANY way you choose to eat them 
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Pb-Baby’s brothers and sisters:
- Add dried banana = Elvis Babies
- Other dried fruit = Pb&J Babies
- Ad maple syrup or extract = Mighty Maple Babies
- Add chocolate chips or cocoa = Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Babies
- Dip in chocolate = Buckeye Babies
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Chocolate-Covered Peanut Butter-Covered Snack of the Day
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My running buddy would approve of this snack .
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OMG those sound AMAZING!!!
<3 jess
xoxo
so easy!! NEED to make these.. they actually look just like larabars (only cheaper!!)
YES YES YES PB babies are the new fudge babies. I know you probably love all tus bebes equally, but I’m a PB over choc chica anyday
Just when I thought it couldn’t get any better than fudge babies…
oh, pooks – if you ever need be to babysit you’re babies don’t hesitate to ask.. and if one happens to go missing, well, it wasn’t me
Great idea! You could save tons on Larabars!
HOLY YUM! Just looking at that post makes me want to jump through my screen & steal that. Amazing mind for recipes you have my dear.
Oh my goodness, peanut butter cookie dough??? Yes please
Love how yours is perfectly shaped!
How about add some instant coffee and make MOCHA BABIES?!
I love this action Katie…wow soooo delish looking! I don’t cook (un-cook) with salted nuts very often b/c I have no idea why?! LOL but the PB cookie dough… you had me right there
I posted once when I first first started my blog about making homemade larabars. My ratio was 1/2c dates to 1/3 c nuts. So your ratio of 3 to 1 dates to nuts would just make things so much more chewy and delish!
Thanks for your touching email, I love you girl
Enjoy your night and thank you again…for everything
xoxoox
Great! They looks scrumptious
Oh hell Katie – you’re killing me with all this baby love. Must make almond butter babies. Yeah.
Oh wow! I need to try these asap! Would you mind telling me what 90 grams of dates is in cups and what 30 grams of peanuts is also?
How are you and your green beau doing today? Frankie and I are already talking about taking up residence in his castle
Your oatmeal ideas actually make me think one day I could like oats!
there are no words besides YUM!
I’m liking the Buckeye (go Bucks!) baby idea.
I’m glad you put the link for date advice in your post. I wasn’t sure what kind to buy. I feel like these = good study snack, muahaha.
Considering how much I love cookie dough ice cream, this recipe sounds fab. Oh wait–I just got an amazing idea! How about Peanut Butter Babies mixed into some vegan IC?!
The.perfect.banana <3
ummmm you = genius!!!!!!!
so delicious!! love all your ideas Katie! the options are endless with these little fudge babies!
and perfect for holloween, you should make scary shapes out of them 
haha
love you girly
xx
Eliza
You are speaking my language! So simple and delicious. Awesome, Katie!
I need, need, NEED a blender! As soon as I can get one, I’m definitely going to make some of these! Let’s see – December 22 isn’t too, too, too far away, is it?
Can you say PB Cookie Larabar?! But cheaper and much more fresh! Katie you are brilliant!
I swear, your babies just keep getting better–ha ha!
Looks fantastic. Where do you find time to come up with all of this?
Well, you know I’m down with PB!
Once I get back from Chicago, I’m totally making a batch!
AMAZINGGGGG they look sooo good!!
These might be my favorite babies yet!
Uh yeah, so if you have an extra of these lying around, I’d be more than happy to take them off your hands.
Hum, is this the secret recipe of the mysterious picture?
Guess #7
This fudge baby sounds best to me, but I think the first thing I would make in the vitamix would be some carrot ginger soup!
I’ve always been sucka for peanut butta so this fudge baby is tops for me. The first think I would make in the Vitamix is almond milk. None of my other blenders have been able to handle blending almonds.
I actually just made these today and added in some oats for extra texture and they are ah-mazing!!! My fiance has been all over these, thanks!! Would looove to make these in a vita mix though….
This ‘baby’ sounds the best to me! I would add chocolate chips . . . watch out Reeses!
I forgot to mention in my above comment that the first thing I would make would be THICK smoothies. I like to eat my smoothies with a spoon, but my current blender cannot handle that level of thickness, so I have to add more liquid than I would like.
these sound amaaaazing, i would make soup first!
