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Home » Brownies & Bars » Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie Trifles

Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie Trifles

Published: Apr 20, 2015 · Modified: May 23, 2019 by Allison · 12 Comments

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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.

Glass filled with layers of brownies, whipped cream, and fudge sauce.

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

Board with brownies and bowls of whipped cream and fudge sauce.

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.

Glass with layers of brownies, whipped cream, and fudge sauce.

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. 😉

Glass with layers of brownies, whipped cream, and fudge sauce.

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Glass trifle dish with layers of brownies, whipped cream, and fudge.

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.
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Course: brownies, Dessert
Cuisine: Dessert
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 8 -10
Calories: 491kcal
Author: Allison - Celebrating Sweets

Ingredients

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

Chocolate peanut butter ganache:

  • ⅔ cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • ⅓ cup creamy peanut butter, at room temperature
  • ⅔ cup heavy cream

Peanut butter whipped cream:

  • 1 ½ cups cold heavy cream
  • ⅓ cup powdered sugar
  • ¼ cup creamy peanut butter, at room temperature
  • ½ cup roasted salted peanuts, chopped

Instructions

Chocolate peanut butter ganache:

  • Place the chocolate chips and peanut butter in a large bowl.
  • 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:

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

Assembly:

  • 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.
  • Refrigerate or serve immediately. The ganache will firm up slightly if refrigerated.

Nutrition

Calories: 491kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 43g | Saturated Fat: 20g | Cholesterol: 89mg | Sodium: 114mg | Potassium: 323mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 955IU | Vitamin C: 0.4mg | Calcium: 69mg | Iron: 1.7mg

Nutritional Information is an estimate based on third-party calculations and may vary based on products used and serving sizes.

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  1. Julie @ Julie's Eats & Treats

    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

      April 20, 2015 at 2:24 pm

      Thanks, Julie. 🙂

      Reply
  2. Cyndi - My Kitchen Craze

    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

      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

    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

      April 23, 2015 at 10:35 am

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

      Reply
  4. Karly

    May 03, 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

      May 03, 2015 at 3:20 pm

      Thanks, Karly!

      Reply
  5. Sana Batool

    July 07, 2015 at 11:41 pm

    Chocolate Peanut butter Trifles is Amazing.

    Reply
  6. Rose

    March 11, 2018 at 8:04 pm

    4 stars
    I want to make this for my kids!

    Reply
  7. Rachel

    May 23, 2019 at 8:14 am

    I’m trying to make this for 48 dessert shooters. Could you convert the recipe for me? Or do you think I could get away with just doubling it since you did individual trifles?

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    • Celebrating Sweets

      May 23, 2019 at 10:16 am

      Hi, Rachel. Yes, you can double it, although depending on the size of your shooters that might be too much. The dessert shooters I’ve used before are so small, that I barely squeeze a couple bites into each of them. If yours are really small, you could probably get away with one recipe, or at least only one pan of brownies, maybe one and half of the ganache and whipped cream. Enjoy!

      Reply

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