Dark Chocolate Candy Bar Brownies

While at home on a snow day this week, I was pretty damn productive. Not only did I make a frittata (https://steemit.com/food/@msvee/turkey-sausage-and-pepper-frittata), but I also baked a pan of brownies.

I had a mountain of chocolate left over from Christmas. @donvee and I went to a tent sale at a local chocolate factory where we bought two 7 pound boxes of peanut butter smidgens. We gave away a pile of them at Christmas with a bunch of Christmas cookies and desserts that I baked, but we still have another unopened box of Santa-shaped peanut butter goodness.

I came across a recipe for candy bar brownies online and decided that it was a good way to use up a bunch of smidgens.

Ingredients:
3/4 cup butter, melted
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
2 tap vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1/3 cup Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
About 13 ounces of peanut butter smidgens, chopped up (you can substitute whatever chocolate you have on hand. I liked these a lot, their peanut butter is so much better than the kind in Reese's cups)

Preheat your oven to 350° and grease a 13"x9" pan. In a large bowl, or a stand mixer, combine the butter and sugar. Add the vanilla and eggs, scraping down the sides of the bowl.
In a small bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt. I mix these with a small whisk to evenly distribute the dry ingredients. Set aside 1/4 cup of the dry ingredients and mix the rest into the wet ingredients until well combined.
Toss your candy with the reserved dry ingredients. Stir into the batter.
Pour everything into the prepared pan and bake for about 30 minutes. I cut mine up into 24 pieces.

I put this recipe into the MyFitnessPal app. Here's the nutritional information:

I hope you enjoyed my post. Let me know if you tried my recipe and what kind of candy you used. I think I might try Rolo's next 🍫