Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

This easy Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe is a new favorite of ours- if you love peanut butter and you love cream cheese frostings, you need this recipe in your life!

We recently filled and frosted our Peanut Butter Cake with it, and it was perfect!

One of the things that I love about Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting, and really any cream cheese frosting recipe is that it is SO easy to make.

This recipe consists of cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla, and creamy peanut butter. With that list of ingredients, how could it not be amazing? 

It is super creamy, pipes great, and smooths really nicely too- especially with the help of a heated spatula (aka the hot knife method of smoothing frosting).

We also have a Peanut Butter Buttercream recipe that we love, as we used in our Chocolate Sheet Cake recipe. These frostings are interchangeable, with today's cream cheese recipe being a bit lighter with more subtle peanut butter flavor.  

 How to Make Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

**Find the full, printable recipe below- but here is a quick rundown for making the peanut butter frosting!

This creamy peanut butter cream cheese frosting comes together in no time at all!

• First, cut the softened butter into slices and add to the bowl of a stand mixer. Mix on low to medium speed until the butter is smooth. Add in the peanut butter and mix until blended.
• Next, add the softened cream cheese to the peanut butter mixture, mixing at low to medium speed until incorporated. 
• Add the vanilla extract. Gradually add the powdered sugar, mixing on low speed until blended.
• Increase mixing speed to medium and mix until fluffy.  

That's it! Use this delicious, creamy peanut butter frosting with chocolate layer cakes, chocolate cupcakes, and more!

Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Filling

When using this peanut butter cream cheese frosting as a filling for cakes and cupcakes, you may even want to throw in a few chocolate chips or crushed peanut butter cups. There are so many great options.

Does the Brand of Peanut Butter Matter when making this Frosting?

Yes, the brand matters! Or at least, the kind of peanut butter matters.

Your peanut butter cream cheese frosting is going to be effected by the consistency of the peanut butter that you are working with.

That means that you should step away from the Crunchy peanut butter- but also the all natural peanut butter brands which tend to be more difficult to work with as they are much softer and have a more grainy consistency. 

For the best frosting consistency, stick with a creamy peanut butter like JIF, Peter Pan, or something similar. Regular peanut butter with the full amount of fat will give the best, creamiest results.

Does Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting Need Refrigeration?

Yes, as with most cream cheese frostings, cakes filled or frosted with this Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting should be refrigerated until within a couple of hours of serving.

The cream cheese frosting does firm up when chilled, but softens as it returns to room temperature.

More Cream Cheese Frosting Recipes

We have so many more easy Cream Cheese Frosting recipe to share!

We've created a roundup to showcase our favorites- you'll find everything from easy Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting to Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting, Orange Spice Cream Cheese Frosting, and so many more.

Hop over to see!: A Roundup of the Best Cream Cheese Frosting Recipes

What Pairs well with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting?

This frosting is so good that you're going to want to dive right into the bowl with a spoon!

However, it's hard to top the combination of this smooth peanut butter cream cheese frosting swirled onto chocolate cake, banana cake, peanut butter cake, as a filling for chocolate cupcakes, and more! 

Here are just a few cakes from our Recipes Section that you must try with this frosting!

• Peanut Butter Cake from Scratch
• Peanut Butter Cake- Doctored Cake Mix Recipe
• Chocolate Cake from Scratch
• Chocolate Sour Cream Cake from Scratch
• Chocolate Sour Cream Cake Doctored Cake Mix
• Banana Chocolate Chip Cake
• Banana Doctored Cake Mix Recipe

Here are just a few more Peanut Butter Cakes!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, enjoy the recipe!