Quick and Easy Chocolate Peanut Butter Mini Parfaits

What’s better than chocolate? Or peanut butter? Quick and Easy Chocolate Peanut Butter Mini Parfaits. This version of a favorite combination of classic flavors is creamy good and so easy to make.

This recipe calls for the cook and serve chocolate JELL-O pudding for this recipe, but to make it even easier, you could use the instant. The cooked pudding has a smoother, richer flavor if you ask me. You could also substitute half a tub of Cool Whip for the whipped cream.

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Mini Parfaits

Ingredients

1 small box (4- serving size) JELL-O cook & serve pudding
2 cups milk
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
4 -1/2 tsp. powdered sugar
2-1/4 tsp. meringue powder
4 ounces cream cheese
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1-1/2 Tblsp. milk
3/4 tsp vanilla

Directions

First, prepare the chocolate pudding as directed on the box. Allow the cooked pudding to cool slightly for a couple of minutes but be sure to stir it frequently to keep it from forming a skin on the top.

Place a Ziploc freezer bag in a large glass and pour the pudding into the bag. Zip the bag shut. Allow the excess air to escape before closing. Leave the filled bag in the glass to continue to cool while you prepare the peanut butter layer.

Pour cream into chilled bowl for Quick and Easy Chocolate Peanut Butter Mini Parfaits. — Pour cream into a chilled bowl.

Prepare The Whipped Cream

Chill a glass mixing bowl and beaters in the freezer for 15 – 20 minutes. Remove from the freezer and pour 1/2 cup of heavy whipping cream into the chilled bowl. Add the powdered sugar and beat until thickened.

Then, mix in 2-1/4 teaspoons meringue powder. Whip until stiff peaks form. Set this aside.

Beat cream cheese and peanu tbutter — Beat cream cheese and peanut butter.

Cream Cheese Peanut Butter Layer

In a separate bowl, beat the cream cheese and peanut butter until smooth. Add the powdered sugar, the milk, and the vanilla. Mix together until well blended and creamy.

Gently fold in the whipped cream.

Fill The Dessert Glasses With Chocolate Peanut Butter Fillings

Spoon the peanut butter filling into a large pastry bag fitted with a large round tip. Set inside a large glass while you work with the chocolate pudding bag.

Pipe or spoon chocolate pudding into mini glasses.

Cut off one tip of the Ziploc bag and pipe some of the chocolate pudding into the mini goblets or your desired mini dessert glasses. Then, wait a few minutes for the pudding to cool before adding the creamy filling.

Quick and Easy Chocolate Peanut Butter Mini Parfaits. — Pipe or spoon whipped cream mixture into mini cordials.

Next, pipe the creamy peanut butter filling over the top of the cooled chocolate pudding, reserving some for topping the next chocolate layer.

Add another layer of the chocolate pudding and top with a little of the creamy peanut butter filling. Then, unwrap a mini Reese cup and place it on top of the dessert. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

This recipe makes 6 of the mini desserts. You can easily double the recipe if you want to make 12 of the mini desserts.

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