Peanut Butter Cup Brownies
These peanut butter cup brownies are the ultimate brownies for peanut butter cup lovers! Rich and decadent dark chocolate brownies with a peanut butter swirl studded with chopped up peanut butter cups and chocolate chunks.
Equipment
- Electric Mixer
- 8*8 Square Baking Pan
Ingredients
- 6 ounces semisweet or bittersweet chocolate coarsely chopped
- ½ cup unsalted butter cut into pieces
- 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder regular unsweetened or Dutch-processed
- 1 cup granulated white sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 large eggs at room temperature
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¾ cup chopped peanut butter cups
- ½ cup semi sweet chocolate chips or chunks
- ⅔ cup peanut butter
- 2 tbsp confectioners’ sugar
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Line the bottom and sides of an 8 inch square baking pan with parchment paper.
- Melt the chocolate and butter in a large heatproof bowl, placed over a saucepan of simmering water or in a microwave in 30 second intervals. To the melted chocolate whisk in the cocoa powder. Next, whisk in the vanilla extract.
- In a small bowl mix the peanut butter and confectioners’ sugar.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer or hand mixer beat the eggs and sugar for 4-5 mins until doubled in volume. Beat in the chocolate/butter mixture Finally, stir in the flour, salt and peanut butter cups.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Drop spoonful’s of the peanut butter mixture on top of the brownies batter and make swirls using a knife. Bake for about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a few moist crumbs.
- Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack. Enjoy!
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