Happy Friday, friends! Hope you have something fun planned for this weekend. 
I am getting ready to head to LA this afternoon for my cousin Amanda’s bachelorette party! I am so excited! It will actually be the first bachelorette party I’ve ever attended. I’m looking forward to seeing my cousins and friends and celebrating Amanda’s final days of singledom!
I have a delicious recipe to share with you today! I made this for my dad’s birthday cake on Monday. He loves peanut butter and chocolate, so I took my peanut butter cup brownies and upgraded them to a “brownie-cake” … and the highlight is definitely the homemade peanut butter frosting! This frosting is SO simple to make, and if you like peanut butter, you are in for a treat! I predict you will be licking the bowl. {Or maybe that’s just me!}
I will warn you in advance, I didn’t even try to healthify this dessert … I don’t even want to know how many calories/fat/sugar/etc. is in a slice of this! Sometimes you just have to treat yourself, right? But I did just come across this recipe by Lindsay at The Lean Green Bean for healthy sweet potato brownies that I might try using in this recipe in the future! If you try it out, let me know how it goes!
I used my fave boxed brownie mix … Ghiradelli dark chocolate!
I made the batter as directed {if you’re trying to healthify things a little, you could substitute unsweetened applesauce for half of the oil} and poured the batter into a lightly greased 8 x 8 pan. Then I stuck in mini dark chocolate peanut butter cups in a tic-tac-toe pattern.
Bake at 325 degrees for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Once the brownies were cool, I frosted them with homemade peanut butter frosting!
homemade peanut butter frosting
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 2/3 cup creamy peanut butter
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp milk {to taste … depending on your frosting consistency preferences!}
1. Mix together the butter and peanut butter until well blended.
2. Slowly add the powdered sugar and beat until smooth. Add milk until it gets to desired consistency.
After frosting the brownies, my final step was sprinkling mini chocolate chips over the frosting layer. Ta da! My favorite dessert ever!
These disappeared from our house in record time!
Thank you also for the sweet birthday wishes! I had a wonderful birthday. My family took me out for dinner and even surprised me with sunflowers! How pretty and happy are these flowers?
Thanks also to everyone who took part in my birthday beauty giveaway, and welcome to all our new subscribers! The two randomly selected winners are:
- Big Beauty Basket: Anna Wang
- Travel Beauty Clutch: Jo Tran
I will email you both to get your mailing addresses to send you the prizes!
Happy weekend, everyone! Eat something yummy and spend time with those you love!
This post is linked up as part of Menu-Plan Monday!
