Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies #chocPBday #Giveaway

Today marks the beginning of the best day ever – it’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Day! Carla of Chocolate Moosey and Miriam of Overtime Cook are hosting a delicious roundup of 31 bloggers all sharing their favorite chocolate peanut butter recipes. I’m bringing my sassy Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies to the party, and you will find so much variety in the roundup you will want to visit every recipe.

Follow along with our chocolate and peanut butter celebration with the hashtag #chocPBday on social media and feel free to jump in and share your own favorite chocolate and peanut butter recipes with us. We’ve made it easy for you to check out all the group’s recipes in one place by creating a FAB Chocolate and Peanut Butter Pinterest board. We are also teaming up with OXO, King Arthur Flour, and Peanut Butter & Co. to bring you a giveaway for three unique prize packs. If you love to bake, you don’t want to miss entering.

I personally am a huge fan of anything chocolate and peanut butter. When I made this Chocolate Peanut Butter Layered Bundt Cake I thought I dies and went to heaven. The same is true with these super chewy Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies. The layers of flavor and texture work in perfect harmony for a delicious explosion of chocolate and peanut butter for your taste buds. You can’t miss making this favorite for the sweets in your life that love chocolate and peanut butter.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies

Prep time

40 mins

Cook time

25 mins

Total time

1 hour 5 mins

Author: KP

Recipe type: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Ingredients

Brownies
½ cup butter
¼ cup of creamy peanut butter
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
½ cup all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon baking powder
⅓ cup milk chocolate candy melts for topping
Peanut butter chips for sprinkling on top
Chocolate chips for sprinkling on top
Peanut Butter Icing
3 tablespoons butter, softened
3 tablespoon creamy peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup confectioner’s sugar

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Spray an 8-inch square pan with non-stick spray for baking.
In a large saucepan, melt ½ cup butter.
Remove butter from heat, and stir in peanut butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract.
Beat in ⅓ cup cocoa, ½ cup flour, salt, and baking powder.
Spread batter into prepared pan and bake in oven for 25 to 30 minutes.
Do not over bake.
Prepare Icing
Combine butter, peanut butter, vanilla extract and confectioner’s sugar and stir until smooth.
Spread icing over warm brownies.
Microwave candy melts according to package directions and stir until smooth
Drizzle melted chocolate over peanut butter icing and top with peanut butter and chocolate chips
Let topped brownies set before slicing.

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Just in case you forgot already being overwhelmed with deliciousness of my brownies, three lucky winners will win a prize pack provided by our generous sponsors OXO,King Arthur Flour, andPeanut Butter & Co.

Prize Pack #1: OXO Baking Tool Set: One 3-in-1 Egg Separator, One Bent Icing Knife, One Brownie Spatula, One Cake Tester, One Cookie Spatula, One Cupcake Icing Knife, One Cupcake Corer, One Egg Beater, One Stainless Steel Measuring Cups, One Stainless Steel Measuring Spoons, One Medium Cookie Scoop

Prize Pack #2: King Arthur Flour ingredients: One bag of all-purpose flour, one package of Guittard bittersweet chocolate disks, and one bottle of pure vanilla extract

Prize Pack #3: Peanut Butter and Co. package including: one Dark Chocolate Dreams 6-pack, One Variety 6-pack, and One 31 Days of Dark Chocolate Dreams cookbook

This giveaway is open to US residents only and will be picked from random draw. Giveaway ends Monday March 31 at 11:59 PM. The winners will be notified via email and have 24 hours to respond. If not, the prize is forfeited and another winner will be chosen. Enter via the Rafflecopter form below.

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Now that you have entered the giveaway, head on over and check out all the fabulous foodies participating and sharing their favorite Chocolate and Peanut Butter recipes. If chocolate peanut butter is one of your favorite combinations you don’t want to miss any of these tasty treats!