These loaded Reese’s brownies will satisfy all your peanut butter and chocolate cravings with a 1:1 brownie to peanut butter cup ratio! Plus, they are super easy to make–1 bowl! 8 ingredients! Ridiculously tasty!

Reese’s Brownies

Hello, peanut butter and chocolate fiends. I did this for you. And by you, I mean us, because I am the self appointed leader of the peanut butter and chocolate fan club. And can you even call yourself a peanut butter and chocolate aficionado if you aren’t making Reese’s brownies?! You can’t. Which means you simply have to make these fudgy homemade brownie LOADED up with chopped up peanut butter cups. They will satisfy alllll your pb + chocolate cravings with a 1:1 brownie to peanut butter cup ratio and the result is truly incredible. Plus, they are super easy to make–1 bowl! 8 ingredients! Ridiculously tasty!

RUN TO THE RECIPE.

YOU CAN GO FASTER.

Ingredients for loaded Reese’s brownies

While throwing together a boxed mix of brownies is obviously the easiest way to whip up brownies, homemade brownies are *so* worth the extra effort. And this homemade brownie recipe is surprisingly very easy to make. You’ll need just 8 ingredients and one large microwave safe bowl. No fancy kitchen mixers or crazy techniques AKA the best kind of recipe. Here’s your grocery list.

• Butter
• Brown Sugar
• Eggs
• Cocoa Powder
• Salt
• Vanilla Extract
• Flour
• Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

Tips for making the best peanut butter cup brownies

Luckily for you I’ve made these peanut butter cup brownies a concerning amount of times 🙂 What can I say? I just can’t get enough of them. This does mean that I am somewhat of a  Reese’s brownies expert, so  have allllll the tips and tricks for you.

• Use high quality cocoa powder: This is the most important one. Cocoa powder will truly make or break homemade brownies, so it’s very important to use a high quality, Dutch processed cocoa for the best results. I LOVE Rodelle’s and simply refuse to bake with anything else.
• Mix the butter, sugar, and eggs until pale: This is the key to crackly top brownies. I don’t know why more people don’t talk about it because it shouldn’t be a secret. Everyone should have brownies that beautiful glossy, crackly finish and the best way to guarantee it is to vigorously whisk your eggs, butter, and sugar until they are frothy and paler in color.
• Don’t over mix the batter once you’ve added the flour: We’re here to talk about the overmixing to dry brownie pipeline. When you overmix your batter, you cause more gluten to develop in your batter AKA bonds that will make your batter tougher and more bready–which is not what we want for a fudgy, gooey brownie. Once you’ve added the dry ingredients only mix your batter until no streaks of flour remain!

Do I have to make homemade brownies for these reese’s brownies?

Okay, so hear me out. I am not one to judge a brownie mix…especially when it’s a good brownie mix (like the Ghiaradelli one, which might actually be my dessert island food). So, yes, my fellow lazy friends, you can just whip up a brownie mix and load it up with Reese’s cups if you don’t feel like making homemade brownies. HOWEVER…I truly do think a homemade brownie is a magical confection and it really makes for the best bakery style peanut butter cup brownie, so if you are able I recommend going homemade!

K. Love you! BYE.

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