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Julie’s Peanut Butter Cup Brownies

Julie's Peanut Butter Cup Brownies

 
  • Esmyone

    How many calories per brownies?  500?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Eric-Spears/1253310087 Eric Spears

    Surely, there must be a way of making these things without stooping to the candy (Reeces).

    • http://www.deepfeast.com/ Crescent

       I think there must be, too, and I plan to fool around and come up with it. I had hoped to before the book came out, but just ran out of time under deadline (not meaning to sound lame or make excuses… I did spend 6 years on the book as it is!) , so I ran it just as it was given to me. But, I hear you. If I succeed, I’ll have it in another book or on my website or blog or something, I promise. A minor interim improvement in healthfulness: use the Newman’s Own organic peanut butter cups, cut up.

  • Secretly likes Reeces

    You know, I think the pb chips are worse- and there is an alternative to them: Sunspire natural pb chips! I’ve checked the ingredients on Reeces and at least the regular sized ones don’t have either high fructose corn syrup or hydrogenized oil.

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