Name: Buckeye Brownies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 8 Tablespoons cocoa powder; 1 cup unsalted butter; 2 cups sugar; 4 eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 2 ½ cups flour; pinch of salt; 1 cup creamy peanut butter; ½ cup butter ((softened)); 3 cups powdered sugar; 3 Tablespoons milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla; pinch of salt; 2 cups milk chocolate chips; ¾ cup butter

How to make Buckeye Brownies

Brownies:

Preheat oven to 325℉. Grease a 9 x 13 inch baking pan.

Melt butter, then stir in cocoa. Add in sugar and eggs to the mixing bowl and stir together.

Add in vanilla, flour, and salt and beat together well.

Spoon batter into the prepared pan.

Bake 25 to 30 minutes, or until cooked through. Top with peanut butter layer and ganache.

Peanut butter layer:

Place peanut butter and butter into medium bowl. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and creamy; scrape bowl.

Add powdered sugar, milk, vanilla and salt.

Beat on low speed 1 minute; scrape bowl. Beat on medium speed until smooth and creamy.

Ganache:

Melt chocolate chips and butter in the microwave for 2 minutes in 30 second intervals, stirring in between, and mix until smooth.

Spread on top of the frosting layer and let it cool until hardened.

Spatula spreading chocolate frosting on brownies.

A spoon is spreading ganache on top of brownies.

A pan of Buckeye Brownies with a corner piece missing to show the inside.

Storing and Other Tips

Store Buckeye Brownies in the refrigerator. This way, the peanut butter and ganache layers won’t soften too much. Take the brownies out of the fridge about 15 minutes ahead of serving.

You can use crunchy peanut butter, but it will not give the same texture we are looking to achieve for the chocolate and peanut butter layered brownies.

THESE angled spatulas make spreading the chocolate ganache evenly very easy!

You can place the pan in the fridge to speed up the cooling process a bit.

A fork is holding a piece of chocolate peanut butter brownies.

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Questions & Reviews

LeeAnn says:

This brownie looks amazing. My questions is do you cool the brownies before you put the peanut butter layer on?
Cyd says:

Yes, cool the brownies before adding the peanut butter layer.
Dana Kitchin says:

I made these for my family and to say the least, THEY LOVED THEM! The 3 steps are easy, require basic ingredients and the results are fantastic, delicious, and loved by all!
Cyd says:

So glad your family loved the buckeye brownies! They are some of our favorites!
Diane says:

Do they need to be refrigerated?
Cyd says:

If you don't eat them in the first day or two, then place in a covered container in the fridge.
Kristen Bell says:

The peanut butter layer calls for salt in the directions but doesn't have salt listed in the ingredients. How much salt should you use?
Cyd Adamson says:

You can leave it out all together or add a pinch. Especially if you are using salted butter.
Amanda lange says:

Just made these, such an easy recipe
Sharla says:

These brownies are the bomb! I LOVE chocolate and peanut butter together!
Tony Anderson says:

I liked these, but I think using oil might be better instead of butter.
Rebecca W. says:

I know this is going to sound ridiculous, but we only have a cheat day one day a week and there is no way we'd eat these all in one day. I plan to half the recipe, but I'm curious, do you know if these would freeze well? I figure if I'm already making them, and can freeze them, it would be nice to be able to just pull one or two out a week to munch on. Thank you!
Momma Cyd says:

You can definitely freeze them in an airtight freezer container or Freezer bag.
Heather Canby says:

I loved this recipe! They were amazing! Thank you for sharing!