Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies

If you feel weak in the knees when you see a chocolate peanut butter dessert, you’re gonna love these Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies!

Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies

This recipe starts with a delicious brownie layer on the bottom.  Then a peanut butter layer is swirled in to create the best chocolate-peanut butter brownie ever!

Here’s a quote from a 5-star rating:

These were soooo good! Love the chocolate and pb combo – not just a boring brownie! I chopped up a peanut butter cup that I had and sprinkled it on top with the chocolate chips, otherwise followed the recipe exactly. Go make these now! 

🛒 Ingredients Needed:

• butter
• granulated white sugar
• eggs
• vanilla extract
• all purpose flour
• salt
• unsweetened chocolate
• chunky-style peanut butter
• miniature semisweet chocolate chips

✏️ How to make Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies:

*The complete, printable recipe is at the end of this post.

1. Preheat the oven to 350℉. and spray a 9×9 inch pan with nonstick spray.
2. In a medium saucepan, heat the butter until melted. Remove from heat. Stir in the sugar, eggs and vanilla. Beat slightly by hand just until combined. Stir in the flour and salt. Remove ¾ cup of the batter; set aside.
3. Stir the melted chocolate into the remaining batter in the saucepan. Spread the chocolate batter into the prepared pan. Set aside.
4. Stir the peanut butter into the reserved ¾ cup batter; spoon atop the chocolate batter. Sprinkle with the chocolate chips. Swirl the batter with a knife.
5. Bake 20 to 25 minutes, or until the brownies appear set on the surface. Do not over bake. Cool in the pan on a wire rack. Cut into squares to serve.

❤️ What I Love About This Recipe:

1. The combination of peanut butter and chocolate is the best.
2. I love all of the crunch in this brownie recipe!
3. I love the chocolate chip garnish on top.

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• Triple Chocolate Brownies
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5 from 2 votes

Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies

By RecipeGirl.com

This is THE best brownie recipe for peanut butter and chocolate lovers!

Prep: 20 minutes mins

Cook: 20 minutes mins

Total: 40 minutes mins

Servings: 16 brownies

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Ingredients

• ▢ ½ cup (1 stick) butter
• ▢ 1 cup granulated white sugar
• ▢ 2 large eggs
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ▢ 1 cup all purpose flour
• ▢ ½ teaspoon salt
• ▢ 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
• ▢ ⅓ cup chunky style peanut butter
• ▢ ¼ cup miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions 

• Preheat the oven to 350℉. and spray a 9x9 inch pan with nonstick spray.
• In a medium saucepan, heat the butter until melted. Remove from heat. Stir in the sugar, eggs and vanilla. Beat slightly by hand just until combined. Stir in the flour and salt. Remove ¾ cup of the batter; set aside.
• Stir the melted chocolate into the remaining batter in the saucepan. Spread the chocolate batter into the prepared pan. Set aside.
• Stir the peanut butter into the reserved ¾ cup batter; spoon atop the chocolate batter. Sprinkle with the chocolate chips. Swirl the batter with a knife.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes, or until the brownies appear set on the surface. Do not over bake. Cool in the pan on a wire rack. Cut into squares to serve.

Nutrition

Serving: 1brownie, Calories: 210kcal, Carbohydrates: 23g, Protein: 4g, Fat: 13g, Saturated Fat: 6g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 4g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 39mg, Sodium: 157mg, Potassium: 110mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 14g, Vitamin A: 220IU, Calcium: 15mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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