Peanut Butter Chocolate Pretzel-Topped Brownies

search

Peanut Butter Chocolate Pretzel-Topped Brownies

Salty? Sweet? Enjoy both with these decadent chocolate brownies that get swirled with a luscious peanut butter filling. Top them off the crunchy salty pretzels and you have a winning combination. Brownie recipes never tasted so good!

Notes

(Adapted from Joy the Baker).

Ingredients

  • --Brownie Ingredients:
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs, room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/3 cup dark cocoa powder
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon coarse sea salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • --Peanut Butter Filling Ingredients:
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • a large handful of broken pretzels
  • coarse sea salt for sprinkling

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 11x7-inch baking dish.
     
  2. In a medium sized mixing bowl, stir together the cocoa powder, flour, 1/4 teaspoon sea salt and baking powder with a whisk.
     
  3. Melt the butter and add to a large mixing bowl. Add the chocolate chips and stir with a whisk until they begin to melt. Add the sugar and whisk until combined. Add the vanilla and whisk in the eggs, one at a time. Stir in the dry ingredients.
     
  4. Pour the batter into your prepared pan. Set aside.
     
  5. For the peanut butter topping, mix the 4 tablespoons melted butter, powdered sugar, peanut butter, salt, and vanilla together. Spoon this over the top of the brownies. Drag a knife back and forth through the mixture to swirl it all together.
     
  6. Break a large handful of pretzels over the top of the brownie/peanut butter mixture, pressing them down gently into the dough. Sprinkle lightly with a little additional sea salt.
     
  7. 4. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Remove them from the oven when the center is still slightly underdone and allow them to cool completely on a cooling rack.

Leave a Comment

Rate

Cancel Reply to Comment

Thanks for your comment. Don't forget to share!

Close

Report Inappropriate Comment

Are you sure you would like to report this comment? It will be flagged for our moderators to take action.

Thank you for taking the time to improve the content on our site.

Close Window