Brownies with Peanut Butter Frosting

You gained’t discover a extra decadent, wonderful brownie than these wealthy, fudge Brownies with Peanut Butter Frosting. They’re chocolate and peanut butter perfection.

Wealthy, dense, chocolate brownies topped with fluffy, whipped, peanut butter frosting, what’s to not love? These brownies are downright harmful.

Chocolate Brownies with Peanut Butter Frosting

Grabbing a field of brownie combine is very easy, I get it. Nevertheless, you gained’t remorse taking simply 10 extra minutes to create these fudgy bites of heaven.

I baked them to share with one other household, and but I discovered myself returning to the kitchen for only one extra sliver all afternoon. I severely needed to stash these brownies within the freezer to stop myself from sharpening off the complete batch.

I like to recommend making these when you could have the possibility to share them with buddies. They’re extremely wealthy and ideal for small chunk dimension items. I’m right here to let you know that brownies with frosting trump brownies with out frosting each time.

Peanut Butter Frosted Brownies

I’m an enormous salty/candy fan. Nothing hits that word fairly like chocolate and peanut butter collectively. The sleek salty creaminess of this peanut butter frosting takes these fudgy brownies excessive.

When utilizing softened cream cheese or butter, there are many completely different ideas and methods for softening them.

Nothing beats simply setting the butter or cream cheese on the counter for just a few hours. If you happen to do that while you begin, by the point the brownies cool and are able to frost, your butter and cream cheese shall be completely softened.

Peanut Butter Frosting for Brownies

To make the frosting, mix the cream cheese, butter, and peanut butter in a big mixing bowl. Beat with an electrical mixer (with the wire whisk attachment, if utilizing a standing mixer) till totally mixed.

Progressively add the powdered sugar and beat till fluffy. The frosting needs to be thick, creamy, and spreadable. If it turns into too thick to simply unfold, add a tablespoon of cream or milk and beat once more, including further liquid provided that essential.

Gently unfold the frosting over the fully cooled brownies and chill for 1-2 hours till agency. Slice into bars. Retailer the remaining brownies in an hermetic container within the fridge or freezer.

Brownies with Peanut Butter Frosting

Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper or line it with foil and grease it very nicely with butter.

Soften the butter in a big saucepan, over medium warmth. When the butter has melted, add 2 cups of chocolate chips and stir with a wood spoon till they’ve melted.

Take away from the warmth, add the sugar and stir to mix. Add the vanilla after which whisk or stir within the eggs, separately. When the combination is easy and glossy, slowly add the dry components to the combination within the saucepan.

Stir in ¾ cup of chocolate chips. Unfold the combination into the underside of the ready pan. Bake for 28-32 minutes, simply till an inserted toothpick exhibits moist crumbs. Let the bars cool fully earlier than frosting.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Recipes

Chocolate and peanut butter go collectively as nicely, if not higher, than peanut butter and jelly. From breakfast smoothies to desserts, I’ve you lined.

No-Bake Cookies have met their match with these Chocolate Peanut Butter Coconut Bites. It doesn’t get a lot simpler than simply stirring all the pieces collectively and pouring it right into a pan.

Tender and moist Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins are potential with only a scoop of bitter cream and a few bananas. These muffins are moist and candy and completely excellent for a breakfast deal with, a day snack, and even for dessert.

A lot nearer to a milkshake than our typical smoothies, this Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie is made wealthy and creamy by including frozen bananas.

Final however not least, The Ultimate Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake is a Bitter Cream Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Peanut Butter Frosting and Chocolate Peanut Butter Glaze, however actually? Let’s simply name it the ULTIMATE chocolate cake.

Take a look at all the Gluten Free Dessert Recipes on this web site!

initially printed 7/4/14 – recipe notes and images up to date 11/6/24