Love chocolate and peanut butter together? These delicious Peanut Butter Brownie Bites are fudgy brownies with peanut butter frosting and a Reese’s peanut butter cup on top.
Who can resist this combination of chocolate and peanut butter? Fans of Peanut Butter Brownies will flip for these easy to make brownie bites. Or give our Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars a try. Those puddles of peanut butter are irresistible.
Why this Recipe Works
When you want to make brownies but don’t want to deal with cutting them, brownie bites are the solution. Baked in individual servings, these Peanut Butter Brownie Bites are easy to transport and perfect for sharing.
- These delicious, bite sized brownies are loaded with Reese’s peanut butter morsels.
- Then topped with a creamy peanut butter frosting and a mini Reese’s cup.
- Brownie bites are easy to freeze so feel free to make a big batch. Store and leftovers (as if) in the freezer for emergencies. You know–those days when ONLY peanut butter and chocolate will do.
It’s peanut butter chocolate overload! And I will not apologize.
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Ingredients Notes
- Chocolate morsels. I use the bittersweet chocolate chips with 60% cocoa for the richest chocolate flavor.
- Peanut butter. Creamy sweetened peanut butter works best in the frosting. The natural styles (the kind you keep in the fridge) have oils that separate making the frosting texture less smooth and fluffy.
- Reese’s cups. The mini Reese’s that come in the pouch (unwrapped) are the best size for topping these mini brownie bites. Or make a batch of our homemade peanut butter cups, and use those instead!
Easy Instructions
For the brownie bites:
Melt the chocolate and butter together. Add the remaining ingredients and stir to combine. Drop the batter by the spoonful into a greased mini muffin tin. Fill each cavity as evenly as possible.
Bake 12 to 14 minutes, then remove and let cool before frosting.
For the frosting:
Beat butter and powdered sugar together until fluffy. Then, add in the peanut butter and the milk and beat until smooth. Pipe or spread onto the cooked brownie bites!
Top each frosted peanut butter brownie bite with a mini Reese’s cup.
Tips and Tricks
- I used a mini muffin pan to bake these with a round shape. A silicone brownie bites pan would be a great choice too for square brownie bites.
- Do not overmix the brownie batter. If you like your brownie bites fudgy, mix until the ingredients are just combined. The more you stir, the more cakey the finished brownies will be.
- Be sure to lightly grease or spray your muffin tin with baking spray before adding the brownie batter.
Recipe FAQs
Yes, you can use this recipe for delicious peanut butter frosted brownie bars. Follow instructions for baking the batter, then pour into a 9 inch brownie pan. You will need to add more baking time, too. Don’t forget to let brownies cool completely before cutting.
After frosting, transfer the brownie bites to an airtight container in a single layer. Store at room temperature. Enjoy within 3 days for best taste.
Yes, brownie bites are a perfect choice for freezing! I prefer freezing them unfrosted in freezer bags. Let them thaw at room temperature and pipe on fresh peanut butter frosting before serving.
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Peanut Butter Brownie Bites
Ingredients
For the Brownies:
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 package bittersweet chocolate chips (60% cacao) 12 ounce
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- 3 large eggs
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 package peanut butter morsels 10 ounce
For the Frosting:
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 Tablespoons milk
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 60 mini Reese’s peanut butter cups in the pouch
Instructions
- In a large microwave safe bowl, combine the butter with chocolate chips. Heat for one minute on high. Stir and microwave for another 30 seconds. You may need to stir and heat for one more round of 30 seconds until fully melted. Add sugar, flour, eggs and salt. Stirring until well blended. Fold in peanut butter morsels
- Lightly grease mini muffin pan with baking spray. Drop dough by large tablespoons until evenly divided into pan.
- Bake in a 375 degree oven for 12-14 minutes. Remove and cool in pan 5 minutes, then cool completely on wire rack.
- For the frosting, beat butter and powdered sugar for 3-4 minutes until smooth and fluffy. Bean in milk and peanut butter until creamy and desired consistency. Pipe frosting onto cooled brownies and top with a mini Reese’s.
Wow, the site looks fabulous! I love the popular posts on the side, so nice and clean and BEAUTIFUL! Also the brownies are right up my alley!
I LOVE your new site design! I think it is fantastic and your tagline fits your site perfectly!
This is an absolutely gorgeous redesign Aimee! Your site looks really wonderful. I love the pink! And these brownie bites are the perfect way to celebrate!
Thank you Jess. So glad you stopped by 🙂
I love love love the new site!! Gorgeous Aimee!!! Lindsay is amazing.
Thanks girl 🙂
I love the the large piping of frosting on each bite, just how I like it!! You site is looking so pretty Aimee! I’m sure you are thrilled! Can’t wait to see all the new features too!
Thank you Tanya 🙂
Aimee this is so beautiful!!!! I love the look sooooooo much!!!!
Yeah…I can’t stop visiting my own site, haha!!
The new site looks so great!! Lindsay always does amazing work and I love your colors and it fits you perfectly. Elements of your new site, but totally modernized and fresh and gorgeous! I hope your decision to run less ads works out for you – that’s a bold move!! 🙂
Drool! These look incredible! So fudgy and delicious… and I cannot resist a mountain of fluffy peanut butter frosting 😉
Wow, I LOVE the new design – so fun with all the pink!
I love love love the new look!!! It’s so fresh, clean, and fun!!! And peanut butter brownie bites? How could I not love those too!!! I’ll take 6 please!!!
These may just be my all time favorite sweet – Reese’s peanut butter cup + brownies – YUM!!
I love the site Aimee!! It is so pretty! And these brownies bites, I need a few of these!
How funny that I messaged you on Wednesday about your site and now look…GORGEOUS! It looks great Aimee. So light, fresh and pretty! Love purr’s designs! Can’t wait to see all the new additions. I’ll be looking around! 😉 Oh yea can’t forget the food. These brownies bites look to die for! Love how small and cute they are. Perfect for grabbing and go. Can I eat 3 and it only count as 1? 🙂 Pinned!
I love all Purr’s work too!! Thanks for pinning Cyndi 🙂
Love the do-over that is your blog. I ESPECIALLY love that you will (try) keep the ads to a minimum. I have given up MANY blogs because of all the in-your-face advertising. I realize people want to make a little money, but if you want the traffic, you have to give the people what they want as well, which mean no/minimal ads.
As for today’s recipe… YUM!!! Anything peanut butter is a hit with me and the fact that it also includes peanut butter frosting!?! I’m in heaven! Thanks!
My mobile has a lot of ads…hard to control that. But here on the desktop I’m going to try to keep it nice and clean!! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
Beautiful new site design, Aimee – congrats! Oh, and the pb brownie bites look pretty awesome too. 🙂
Thank you Eva. I thought awesome brownies would go nicely with an awesome design!
Love the new site design Aimee! What better way to celebrate a fabulous new look than with these delicious brownie bites!
Now these are the type of bites that I won’t be able to stop eating!!! Killer combo!
Ooohh! I love the new design. I love Lindsay’s work. Maybe one day I’ll be at a level where I can have her design my site. These brownie bites are just the thing to celebrate a new look!
I do love the new design and your ideas for it! I am in the midst of a migration and redesign and … UGH… I need these brownie bites so much right now…
Blog work always keeps us busy doesn’t it? Looks great! And I’m pretty sure I’d eat the whole batch of these…