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Peanut Butter Poke Brownies |
Poke cakes seem to be all over the internet. I got an email the other night from one of my cooking sites featuring a lemon one with lemon curd in it. I was seriously thinking of this BUT I had just made lemon bars so I wanted something a bit different.
I got to thinking I had a box of brownie mix I’d picked up on a sale a week or two before that I wanted to use, so I thought I’d try a “poke” style brownie. If it didn’t set up, I could always use the experiment in something else. Plus, I don’t recall ever seeing anything like this…not saying it doesn’t exist somewhere, just that I haven’t seen it personally.
I started with a mix (it was Duncan Hines Dark Chocolate I believe), but you could make a from-scratch recipe, just make sure they are cake-like brownies. Even made from scratch, the whole thing is SUPER easy. Make double the sauce recipe if you like. If there’s leftover, it refrigerates and keeps well. This is the same sauce I use when I make my peanut butter swirl ice cream (hint–I’ll have a home-made ice cream recipe up shortly 😉 ). All you have to do is nuke the refrigerated sauce for about 15 seconds to get it all liquidy again.
Peanut Butter Poke Brownies
- 1 box (19.8 oz) brownie mix (I used Duncan Hines)
- Peanut Sauce:
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 tbs light corn syrup
- Ganache Frosting:
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1 tsp vegetable shortening
- 2-3 tbs heavy cream
Peanut Butter Poke Brownies |
Robin Meader says
How about peanut butter frosting
Judith Hanneman says
HECK YEAH!!!!
NM dog blog says
"Serves 9." Now *that's* funny! 🙂
Helena Mitchell says
I think the "marriage" of peanut butter and chocolate is my favorite! I can't wait to try these!
Judith Hanneman says
They are soooo good Helena!