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Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie Trifles

Published April 20, 2015, Updated March 10, 2018

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Peanut Butter Brownie Trifle – Bite sized pieces of brownies layered with peanut butter whipped cream, chocolate peanut butter ganache, and a sprinkling of salted peanuts. Use your favorite brownie recipe (boxed, store bought, or homemade) for these decadent trifles.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie Trifles

Let’s eat Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie Trifles and pretend like bathing suit season isn’t just around the corner. OK?

Although I should be sharing recipes for popsicles, or frozen yogurt, or something warm weather friendly, here I am, telling you to layer brownies with peanut butter whipped cream and chocolate ganache. #sorrynotsorry

Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie Trifles

I needed a special sweet last week for my husband, Jason. He’s a CPA, and he’s spent the last few months working constantly. To celebrate the end of “tax season” (and the fact that I get my husband back!), I always make him a special dessert.

He would have loved for me to make these, but that wasn’t happening (sorry, honey). Instead, I took one of his favorite combos, chocolate + peanut butter, and I made brownie trifles.

Layers of bite-sized chewy brownies, peanut butter whipped cream, and a smooth chocolate peanut butter ganache. The whole thing is topped with salted peanuts, which add the perfect salty/crunchy component.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie Trifles

I made these into individual trifles, but you could totally layer everything in a big bowl or trifle dish. You could even layer it in shot glasses for a two or three bite dessert. This is a rich trifle; a little goes a long way. Just keep that in mind when portioning these into individual dishes.

Also, the person in charge of assembling the trifles has my permission to consume as many brownie cubes dipped in whipped cream and ganache as they want. We’ll call it “quality control.” No one needs to know. 😉

Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie Trifles

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie Trifles
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie Trifles

Bite sized pieces of brownies layered with peanut butter whipped cream, chocolate peanut butter ganache, and a sprinkling of salted peanuts.
Course brownies, Dessert
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 8 -10
Calories 491 kcal
Author Allison - Celebrating Sweets

Ingredients

  • pieces One 8x8 or 9x9 pan of brownies baked and cooled and cut into bite sized

Chocolate peanut butter ganache:

  • 2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter at room temperature
  • 2/3 cup heavy cream

Peanut butter whipped cream:

  • 1 1/2 cups cold heavy cream
  • 1/3 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter at room temperature
  • 1/2 cup roasted salted peanuts chopped

Instructions

Chocolate peanut butter ganache:

  1. Place the chocolate chips and peanut butter in a large bowl.
  2. Pour the cream into a small saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium heat (do not boil). As soon as it starts to simmer, remove from the heat and pour the cream over the chocolate chips and peanut butter. Allow to sit untouched for 2-3 minutes. Whisk the mixture until smooth and creamy. Set aside.

Peanut butter whipped cream:

  1. Beat the cream, powdered sugar, and peanut butter with an electric mixer on medium-high speed, until soft peaks form.

Assembly:

  1. In individual glasses or a trifle dish, layer the brownies, ganache, and whipped cream, repeating the layers and finishing with a sprinkling of peanuts. You can layer them in any order you choose - I did ganache, brownies, whipped cream, ganache, brownies, whipped cream, ganache, peanuts.
  2. Refrigerate or serve immediately. The ganache will firm up slightly if refrigerated.
Nutrition Facts
Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie Trifles
Amount Per Serving
Calories 491 Calories from Fat 387
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 43g 66%
Saturated Fat 20g 100%
Cholesterol 89mg 30%
Sodium 114mg 5%
Potassium 323mg 9%
Total Carbohydrates 19g 6%
Dietary Fiber 3g 12%
Sugars 12g
Protein 9g 18%
Vitamin A 19.1%
Vitamin C 0.5%
Calcium 6.9%
Iron 9.2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Comments

  1. Julie @ Julie's Eats & Treats says

    April 20, 2015 at 11:09 am

    Your hubs totally deserves a treat after a long tax season! What a perfect dessert!

    Reply
    • Celebrating Sweets says

      April 20, 2015 at 2:24 pm

      Thanks, Julie. 🙂

      Reply
  2. Cyndi - My Kitchen Craze says

    April 21, 2015 at 1:31 pm

    These sound wonderful!! And your hubby totally deserves it. I really look up to CPA. I have a friend that is one and he is always crazy busy during tax season. Its nuts the kind of hours he works. This trifle would brighten up my day. Wish I could have one now. 🙂

    Reply
    • Celebrating Sweets says

      April 21, 2015 at 8:43 pm

      Thanks, Cyndi! It’s definitely not a job that I could do. The trifle was well deserved. 😉

      Reply
  3. Ashley | Spoonful of Flavor says

    April 23, 2015 at 6:35 am

    Chocolate and peanut butter is the best way to celebrate the end of tax season! My husband is a huge peanut butter lover and would love these.

    Reply
    • Celebrating Sweets says

      April 23, 2015 at 10:35 am

      I couldn’t agree more! Thanks for stopping by. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Karly says

    May 3, 2015 at 1:42 pm

    This is totally calling my name, so delicious! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!

    Reply
    • Celebrating Sweets says

      May 3, 2015 at 3:20 pm

      Thanks, Karly!

      Reply
  5. Sana Batool says

    July 7, 2015 at 11:41 pm

    Chocolate Peanut butter Trifles is Amazing.

    Reply
  6. Rose says

    March 11, 2018 at 8:04 pm

    I want to make this for my kids!

    Reply

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