PB&J Pretzel Swirl Brownies

These PB&J Pretzel Swirl Brownies are adapted from my ultimate blog/person/baker crush, Joy the Baker. I used her recipe for the inspiration and the peanut butter swirl, but I added some of my own twists.

First twist: Peanut butter and jelly peanut butter. We originally made this recipe using a Sweet & Salty mixed nut blend by Emerald Nuts in the Peanut Butter and Jelly flavor, which was SO GOOD, but they’ve since discontinued it. 😥 The closest alternative they sell now are these Raspberry Glazed Almonds. For this recipe, I recommend using a blend of Raspberry Glazed Almonds and honey roasted peanuts to make the nut butter you’ll use in the brownies.

My second alteration was to pulverize the pretzels and mix them into the swirl instead of laying them on top. The coating on the jelly nuts gives the butter a sweet crunch, and my thought was to complement that with the salty crunch of pretzel crumbs.

Slam. Dunk.

These PB&J Pretzel Swirl Brownies are everything you’d want PB&J pretzel swirl brownies to be. Sweet, salty; crunchy, gooey. Those classic dichotomous complements that never, ever get old. All happening at once.

The PB&J flavor is subtle – the nut butter itself doesn’t scream PB&J so much as PB&sweet&yum, so the effect is naturally even more subtle when the flavors start competing with rich chocolate and salty pretzel – but the jelly undertones add enough fruity sweetness to alert your taste buds that what they’re tasting is just on the gourmet side of classic. That is, if you’re not too busy sighing happily and sinking your teeth into the next bite.

PB&J Pretzel Swirl Brownies

• Author: Molly
• Prep Time: 12 minutes
• Cook Time: 20 minutes
• Total Time: 1 hour
• Yield: 12-16 brownies 1x

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Ingredients

Brownies

• 1 box brownie mix of your choice

Peanut Butter Pretzel Swirl

• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 3/4 cup peanut butter*
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup of pretzels, pulverized in a food processor to fine crumbs

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Instructions

1. Prepare brownie batter according to box instructions.
2. To make the peanut butter swirl, whisk together peanut butter, melted butter, powdered sugar, salt and vanilla extract until smooth. Add in pulverized pretzels.
3. Pour the peanut butter mixture on top of the brownie batter and use a butter knife to swirl the two together.
4. Bake according to box instructions. Let cool for about 30 minutes before slicing and enjoying.

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Notes

*For PB&J effect, mix one cup of Raspberry Glazed Almonds and one cup of honey roasted peanuts in a food processor until they turn into peanut butter, and use that instead of plain peanut butter.