These chocolate stout and peanut butter swirled brownies are a decadent and rich treat. Fudgey brownies with a tang of stout beer, swirled with decadent creamy peanut butter.

Somehow I ended up with one lone bottle of chocolate stout beer. I knew I wasn’t going to like it straight, and I was kind of saving it for a chocolate cake for my birthday. But then we went away, I got sick, and a birthday cake never happened.

These brownies were surprisingly easy to whip up, despite the ingredients needing to be weighed. Yeah, sorry about that, I was going to figure out the cup measurements for you as I went along but Ladybug wanted to help me and that just didn’t happen. But these were still really easy to make – just a bowl or two and you are done!

These brownies were totally completely and utterly amazing. Yeah, I went there. The chocolate stout was sooo very subtle. At times I couldn’t even taste it, and then all the sudden a taste of it would pop through. The brownies themselves were the perfect combination of fudgy and cakey, and the peanut butter swirls were perfect. I am kind of sad I only made one batch because they went super fast. And I really wanted one the next day.


These chocolate stout and peanut butter swirled brownies are a decadent and rich treat. Fudgey brownies with a tang of stout beer, swirled with decadent creamy peanut butter.
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
25 minutes
Total Time
40 minutes
Ingredients
- 125 g semi sweet chocolate
- 100g butter
- 100 ml chocolate stout beer (or regular stout would work, too)
- 2 eggs
- 3 TBSP dutch process cocoa powder
- 75 g flour
- 190 g sugar
- 160 g peanut butter
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 325F.
- Grease a 7" or 8" square tin and line with parchment paper (let the paper hang over the edges so you can pull the brownies out easier).
- Place the chocolate pieces and the butter (cut up) into a heatproof bowl.
- Heat over a saucepan of boiling water, stirring constantly, until the chocolate and butter are melted.
- Set aside to cool for a few minutes.
- In a large bowl whisk together the cocoa powder, sugar, and flour.
- Add the melted ingredients, chocolate stout, and eggs and stir until just barely combined (don't overmix!)
- Pour into the prepared tin.
- Heat the peanut butter for a few seconds in the microwave until it can be easily stirred.
- Drop dollops of peanut butter into the brownie batter.
- Using a knife, swirl the peanut butter into the brownie mix to make the swirly pattern.
- Bake for 22-25 minutes.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool on a wire rack.
- Cut into squares and Enjoy!!
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
16Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 253Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 38mgSodium: 102mgCarbohydrates: 27gFiber: 2gSugar: 19gProtein: 4g
mimi rippee
Tuesday 28th of January 2014
You know, I always looked down on brownies... But I'm rethinking this!