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Peanut Butter and Jelly Parfait

Recipe by becky

  • Total Time30 minutes
  • Yield4 parfaits 1x

A peanut butter and jelly parfait recipe made with homemade strawberry compote, fresh berrries, crushed cookies, and peanut butter mousse.

Ingredients

Scale

Peanut Butter Mousse:*

60 grams cream cheese, softened (2 ounces; 1/4 cup)
70 grams creamy peanut butter (2 1/2 ounces; 1/4 cup)
30 grams confectioner’s sugar (3 tablespoons)
120 milliliters whipping cream (1/2 cup), divided
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Assembly:

130 grams fresh strawberries, hulled and diced (4 1/2 ounces; 1 cup diced berries)
150 grams homemade strawberry compote, or store-bought strawberry jam (about 1/2 cup)
120 grams crushed biscuits or cookies, such as shortbread fingers, graham crackers, Nilla wafers, or Nutter Butters (about 1 1/2 cups)

To Garnish:

Crushed roasted peanuts
Crushed freeze dried strawberry pieces


Instructions

In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, mix cream cheese, peanut butter, confectioner’s sugar, 2 teaspoons of whipping cream, and vanilla extract on high speed until smooth and creamy.

Peanut butter mousse in a mixing bowl

In a separate bowl, whip remaining cream on high speed until soft peaks form, about 2 minutes.

Mixing bowl and hand mixer whipping cream

With a flexible rubber spatula, gradually fold the whipped cream into the peanut butter mixture, 1 scoop at a time, until you’ve added all of the cream.

Spatula folding whipped cream into a bowl of peanut butter

Spatula folding peanut butter mousse

A bowl of peanut butter mousse with a spatula

Scoop peanut butter mousse into a piping bag fitted with a star or other decorative piping tip.

A piping bag of peanut butter mousse

Layer components into 4 stemless wine glasses, small jars or dessert cups in the following order: Strawberry compote, crushed cookies, peanut butter mousse, crushed cookies, diced fresh strawberries, peanut butter mousse.

Four peanut butter and jelly parfaits in glasses on a marble surface

Garnish with crushed salted peanuts and crushed freeze dried strawberry pieces.

Assembling peanut butter parfait in a glass

Serve immediately.

PBJ parfait in a glass next two two spoons and a dish of peanuts

 

Notes

*The amount of mousse required will depend on the size of the jars you’ve chosen, and how much mousse you want to use to top your parfaits. If using larger jars or if you prefer parfaits piled with mousse (rather than a decorative squirt on top) I’d suggest doubling the mousse recipe. If you have some left over, you can also enjoy it a dessert in its own right!

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