Yes, those yummy little Peanut Butter Cups that we all love to devour have the starring role in this brownie. The peanut butter chips are scattered inside the brownie, giving it a good peanut butter flavor throughout. And then chunks of Reeses Peanut Butter Cups are placed all over the tops of the brownies. It’s a great combination for a peanut butter and chocolate brownie!
Ingredients for Peanut Butter Cup Brownies
Here’s the scoop on the ingredients: You’ll need some sort of unsweetened chocolate. I used Scharffen Berger since I had some leftover from Christmas. But you can also use the more inexpensive brand in your market’s baking aisle. It won’t make much difference. There’s also a specialty ingredient: Chocolate Extract. You can find it at Whole Foods or online, but if you’d rather not use it then just substitute vanilla. It will be fine with vanilla. The chocolate extract just gives it an extra boost of chocolate flavor. And then for the peanut butter lovers in the house, not only are there Peanut Butter Cups in these brownies but added peanut butter and peanut butter chips too.
If you chill the brownies well, you can easily get the brownies out of the pan without breaking them apart. Place a cutting board upside down on top of the pan and gently flip it over. Peel the foil off. Your brownies will now be upside down, so place another cutting board on the bottom of the brownies and then flip them back over. They’ll be nice and firm and easy to cut clean squares.
I like to cut the edges off of the brownies and make nicely cut squares. We save the edges for sampling. And they’re especially good when crumbled over vanilla ice cream with Chocolate Sauce on top!
These are everything a brownie should be- chocolatey, fudgy and moist. And all of that added peanut butter stuff happened to be quite a good idea. Kids and adults alike really love these, and they are definitely in my make-these-again collection. And I’ve made them many times since first making them back in 2009! If you’re looking for more recipes that are great for using up your peanut butter cups, try these:
Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cup Chocolate Chip Cookies Peanut Butter Cup Cookie Cupcakes Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake Cake Peanut Butter Cup Fudge Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream Reeses Stuffed Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Peanut Butter Cup Blondies