I LOVE PEANUT BUTTER!!!!! oh and almond butter.. and my blender cannot make peanut butter OR almond butter! So i would make both if i got a vitamix! AHHH VITAMIXES ARE FABULOUS
Hey Katie! I love all things peanut butter so this sounds completely amazing! I would probably make a green smoothie first with a vita-mix because i tried it with my wimpy blender and there were a bunch of chunky pieces…bleh
I don’t know how I would decide what to make first in a VitaMix! Either kabocha soup, a nut butter or ice cream!
These sound delicious. Except I would make the chocolate chip mandatory instead of optional!
I can’t wait to try them all!
I would definitely make nut butters- every kind possible! Then I would eat it with chocolate.
Amazing giveaway!!
The first I would most definitely make my own almond butter with a vita mix!!!! I’ve always wanted to make my own nut butters, but I don’t have a blender to do so!
Yum! These sound amazing! I would love to get my hands on a vita mix to try these out. I’m also dying to make some great green monsters!
I would make these in the Vita Mix!! Along with smoothies and soups and loooots of other stuff!
I would first make a smoothie with my vita-mix!!
If I won a vitamix, this recipe would be the first I would make. The person who first thought to combine chocolate and peanut butter changed the world for the better. : )
these would DEF be the first thing I make in the vitamix!!
I would make banana soft serve! And real smoothies with leafy greens and no bits. And nut butters…the list goes on.
These would so be first on my list! I adore peanut butter and these look delicious.
i’d make banana soft serve without risking the life of my food processor (today i swear i could smell it breaking down) and NUT BUTTER!
I would make hummus in the Vita-Mix. I use a food processor but I read you can get it a lot creamier in a blender.
I would love to make chocolate almond butter in a Vita-mix!
These fudge babies would definitely be the first thing I made in my vitamix!
I would probably make these- and dip them in dark chocolate, which looked amazing.
I would make these first in my vitamix! yummm
I would make banana soft-serve, my food processor just broke so I’m going through withdrawls!!
I would make these! Chocolate + peanut butter= one of the best flavor combos on the planet!
i would probably make a smoothie first! but these would be right behind.
These sound *AMAZING* ~ especially the buckeye version! If I won the VitaMix, the first thing I would make would be a nut butter…mmmm
Yum-O!!! I’m definitely excited to try making these with a Vita Mix and then it would be my own almond butter.
Great giveaway!
I would definately make a smoothie with my new Vita-Mix.
if I were to win a vita-mix I would definitely be making these bad boys! And smoothies every day!
I would either make a Green Monster or these yummy sounding babies first if I won the Vita Mix!
These fudge babies are definitely worthy of the first thing I would make in my new vitamix! You can’t go wrong with Chocolate and Peanut butter.
I would make a green smoothie first in my Vitamix!
These fudge babies are my fave flavor! I love nut butter and chocolate anything! With the Vitamix, the first thing I would make is homemade hazelnut milk. I havent tasted it before but I heard it is richer that almond milk. My blender is so low powered that it would probably break if I attempted
I definitely have to try these!
Banana ice cream is the first thing I would make in my vita mix!
I would DEFINITELY make these PB babies first with the Vita-mix. My poor old blender sounds like it’s dying every time I use it to mix up a batch of my favorite PB (& choc chip) babies.
I would make protein ice cream first in my VitaMix! I’ve been dying to do this!!
The first thing I would make in a vitamix is soup!
mmm….peanut butterrrr..this might actually be better than my favorite way to eat PB, straight from the jar of course
Oh, yummy! The first thing I would make in my new Vita-Mix would be Peanut Butter Babies. And maybe the second and third and fourth and…………………..
I would make lots of baby food quicker than I do now with my old blender
These sound delicious! If I had a vitamix I’d make these because I love peanut butter and dark chocolate. I’d also make lots smoothies
I would make fresh strawberry ice cream with my Vitamix!
