Chocolate Loaded Peanut Butter Brownies

Gonna make these for the kids to munch while they trick or treat.


1 1/3 cups packed brown sugar
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups Gold Medal all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
36 miniature chocolate-covered peanut butter cup candies, unwrapped (from 15.6-oz bag)
1/2 cup milk chocolate chips

1. Heat oven to 350°F (if using dark or nonstick pan, heat oven to 325°F). Grease bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with shortening or spray with cooking spray.
2. In large bowl, beat brown sugar, butter, peanut butter, vanilla and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon, until well blended. Stir in flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Cut 12 of the candies into fourths (about 3/4 cup). Stir cut-up candies and chocolate chips into batter. Spread in pan.
3. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately press remaining 24 candies in brownies in 4 even rows of 6 candies each. Cool completely, about 1 1/2 hours. For brownies, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows.

Hi Jglass,

Thank-you for posting such a delicious recipe. In trade, I'd like to give you a cooking tip...try replacing 1/3 cup peanut butter chips & 1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips with crushed Dove Chocolate Peanut Butter Promises.These are made of luxuriously smooth, rich chocolate that pairs the goodness of creamy peanut butter. If you do, be sure to let me know what do you think?!

Jackie from the Dove Chocolate team

Twitter: Dove_Chocolate

Made a batch of these tonight and my sugar loving hubby loves them. I asked him on a scale of 1-10 what he gave them and he said 30.
Dove chocolates have always been one of my favorties. I will try the tip.

I took those brownies to Jons Dads yesterday. Between the three of us and Jon's two nieces we managed to eat the whole batch.

I'm DEFINATELY going to write this down I LOVE brownies

Thanks for sharing this great recipe