How I almost killed my best friend…twice: Brownie Peanut Butter Cup Surprises
Friendships aren’t always instantaneous. I met my best friend from high school, Meaghan, when we were Sophomores. We were all cramming into a Senior boy’s car who took us to lunch. She called shotgun first so she could sit next to the cute Senior boy and flirted with him the whole time. Because we all know we were in love with the boy not the rides he gave us to lunch…right? 🙂
My friends and I thought she was overly aggressive in how she called shotgun every time we went to lunch. Now, I would have complimented her on her antics. And that’s how Meaghan earned the nickname “MegaBeast”.
But as I got to know her, I loved her. She was the wild and crazy person I wanted to be and I toned her down and reeled her in when it was time to be serious.
Best friends know everything about each other: Whether they are “Team Edward” or “Team Jacob”, their favorite bagel at Starbucks, guys they’re crushing on…you know the basics.
For Christmas that year I made all of my friends plates of goodies and I dropped one off at Meaghan’s house.
I guess there’s one more thing you should know about your best friend…
That she’s allergic to NUTS.
Uh. Oops. I had made brownies with a mini-Reese’s Peanut Butter cup shoved in the middle. They were called Brownie Surprises. Or in her case Brownie-Surprise-now-your-throat-is-swelling-shut-and-you-have-hives-all-over-your-body.
Did I mention best friends should also be quick to forgive each other?
Last time I was in town visiting I suggested we go to Chick-Fil-A for lunch…which turns out uses none other than peanut oil to cook everything.
Awesome friend I am.
Brownie Peanut Butter Cup Surprises
A Reese's tucked inside a brownie cup is a sweet surprise.
Ingredients
- 1 box of brownie mix and eggs and oil that box calls for
- 1 package of mini Reese's peanut butter cups unwrapped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line mini-muffin tin with paper liners. Mix brownies according to package directions. Fill each mini-muffin cup about 3/4 of the way full. Press one Reese's peanut butter cup into each brownie. Bake for 8-10 minutes.
- *Can be made with regular sized muffin tins too. Just adjust the cooking time to around 15-18 minutes.
- Great with peanut butter cookie dough too.
I can’t believe how easy these are to make!! I featured them in my muffin tin blog post: http://www.recipechatter.com/anything-but-muffins-muffin-tin-recipes/
I know it’s been a long time since you posted this, but I have a question if you see this. I tried making these for my son and 2 step-sons. I must have done something wrong because the brownie didn’t bake all the way. They were extremely soft even after cooling, and after taking removing the paper liner the bottom was basically uncooked batter. I think I used a Pillsbury brownie mix and a mini muffin pan. Any suggestions? I would love to try them again.
@Karri,
Ooh. That’s really strange. With a mini muffin pan they should not take that long to bake but every oven is different. Sounds like they needed a couple more minutes in the oven. Sorry!
I read an article recently on the health benefits of peanut butter. It is not only an excellent source of protein, but also an antioxident for prevention of breast cancer! Info that I feel obligated to pass on. All of us chocolate lovers already know how good chocolate is for us. My name is Edy and I am a Reeces Peanut Butter cup addict. lol 🙂
How many minis does this make?
It makes about 24 minis!
Well, if you wanted to have another “surprise” you could exchange the peanut butter cup for one of Hershey’s flavor kisses (caramel would be DIVINE. Just a thought.
😀