12 Easy Peanut Butter Dessert Recipes

Grace Parisi grinds granola to use in place of flour, then adds whole pieces of granola to her dough for crunch.

These healthy peanut butter-chocolate treats are naturally gluten-free. For a vegan version, swap in maple syrup in place of honey.

Rice Krispies Gluten Free cereal, made with brown rice instead of white, is the secret to Elisabeth Prueitt’s crisp and chewy sweets.

Tiffany MacIsaac of Buttercream Bakeshop in Washington, DC, tops her perfectly tender, sweet and nutty cookies with crunchy honey-roasted nuts, then sandwiches the cookies with silky peanut butter cream and tangy jam.

Use a fairly bitter dark chocolate to balance out the sweet, creamy peanut butter ganache filling and the tangy raspberry jam.

The genius of this layer cake is its extraordinarily crunchy filling, made with almonds, salted peanuts, creamy peanut butter, chocolate and Rice Krispies. The silky milk-chocolate ganache frosting almost pushes the recipe over the top.

Any chocolate and peanut butter lover will adore this elegant dessert from pastry chef Rachel Lansang-Hidalgo. Lansang-Hidalgo tops a rich milk-chocolate mousse with a roasted-peanut cream and addictively crunchy cornflakes mixed with peanut butter, milk chocolate and peanuts.

This incredibly chocolaty and creamy quick-bake peanut butter pie is Vitaly Paley's grown-up version of a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup.

These gluten-free, no-bake peanut butter cookies quickly come together in the bowl of a food processor. They're mildly sweet little bites with a texture reminiscent of peanut butter cookie dough. Serve chilled sprinkled with flaky sea salt and cinnamon.

This flaky candy, from Nicole Haley of Mirracole Morsels, combines layers of crisp caramel, creamy peanut butter and crunchy peanuts. Incredibly, it takes just 20 minutes to make and the only special equipment you need is a heatproof candy thermometer. Be sure to buy the freshest, highest-quality peanut butter and peanuts you can find.

These spelt crêpes have a delicately nutty flavor and light texture to them and they are delicious served on the sweeter side with a warm drizzling of ganache. Adding just a little bit of peanut butter to chocolate will never fail to wow.

Chocolate peanut butter cups were the inspiration for these soft and fudgy sandwich cookies. The milk chocolate chunks add a lighter note to the dense, dark chocolate dough.