Looking for a garnish for your dessert? Grab that jar of peanut butter.

Add sweetener to taste (agave, honey, maple syrup, sugar or noncaloric sweetener). Consider a pinch of cinnamon.

Then pipe the peanut butter from a pastry bag. You can use a plastic food storage bag by cutting off a small piece of one corner.

Then pipe away, onto angel food cake, brownies, cookies, cupcakes, ice cream, pie, pound cake or pudding.

If you’d like a traditional sauce, you simply need a few more ingredients.

Turn peanut butter into a pourable dessert sauce with this easy recipe:
Ingredients For 1 Cup

 
*You can use plain peanuts, salted, candied or spiced, including hot seasonings like chipotle. Here are recipes for candied nuts and spiced nuts.

 
Preparation

1. COMBINE all ingredients except alcohol in a small saucepan.

2. HEAT on low, stirring, until sugar is dissolved and sauce is smooth. Stir in optional alcohol. Serve warm.

 
HOW MANY DESSERT SAUCES HAVE YOU TRIED?

Check out the different types of dessert sauces in our tasty glossary.