These look so amazing. I definitely plan to make several variations!!! If I had a Vitamix I would make rasberry icecream in it first thing.
these are my favorite of the babies! there are so many things i would make with a vita-mix it’s hard to choose! i think i would make a smoothie first though, just cuz i love them so much.
If I had a Vitamix the first thing I’d make in it would be roasted cauliflower soup.
I can’t wait to make this baby at home! Peanut butter is my LIFE.
The first thing I’d make with my Vitamix would be a frozen banana-peanut butter-choc chip ice cream!
I already had great results just blending frozen bananas but with a Vitamix it would be easier, quicker and possibly even creamier!
I’d add some agave or maple syrup to sweeten, the chips can be added afterwards.
Wow these would be my favorite flavor!!! The first thing I would make if I had a vitamix would be my raw pina colada shake. My blender leaves it so chunky!! Then I think I would make some nut butters then some banana softserve…I want a vitamix soooo bad!
these are my favorite babies. i would definitely make a smoothie!
These are my favorite babies!
The first thing I’d make in my VitaMix is a nutrient-packed green smoothie – I’d pack that thing with all the veggies my regular blenders can’t handle, and let it whirl!
Thanks for the recipe, even better than a Lara Bar!!
The first thing I would make in the Vita Mix is some delicious chocolate covered strawberry ice cream. My wife and I have been drooling over this recipe but don’t have a blender quite powerful enough to pull it off.
Thanks for running this contest, best of luck to everyone!
These are my favorite babies! I love any chocolate + PB combo!
The first thing I’d make in my Vita Mix is homemade nut butter! And then soup, and shakes, any everything else imaginable!
Yumm! The first thing I would make would be nut butters for sure! I only have a magic bullet and am too scared it will break if I try!!! Plus, definitely make some peanut butter babies!
My first vita-mix creation would definitely be freshly ground peanut butter! I love my Maranatha as much as the next person but there’s nothing like homemade =)
A VITAMIX??!! Whoa! I would definitely make an exotic nut butter first! Maybe a pineapple-coconut macadamia nut butter or caramel-apple walnut butter — or better yet, white-chocolate pumpkin pecan butter. Yum!
If I won the vitamix the first thing I would make is hummus. I ate a lot of hummus every week and when I tried to make my own, I broke the blender
Of course the second thing I would make is peanut butter babies. yum!
These are the best ones!! I add chocolate, of course!
i love babies but would not make them in a vitamix, choc covered pb babies…..now youre talking!!!!
Hi Katie, I just discovered your blog recently and tried these last night. I found I needed to add a couple drops of water to get everything to come together in my food processor, but maybe my dates were just extra dry… but nonetheless, thanks for sharing a great treat! My husband and I each ate half the recipe prior to our run, and it was a great little energy boost that even kept me satisfied for a little while after our workout. I think next time I will make German-chocolate-cake babies using pecans and toasted coconut flakes!
OMG! I just made these and they are fantastic! I’ve had them 3 days in a row now. Have you tried freezing them? The dates won’t ever actually freeze, they just get CHEWY and wonderful!!! I use Bahri dates since they are sweeter and softer than even Medjools. They make perfect babies.
I’m going to be trying to contribute to the Worldwide Vegan Bakesale in April and I’m thinking of making babies and selling those instead of baked goods.
Would you mind such a thing? I think you’re the creator and I’d hate to make money (even if it’s for charity) without your permission.
I’m not able to get to the official sale in MN due to doing my big art sale of the year (I crochet stuffed animals and cutesie stuff!) but I want to sell at my table on the day and donate the proceeds.
Also, if someone wanted to send you a gift – do you ever give out a mailing address/PO box? I think you are very sweet and I’d love to send you a handmade little something for all your kindness and AWESOME recipes that have made my life happier!
Yes, exclamation point happy today.
Is there any replacement for dates? Can you use something else or is it necessary to have?
Lorin,
. One of these days, I’d really like to try dried figs in place of the dates!
Some people have told me they’ve had success with prunes, raisins, or even dried figs. If you try something, let me know what you tried and how it turned out
I plan on making the peanut butter babies buckeye version later tonight! Im so excited, Buckeyes were my bf fav treat growing up so im going to surprise him with a new variation!! thanks for the recipe girl!