I have a small confession to make. I have a secret stash of Reese’s Mini Peanut Butter Cups on the top shelf of my pantry. I usually access it nightly after the kids have gone to bed. But today I had this thought.. wouldn’t these little peanut butter cups be so cute and so good inside a mini brownie? It would be just enough brownie to suspend the mini peanut butter cup just perfectly. Next thing I knew I was baking up a batch and popping them in my mouth. Heavenly.
The nice part about this recipe is that the baking time is only about 15 minutes and the batter can be prepared in a mixing bowl. No special mixer required. If you don’t have a mini cupcake pan, these can be made in a 9×13 baking dish too. Enjoy!
| Peanut Butter Cup Brownie Bites Recipe |
Recipe type: Dessert
Author:
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 15 mins
Total time: 25 mins
Serves: 12
Mini brownie bites with a peanut butter cup center.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter, melted
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 40 mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, unwrapped from the brown paper
- mini muffin tin paper liners
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Generously spray non-stick spray into a paper towel and wipe the top of a mini cupcake pan. Line the tins with a paper liner.
- In a medium bowl, mix melted butter, sugars and vanilla. Beat in eggs one at a time.
- Gradually add flour, cocoa, and salt and mix until combined.
- Fill each mini cupcake tin slightly more than halfway but not more than 2/3 full. Place a peanut butter cup in each slot pressing it down until it is almost level with the batter. Bake in preheated oven for 15-18 minutes or until done. Allow the brownie bites to cool for 5 minutes before removing from the cupcake tin. Enjoy!
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These sound delectable…wish I had some baked and ready right now!
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Wow those peanut butter cup brownie bites look really yummy and mouth watering for me.Now I can’t wait to make it.I think its not that much hard to make it.Thank you very much for this fantastic recipe as I like brownies very much.
Ahhhh sinful! These look amazing!
These look heavenly! There’s nothing better than PB & Chocolate
Oh no, these look good enough to break my “no-sweets” resolution! Maybe I’ll just make them for my husband and watch while he eats them.
OMG, I think I’m drooling. Those look amazing!
Oh wow! That’s all I can say.
Too cute! I could not have those around … too easy to eat them all! Besides, those mini-peanut butter cups are like crack to me.
Ok, I know these aren’t on the diet, but oh well!!! Dave is OBSESSED with peanut butter chocolate desserts, and I can’t wait to make these for him! They look insanely delicious!
See? Peanut butter (good vitamins, protein!) and chocolate (magnesium) = health food.
Alice…you evil, evil….delight woman. I don’t have any of the Peanut Butter cups laying around but I know where to find some!
My hubs is allergic to PB but he is going out of town next week for work…I am declaring it PB week for me. I am adding these to my list:)
Chocolate with chocolate with peanut butter. Doesn’t get any better than that.
Don’t worry I have a secret stash of sweets that I keep in “secret” box in my desk. Oh, did I just say that.
Alice, these look wonderful! I am going to make a heart box full of these to give away on Valentines Day to some of my loved ones.
PS. You make the most amazing treats Alice
Delicious! These look wonderful
They remind me of the peanut butter cookie reese cup cookies…yum!
These look too good to be true. I know what I’m doing this weekend…
These look soooooo good!
That looks so good. I also have a weakness for peanut butter cups…these would not last very long at all!
I’ve made a version of these using a peanut butter cookie recipe as the base, dropping it into a mini muffin pan, bake, and then as soon as they come out of the oven, push in the mini reese’s cups. They are amazing and so easy! I think I’ll have to give this brownie version a try as well.
These looked SOOOO good that I ran out to the store to buy a mini muffin pan and cooked a batch today! They were delicious! I’ll have to get some practice (occasionally allotting too much brownie mix), but even the casualties were saved with a spoon and glassful of milk! Thank you!
Wow. Even though I wouldn’t normally go out of my way to consume a Reese’s PB cup, this post makes me want to make/consume them! Is there any other way to make them without using a mini cupcake pan?
Hi Julie,
I don’t know… but I think it would be fun to find out. I would make these in a 9 x13 pan and just places peanut butter cups randomly in the pan. Let me know how it works for you!
Oh, goodness – do those ever look good! My very pregnant friend loves chocolate and peanut butter. I’m going to whip up a batch of these for her.
My daughter got a mini cupcake pan for Christmas, and I think mommy is going to have to borrow it to make these!
If I did have mini cupcake pans and made these, I would probably consume more than, let’s say, 4 of them (conservatively speaking) in one sitting. Would it be overkill to drop a regular sized Reese’s peanut butter cup in a full size cupcake pan? (I’m taking a guess that 4 mini’s = 1 biggie)
Okay, whoever made that healthfood remark is wrong! I know it was joke, but, NO, these look like the kind of evil that you can’t keep your paws off of and cause you to gain 10 pounds in 4 days. Yes, the chocolate and peanut butter combo is from the depths of Satan’s pit. And how are you planning on topping this, Dude? Let’s just say I look forward to your next post on how to eloquently burn cocaine into crack rock…
Kidding aside, they look awesome! Cam
Your pictures are awesome, good work! … Oh, and the recipe looks pretty darn good too, will have to give it a try!
Wow a nice peanut butter surprise inside that brownie!
Oh yeah! Love this! They look so yummy and perfect =D.
I have a recipe for peanut butter cup brownies that is to die for. This is such a great idea!! I send a basket of goodies to work with my hubby on or around valentines day and this just might be it this year!! Thanks for the idea!!
Oh my goodness… Brownie bites are my favorite. For some reason I find them so much more interesting than regular brownies. I come from a family of chocolate and peanut butter lovers, and I know these would be a HUGE hit.
Oh my! My family is going to thank-you and then some. I will try your recipe this weekend. Thanks so much for the recipe!
These look fantastic! I have to try this for sure. The only problem is, I don’t like to share my reese’s pb cups!
On the way to the grocery this minute for peanut butter cups!
These were amazing. We made them on the weekend and they were a huge hit.
What a brilliant idea! Those look amazing!
I made these today and they are SO delish!! I did have problems with them not wanting to fully come out; I think I tried to take them out too soon, but I solved the problem with the next set by using tiny paper muffin cups. The brownie part itself is so good, and combined w/the pb cups is heaven! I’d like to put these on my blog.
Peanut butter and Chocolate! A marriage made in heaven!
oh, I have a weakness for brownies and peanut butter cups… and your brownie recipe sounds nice and dense, just the way I like ‘em. I have to try this.
Hey Alice! I managed to borrow a mini cupcake pan from a friend (agreed to exchange use of bakeware for some of the finished goods). They came out RIDICULOUSLY good. An instant hit at the office and at another buddy’s birthday dinner. Thanks again for posting this!
I made these with a box brownie mix. Impossible for me to describe their awesomeness. It works better if you make the mix for “cake-like” brownies. They come out too soft and don’t hold up well the chewy way.
Hi, Alice! I made these for my mom, and she is HOOKED! They were really easy to make, too and needless to say, deeeelicious. All of the brownies were gone within a couple of days. Also made your chocolate chip cookies, and your recipe is by far the best I have ever tasted.
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