{"id":1249,"date":"2011-07-25T00:44:29","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T00:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/?p=1249"},"modified":"2012-02-19T17:20:19","modified_gmt":"2012-02-19T17:20:19","slug":"crunchy-peanut-butter-brownies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/2011\/07\/25\/crunchy-peanut-butter-brownies\/","title":{"rendered":"Crunchy Peanut Butter Brownies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"width: 300px;\" data-width=\"300\" class=\"ratio-wrap-center\"><div class=\"ratio-box\" style=\"padding-bottom: 75% !important;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1250 lazyload\" title=\"choc pb crunch bars\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-src=\"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/choc-pb-crunch-bars-300x225.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/choc-pb-crunch-bars-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/choc-pb-crunch-bars.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/img><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I\u2019m sure by now you\u2019ve all seen my recipe for <a title=\"Crunchy Nutella Brownies\" href=\"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/2011\/04\/25\/crunchy-nutella-brownies\/\" target=\"_blank\">Crunchy Nutella Brownies<\/a>\u2026they\u2019re one of my most popular recipes, and they\u2019re delicious! \u00a0After making them a few times, my husband, a huge fan of peanut butter, asked if I could come up with a Crunchy Peanut Butter version. \u00a0So, here it is, for all you peanut butter lovers: a rich brownie, covered in crunchy peanut butter goodness. \u00a0Chocolate and peanut butter = yumminess!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brownie Layer<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips<\/li>\n<li>1 stick unsalted butter, cut into pieces<\/li>\n<li>1-3\/4 cups sugar<\/li>\n<li>3 eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 cup flour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Peanut Butter Crunch Layer<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1-1\/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips<\/li>\n<li>1 cup Smooth Peanut Butter<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon unsalted butter<\/li>\n<li>1-1\/2 cups rice cereal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. \u00a0Line a 9\u00d713 pan with lightly greased foil.<\/p>\n<p>In a large glass bowl, microwave the chocolate chips and butter at 30 second intervals until melted. \u00a0Stir until smooth.<\/p>\n<p>Add the sugar, eggs, vanilla, and flour. \u00a0Add in each ingredient one at a time, stirring until combined before adding the next ingredient.<\/p>\n<p>Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes, or until the edges are completely set. Do not overbake (the middle will not be completely set)!<\/p>\n<p>After you take the brownies out of the oven, while they are cooling in their pan, make the frosting. \u00a0In a medium-sized glass bowl, microwave the chocolate chips, peanut butter, and butter for 30 second intervals, until melted. \u00a0Stir until smooth. \u00a0Let cool for 2-3 minutes. \u00a0Stir in the rice cereal.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately spread the frosting over the brownies.<\/p>\n<p>Cool brownies completely before enjoying (you can put them in the refrigerator to speed this up if you can\u2019t wait to eat them!).<\/p>\n<p>Makes 16 large brownies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Come join the fun at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mybakingaddiction.com\/holiday-recipe-exchange-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\">My Baking Addiction<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodlifeeats.com\/holiday-recipe-exchange-rules\">GoodLife Eats<\/a>\u00a0Holiday Recipe Swap sponsored by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scharffenberger.com\/\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scharffen Berger<\/a>.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chocolate and peanut butter = yumminess!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[49,22],"tags":[29,40,37],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1249"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1252,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249\/revisions\/1252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}