Buckeye brownies

It is no surprise that America has an obesity problem if they eat stuff like this.  I could only manage two mouthfuls and had to abandon ship.  My son and lovely wife enjoyed them however so there is obviously a market for these.  The brownie recipe is very easy but I found it would have been easier if I had read the recipe and prepared some of my ingredients before hand like melting the butter, well duh!

BUCKEYE BROWNIES

 

FOR THE BROWNIES

• 60g cocoa
• 1 tsp coffee powder
• 150ml boiling water
• 50g plain chocolate, finely chopped
• 50g butter, melted
• 150ml vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 565g granulated sugar
• 200g plain flour
• 3/4 tsp salt

PEANUT BUTTER FILLING

• 200g smooth peanut butter
• 115g butter, softened
• pinch of salt
• 250g icing sugar
• 2 tbsp. milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

TOPPING

• 150g milk chocolate
• 75g smooth peanut butter

Preheat the oven to 180c/350f/Gas 4
Line a 9" x 13" baking tin with foil and grease it ( I used two smaller ones )
Whisk the cocoa, coffee powder and boiling water together in a large pan till smooth
Add the chocolate and stir till melted ( that's why you chop it! )
Whisk in the melted butter and oil
Add the eggs, yolks and vanilla and continue to whisk till smooth and combined
Whisk in the sugar till completely incorporated then fold in the flour and salt
Pour into your tin/s and bake until a toothpick comes out clean, about 30 minutes
Leave to cool in the tin on a wire rack for and hour and a half

Beat together the butter, salt and peanut butter till smooth and creamy
Reduce your mixer speed to low and add the icing sugar alternately with the milk
Add the vanilla and beat on a higher speed till smooth and combined
If the mixture seems a little too stiff to spread easily add a little more milk
Spread the mixture over the brownie base ( back of a spoon was good ) and chill for 30 minutes

Melt together the peanut butter and milk chocolate ( I used the microwave ) and beat together.  Pour over the top of the peanut mixture and spread to an even layer with a spatula or similar and refrigerate again till set.
Using the foil lift your brownie from the tin and remove the foil.  Cut to the sixe of brownie you want.

Final note - they taste less sickly the next day straight from the fridge!