Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips (i use 60% cocoa ghirardelli baking chips)
• 1/8 cup chunky peanut butter or 1/8 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/4 cup splenda granular
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 2 egg whites
• 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/3 cup semisweet mini chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup peanut butter (not chunky)
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 3 -4 tablespoons evaporated skim milk (or milk)
• 1 tablespoon sugar-free chocolate syrup (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 and spray 9x9 (recommended) or 8x8 baking dish with cooking spray.
• 2 melt butter in a medium sized saucepan over low heat. add baking chips and peanut butter, stirring over low heat until melted.
• 3 remove from heat. immediately stir in splenda, sugar and vanilla. beat in egg and then the two egg whites.
• 4 add the flour and stir for about one minute, until batter becomes smooth and glossy.
• 5 stir in mini chocolate chips.
• 6 spread into prepared cake pan and bake for 20-25 minutes for a 9x9 dish or slightly more for an 8x8 dish - brownies are done when moist crumbs cling to a toothpick inserted in the middle. don't overcook (toothpick will come out clean) or they will be dry.
• 7 cool on a wire rack.
• 8 to make topping: using an electric mixer combine creamy peanut butter and powdered sugar until you have coarse crumbs. scraping down sides when necessary.
• 9 on medium-high speed, beat in evaporated milk (or milk) one tablespoon at a time until mixture is smooth and spreadable, although not runny. this is not a frosting, the consistency should be rather thick and sturdy.
• 10 spread over cooled brownies.
• 11 plate brownies, then drizzle sugar-free chocolate syrup over brownie before serving for an elegant brownie dessert or drizzle onto uncut brownies, cutting will create a different look each time! measurement is a guesstimate - i just squeeze it right out of the bottle.
• 12 store leftovers in refrigerator.