Killer Peanut Butter Strikes Back Brownies

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 3/4 cup margarine or 3/4 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup peanut butter (chunky or smooth)
• 1 1/2 bags milk chocolate chips
• 1 1/2 bags peanut butter chips (optional)
• 24 miniature peanut butter cups (not optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 microwave chocolate and butter for 2 minutes, stir until chocolate is melted (you can do another 20 seconds if it's taking too long), or use a double boiler.
• 3 add sugar into chocolate, stir until well blended.
• 4 mix in eggs and vanilla.
• 5 add flour about 1/4 cup at a time, stir until well blended.
• 6 microwave the peanut butter for about 10 seconds, and add it into the brownie mixture now, or do as listed below.
• 7 spread brownie mixture into a greased 13 x 9 inch baking pan.
• 8 if you haven't added the peanut butter, drizzle it over the top and cut it through with a spatula, knife, rubber scraper, finger, nose, whatever, go for a marbled effect.
• 9 bake for about 30-35 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out with fudgy crumbs.
• 10 when you're down to about 5 minutes to go, start melting the chocolate chips.
• 11 they're pretty forgiving, feel free to zap them for about a minute at a time, stirring in between minutes.
• 12 if you have the peanut butter chips, melt them up too, but be careful, do it 30 seconds at a time.
• 13 mind you, if you have a double boiler, now's the time to use it.
• 14 let the brownies cool a couple minutes, then carefully spread the melted peanut butter chips and let cool, but not set completely (if you have them.. if not, skip on).
• 15 add the melted chocolate carefully over the top, spread to a uniform coat.
• 16 embed a peanut butter cup in a 4 x 6 grid (or 3 x 4 if you want big big brownies).
• 17 allow the chocolate to cool, but not to set completely.
• 18 cut with a sharp knife and enjoy.
• 19 would you believe i got an office full of people to believe these were low fat just so they'd stop staring at them and start eating them?