Peanut Butter Cup Crack Brownies are completely over the top in the best way possible! Soft, fudgy brownies, with a layer of peanut butter cups, topped with a thick crispy peanut butter chocolate layer!
If you love brownies make sure to try my favorite Homemade Brownies Recipe!
What Are Peanut Butter Cup Crack Brownies?
These Peanut Butter Cup Crack Brownies are the dessert you should bring to any event where you want to seriously impress people. I can’t even begin to describe their deliciousness. They are consistently one of the most popular recipes on my website for good reason, EVERYONE LOVES THEM! You have a fudgy brownie with a layer of peanut butter cups and chopped peanuts sandwiched between crispy chocolate peanut butter fudge. Over the top? YES. Delicious and easy? Absolutely!
Ingredients:
- 1 box brownie mix
- honey roasted peanuts
- peanut butter cups
- semi-sweet chocolate chips
- butter
- creamy peanut butter
- Rice Krispie cereal
- vanilla
- kosher salt
How To Make Peanut Butter Cup Crack Brownies:
So I started with a box of Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Brownies… they are some of my favorite boxed brownies. While they were baking I chopped up some peanut butter cups and honey roasted peanuts.
When your brownie has 5 minutes left to bake pull it out of the oven and sprinkle your peanut butter cups and peanuts all over the top. The chocolate will melt and then you can use an off-set spatula to spread the chocolate evenly on top.
Set all that aside and then in a microwave safe bowl combine chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter in a bowl and melt it in the microwave until smooth. Then stir in some vanilla, salt and krispie cereal. Pour that on top of the brownies and spread evenly.
Now chill the brownies for 2 hours, until the top layer is set.
Here Are Some More Brownies Recipes To Try:
- M&Ms Brownies
- Cookies and Cream Stuffed Brownies
- Marshmallow Brownies
- Bombshell Oreo Brownies
- Sweet and Salty Brownies
Peanut Butter Cup Crack Brownies
Description
Peanut Butter Cup Crack Brownies are completely over the top in the best way possible! Soft, fudgy brownies, with a layer of peanut butter cups, topped with a thick crispy peanut butter chocolate layer!
Ingredients
- 1 box brownie mix (not family sized), prepared according to package directions in a 9×9 pan
- 1/2 cup chopped salted or honey roasted peanuts
- 12 peanut butter cups, chopped
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 1/4 cups creamy peanut butter
- 1 3/4 cups Rice Krispie cereal
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
Instructions
- Bake the brownies according to package directions in a 9×9 pan lined with foil.
- During last 5 minutes of baking, remove from oven and sprinkle chopped peanut butter cups and chopped peanuts on top. Return to oven for remaining 5 minutes to melt the chocolate.
- As soon as you pull them out of the oven, spread the melty peanut butter cups/peanuts with an off-set spatula to smooth over top. Let brownies cool.
- Next in a microwave safe bowl combine chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter. Heat in microwave for 1 minute, stirring when done. If needed, continue heating in 20 second increments until chocolate chips are melted.
- Stir in cereal, vanilla and salt until evenly combined.
- Pour over brownies and smooth. Chill until chocolate is set, about 2 hours.
- Cut into squares to serve
Notes
Store airtight for up to 3 days. You can store these at room temperature or in refrigerator.
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Funny how all these recipes always start with a boxed mix. If you’re really cooking or baking, why can’t you make a simple brownie or cake recipe? Just because we like sweets doesn’t mean we like the junk that passes for ingredients in packaged foods.
You can certainly start with a scratch brownie recipe if that is what you prefer. It’s certainly a personal preference.
Lol! You’re complaining about a brownie mix being junk when you’re eating a brownie covered with a chocolate peanut butter candy bar, covered with more peanuts, some chocolate chips, more peanut butter, and some rice crispies.
I don’t have any PB cups and can’t get out to get any, but would like to make this for a “Thank You” treat. Do you think that I could somehow use PB for that layer (maybe mixed with a little confectioners’ sugar (if thickening is necessary, for example) ? If you think that this might work and could give me an idea of how much PB to try, I’d appreciate it!
These brownies look amazing! DO you think you could use natural peanut butter?
Yep!
I made these but didn’t care for them. The peanut butter/chocolate chip/crisp rice topping was way too thick for my liking and that of my family. If it had been half or a third, maybe that would have tasted better for us. I found myself slicing most of it off when I would cut a brownie square. Sorry but it just wasn’t for me.
Would it be possible to use WOWButter in stead of real Peanut Butter??
I have never used that, but I am sure it would work 🙂
Just made these for a potluck with my choir. Fantastic! I knew I had to try them but didn’t trust myself to have them in the house. I thought about making them in a 9 x 13 pan so they’re not so thick.
can I use plain peanut butter instead of candy? How much would you guess to use?
12 regular size Pb cups?
yep!
Are these better with the peanut butter cup eggs or regular peanut butter cups?? With it being “egg” time of year and them being out I was curious which would be better! Making for a get together this weekend 🙂
Can these be froze