Peanut Butter Cup Brownie Torte

Name: Peanut Butter Cup Brownie Torte
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 10 slices
Ingredients: 1 box brownie mix (I like Betty Crocker Hershey's Original Supreme); 1/4 c. water; 1/2 c. vegetable oil; 1 egg; 1/2 c. butter (softened); 1 c. peanut butter; 2 - 2.5 c. powdered sugar; 1 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips; 1/3 c. heavy cream; 25 snack size Reese's cups (20 whole, 5 chopped)

July 14, 2015

Layers of fudgy brownies are slathered with peanut butter buttercream, topped with full-size Reese’s cups, and then stacked high, for an ultra-decadent chocolate-peanut butter dessert! This Peanut Butter Cup Brownie Torte is a serious show-stopper, but it’s shockingly easy to make!!

I went to Target a few weeks ago specifically to get a new glucometer and blood sugar test strips for my diabetic cat. While there, I stocked up on baking supplies too, and about 1,000 other things I don’t need, of course. It is Target, after all.

The cashier rang up the glucometer and the test strips, then looked at my cart full of Oreos, chocolate chips, brownie mix, caramel sauce, chocolate donuts, and Reese’s cups, and said, “Aren’t you diabetic?”

I explained to her that I’m not diabetic, but my cat is.

That was followed by a totally confused stare. I think she thought I was crazy. We’ve had cats in my family all our lives, and I had no idea they could be diabetic. I never even considered it. Clearly she was not aware either. Then she asked a series of questions about how you test a cat’s blood sugar, and if I give her shots, and does she run away from me all the time because of this…. no, she does not. Thank goodness.

As a general update, things are going much more swimmingly than they were a few months ago, and it’s been a big relief, but it’s been a lifestyle adjustment for all of us. She gets insulin shots twice/day, and so now whenever we’re out and my S.O. is ready to leave, his favorite excuse is, “We have to go, we have a diabetic cat at home that needs a shot.” It’s true, but it’s still funny to hear. It’s not a line I would’ve imagined him saying a few years ago, that’s for sure.

Anyway, I thought the Target experience was kinda funny, so I thought I would share it since I was out shopping for ingredients for this here Peanut Butter Cup Brownie Torte when it happened. Which, btw, if you don’t get along with sugar, you should probably steer clear of it. If you love sugar, like me, and it agrees with you, then you will loooooove this torte. You’ll also need to like peanut butter a lot, but I know you wouldn’t be here reading if you didn’t.

This torte couldn’t be easier and that’s the truth. It is seriously incredibly easy to make this. However, it’s a dessert that really impresses with its presentation. Look at it! It’s neat, right? It’s just boxed brownie mix, lots of Reese’s cups, and my favorite recipe for peanut butter buttercream. Stack, layer, and stack some more. So simple. But it is decadent. No two ways about that.

I cannot say enough good things about how AMAZING this torte is. For a person who loves chocolate and peanut butter together, this is heaven on earth, or as close as we’re gonna get.

5 from 3 votes