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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Made these, INSANELY GOOD! They rocked, I rocked them. I bumped the recipe up by about 50% to accommodate a 9×13 pan and used my go-to non-mix brownie recipe and despite cooking them at 350 instead of 325 for 35 minutes which made them weird like crumbly cake they were still awesome. I can’t wait to try them with proper brownies for the base!! You rock girl! Crack is a good name!
These look AMAZING!
The pan size has been discussed already, but I wanted to clarify: the original BHG recipe calls for a 9×13 pan. So you just opted for the 9 inch pan and kept everything else the same, right? Did you really get 25 out of a 9 inch pan?
Well, I cut them small, because they are a little thicker. I tweaked some of the ingredients in the BHG recipe slightly to suit my taste, like adding more krispies…but I just prefer a thicker brownie!
A brownie addiction? Blasphemy.
Oh. My. Goodness. Love the krispie cereal – chocolate – peanut butter layer – pure awesomeness!
Was looking for a dessert to take to the school book fair on Monday. Found it! Thanks!
I am pretty sure that’s why four pound buckets of peanut butter remind Glory of you, lol! True story!
My thighs think you are the devil. But my stomach thanks you! 😉
Copy that!
I made these last night and my girls and I just tried them-OMG! We’re in a sugar coma now, and it’s totally worth it. I’m taking these to a dinner tonight, and I’ll be surprised if any of them make it home!
BTW, I made these in an 8 x 8 pan, and didn’t reduce any of the ingredients. They still turned out great…look forward to trying more of your recipes.
Whoops- ingredients, not recipes.
I made these last night and my girls and I just tried them-OMG! We’re in a sugar coma now, and it’s totally worth it. I’m taking these to a dinner tonight, and I’ll be surprised if any of them make it home!
BTW, I made these in an 8 x 8 pan, and didn’t reduce any of the recipes. They still turned out great…look forward to trying more of your recipes.
Awesome! Glad to hear that it worked fine in an 8×8!