Peanut Butter Cup Blondies Recipe
Posted: 03/10/2014
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This blondie recipe is perfect for peanut butter lovers. It’s jam packed with rich, peanut butter goodness.
Do you all like peanut butter? I happen to love peanut butter — what’s not to love? And now that we know E is allergic to walnuts (but strangely not peanuts), I feel an odd urge to give her peanut butter even more often — kind of like…forget you walnuts, we’re having PEANUT butter.
Yeah…I have issues.
Update: Turns out N is allergic to tree nuts and peanuts. So…now we don’t have any of it.
I teamed up with Reese’s for a fun REESE’S® Baking Bracket Challenge. In the spirit of college basketball tournaments, the challenge was to create a game day recipe which was placed in a bracket in competition with other great recipes.
These rich and decadent blondies include mini REESE’S® Peanut Butter Cups as well as Reese’s Pieces for twice the peanut butter love.
This blondies recipe has quickly become a new favorite. They are moist, rich, and flavorful. Everything you want in a brownie’s buttery brown sugary sister. Next time I make them, I’m going to throw a scoop of cold vanilla ice cream on top of the hot blondie. Because…well…why not.
Even if you don’t have vanilla ice cream in your freezer (I never keep it in my freezer because if I did, I’d be eating it on a daily basis), blondies are phenomenal with a tall glass of ice cold milk or a steaming hot cup of coffee.
Still hungry? Check out mint chocolate brownies, confetti cream cheese brownies, Kahlua brownies, black bean brownies, caramel kissed brownies, or potato chip brownies.
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servings
This blondie recipe is perfect for peanut butter lovers. It’s jam packed with rich, peanut butter goodness.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
- 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Minis
- 1/2 cup Reese’s Pieces
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 8×8 pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together melted butter and brown sugar.
- Add vanilla extract and egg; whisk until combined.
- Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir until combined. Do not over-mix. Fold in Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Minis and Reese’s Pieces. Spread evenly into the prepared pan.
- Bake for 25-27 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool completely and cut into squares.
Nutrition Information
Serving: 1g, Calories: 195kcal, Carbohydrates: 33g, Protein: 4g, Fat: 6g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g, Cholesterol: 17mg, Sodium: 117mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 23g
This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.
Gay Bumgardner says
I signed up for your blog recently and checked text instead of html not really knowing what I was doing and when I get your blog it is mostly filled with blue links. Should I have signed up for text so that I can get all of the recipes and pics without opening all of the links?? Just wondering.
Rachel Gurk says
That’s strange! Html should be the version with photos and text not just links. You will have to click just one link to get to the recipe though. Hope that helps…
Alaina {Fabtastic Eats} says
oh man! The ooeyier and gooeyer the better! These look PERFECT. Love all things PB! Growing up Reeses pieces were alwaaays my fav. Only candy Id ever waste money on at the movie theater, and I always had a bag in my car! ;) These are great!
Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says
MMMMM! This peanut butter lover LOOOOVES these blondies (of course)!!
Lori @ Foxes Love Lemons says
OK, seriously, these are Pieces AND Cups? I must hide this recipe from my husband until his next birthday so I can surprise him with these. HE is actually the bigger chocolate+peanut butter lover in our house!
Nicole ~ Cooking for Keeps says
Oh boy. These looks to die for! Seriously. They look so moist and peanut butter-y!
Lisa @ Garnish with Lemon says
Shut the front door! These are absolutely amazing! I love,love,love peanut butter. I may have issues with it :) Pinned!
Phi @ The Sweetphi Blog says
Hold.The.Phone! These look aaaaaamazing! Who doesn’t love Reese’s? I’m definitely going to have to make these for my husband (who am I kidding? they’re really for me) who loves all things peanut butter!
Liz@Virtually Homemade says
Those look so buttery good! I actually prefer blondes to brownies,,,go figure. Pinned :)
denise says
I saw the recipe and played the bracket before reading your blog–this looks amazing!
What’s really nice is going to Hershey and walking through Chocolate World–they have all kinds of chocolates and products they market all over the world. Yum!
Jocelyn @BruCrew Life says
Reese’s and blondies…two things that I can’t say no too!!! These look amazing and gooey. I’m drooling on my keyboard right now!
Stephanie @ Girl Versus Dough says
Oooooooh man, these are my two weaknesses in one. I’ll take a dozen. ;)
Rachel @ Bakerita says
You had me at double peanut butter, and anything using anything to do with Reese’s has me drooling. I’m a PB girl through and through, so these are my dream blondies. Pinned!
Meagan @ A Zesty Bite says
These blondies look so good with the addition of Reese’s.