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Creep out your friends and family this Halloween by serving them Bleeding PB&J Brains. They may look a bit gross but they are tasty peanut butter fudge and jelly filled candy brains.
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Bleeding PB&J Brains - Peanut Butter Fudge & Jelly Filled Candy Brains
Prep Time
1 hr
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
1 hr 5 mins
 

These peanut butter fudge and jelly filled candy brains are perfect for your halloween party. They are so delicious and will spook everyone!

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: brains, candy brains, chocolate brains, fudge, gross halloween food, halloween, halloween desserts, pb and j, peanut butter, white chocolate
Servings: 12
Author: Beth Jackson Klosterboer
Ingredients
Candy Brain (shells)
  • 12 ounces White Candy Melts
  • 2/3 cup pink candy melts*
  • *Use regular pink candy melts not bright pink candy melts.
Jelly Blood
  • 3/4 cup seedless red raspberry preserves
  • optional water
Peanut Butter Fudge
  • 4 ounces white candy melts
  • 2 ounces peanut butter chips
  • 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
Instructions
Candy Brain shells
  1. Pour white and pink candy melts into a microwave safe bowl.
  2. Heat for three 30 second increments on high power, stirring well after each.
  3. If needed heat for 10 second increments on high power, stirring after each until melted.
  4. Spoon 1 tablespoon of candy coating into each brain cavity reserving the remaining candy to top off the brains once filled.
  5. Brush the candy around the entire interior of the mold.
  6. Freeze for 3-5 minutes just until the candy hardens.
Jelly Blood
  1. Stir the preserves until very runny, adding a drop or so of water if needed.
  2. If needed, you can warm your jelly, just be sure it's only slightly warm when you pour it into the brain.
  3. Spoon 1 tablespoon into each brain.
Peanut Butter Fudge
  1. Combine the 4 ounces of white candy melts with the peanut butter chips in a microwave safe bowl.
  2. Heat on high power for two 30 second increments, stirring after each.
  3. Heat for 15 second increments on high power, stirring after each until melted.
  4. Stir in the peanut butter.
  5. Allow the fudge to cool for 5 minutes.
  6. Pour a heaping tablespoonful into each brain on top of the jelly, filling to 1/8th of an inch from the edge of the mold.
  7. Freeze the brains for 10 minutes.
  8. Remove and let sit for 5 minutes.
  9. Re-heat the pinkish candy coating in the microwave for 10 second bursts at high power, stirring after each until melted.
  10. Spoon about a teaspoon of the candy coating on top of each brain, over the peanut butter fudge layer.
  11. Smooth it out by gently tapping the mold on the table.
  12. Wipe off any candy coating on the top edge of the brain mold.
  13. Freeze for about 5 minutes until the candy hardens.
  14. Remove from freezer and un-mold by peeling away the silicone mold from the brains.