How To Make Peanut Butter Cup Fudge Brownies
Nothing is as rewarding as this fudge brownies with a fudgy brownie base layer, peanut butter cups middle layer, and rice krispies on top.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Homemade Fudgy Brownie Layer:
- ½cupsalted butter,(1 stick)
- 8ozbittersweet chocolate,or semi-sweet, coarsely chopped, I used two 4 oz Ghirardelli Semi-Sweet Chocolate Baking Bars
- 1¼cupsgranulated sugar
- 3largeeggs
- 1tsppure vanilla extract
- ¾cupall-purpose flour,spoon & leveled
- ½tspsalt
For Middle Layer:
- ¾cupsalted peanuts
- 8full size Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups,chopped
For Top Layer:
- 1½cupssemi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1½cupscreamy peanut butter
- 1tbspunsalted butter
- 1½cupsRice Krispies cereal
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
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Generously spray 11 x 7 inch baking pan with cooking spray or line with aluminum foil. Set aside.
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Melt butter and semi-sweet chocolate in a medium saucepan on medium heat, stirring constantly (about 6 minutes).
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Remove from heat and stir in sugar.
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Add in the eggs one at a time, whisking until smooth after each addition. Whisk in the vanilla.
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Gently fold in the flour and salt. Pour batter into prepared pan, smoothing the top with a knife. Bake for 30 minutes.
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Remove brownies from the oven and sprinkle the top with the peanuts and chopped peanut butter cups.
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Return to the oven and bake for 5 additional minutes.
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While the brownies are finishing up in the oven, melt the chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat.
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Stir in the Rice Krispies cereal until evenly coated.
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Remove the brownies from the oven and pour the chocolate and peanut butter mixture over top.
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Spread to cover evenly. Refrigerate for 2 hours before cutting into 24 squares.
Recipe Notes
- Cover tightly and store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
- Calories: 474.79kcal
- Fat: 30.26g
- Saturated Fat: 11.60g
- Trans Fat: 0.19g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 12.47g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 4.53g
- Carbohydrates: 48.07g
- Fiber: 3.52g
- Sugar: 36.94g
- Protein: 9.79g
- Cholesterol: 36.39mg
- Sodium: 221.52mg
- Calcium: 44.73mg
- Potassium: 306.67mg
- Iron: 2.13mg
- Vitamin A: 69.96µg
- Vitamin C: 1.13mg
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