Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Explosion Brownies - Self Explanatory and addicting as hell!  If you're a peanut butter and chocolate lover, you've met your match in these decadent and scrumptious peanut butter Reese cup brownies!   

You may want to give these Ultimate Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Chocolate Cookies a try if you're all PB & C!

Super easy to make, turn these brownies into gourmet brownies!  These are exploding with peanut butter cups on top of a creamy peanut butter frosting and your favorite boxed brownie mix for a 9x9 pan of yummy treats everyone will love!

These have just the right amount of creamy, dreamy peanut butter buttercream, *swoon*, and delicious Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.

*Another swoon* and soft and chewy milk chocolate brownies that will melt in your mouth.  

*sigh*. . .A new love, a new dessert addiction. What do you think?  Are you with me? I hope!!  The song "I can't feel my face when I'm with you, but I love it!" is in dedication to these decadent Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Brownies!  Which leads me to these Lunch Lady Brownies too! 

*Ummm...you'll have to excuse me, but I'm in *PB Explosion* moment right now.*

If distracted, I might turn into Marsha or Jan from the Brady Bunch, like on that Snickers Bar commercial.  Only it won't be because I'm 'hangry'. It will be because, these brownies are extremely, freaking sinful and "I want it NOW" like Veruca Salt, from Willy Wonka.

Hmmm...I seem to be all about these crazy characters right now, it appears. 🙂  I think we all can be a little crazy at times, especially when there's peanut butter frosted brownies loaded with Reese's peanut butter cups involved. It can be torture to look at them and not get to eat them.  

So, there's one way to solve this. Go a little crazy, sing a little ditty, and devour! Yep...just like that!

Ingredients You Need

Brownie Mix of choice for 9x9 pan

• 1 Box Milk or Fudgy Chocolate Brownies, with ingredients included on box instructions, baked in a 9x9 pan, ready to frost.

Peanut Butter Buttercream Frosting

• unsalted butter room temperature
• creamy peanut butter
• confectioners' sugar
• vanilla extract
• salt
• milk of choice
• mini Reese's Peanut Butter Cups or peanut butter cups chopped

How to Make Peanut Butter Frosted Brownies with Peanut Butter Cups!

Brownie Mix of choice for 9x9 pan

1. Make brownies in a 9x9 pan with ingredients called out and bake as instructed. Let cool and get ready to frost!

Peanut Butter Buttercream Frosting

1. Using a mixer, cream the butter and peanut butter together for 1-2 minutes.
2. Add vanilla and salt and beat and then add in powdered sugar and beat well.
3. Add in milk and beat.
4. Frost brownies.
5. Add chopped up Reese's PB cups on top.
6. Enjoy!

These Reese's peanut butter cup brownies are the best!  Get the recipe and enjoy the peanut butter and chocolate explosion!

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Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Explosion Brownies

Kim Lange

Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Explosion Brownies - Self Explanatory and addicting as hell!

5 from 5 votes

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 12 Servings

Calories

Ingredients

  

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Brownie Mix of choice for 9x9 pan

• 1 Box Milk or Fudgy Chocolate Brownies baked in a 9x9 pan and ready to frost

Peanut Butter Buttercream Frosting

• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter room temperature
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter like Jif
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2-3 Tablespoons milk of choice
• 1-2 cups mini Reese's Peanut Butter Cups or roughly chop if using larger pb cups

Instructions

 

Brownie Mix of choice for 9x9 pan

• Make brownies in a 9x9 pan with ingredients called out and bake as instructed. Let cool and get ready to frost!

Peanut Butter Buttercream Frosting

• Using a mixer, cream the butter and peanut butter together for 1-2 minutes.
• Add vanilla and salt and beat and then add in powdered sugar and beat well.
• Add in milk and beat.
• Frost brownies.
• Add mini or chopped up Reese's PB cups to the top! Enjoy!

Keyword brownies, party treats, peanut butter, peanut butter and chocolate, peanut butter cups

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