Buckeye Brownie Bites are buckeyes (aka peanut butter balls) pressed into warm brownie bites and drizzled with chocolate, a fun twist on a classic favorite.
I spent the day cutting down thorn bushes and stuffing them into yard waste bags. I mentioned before how overgrown are fenced backyard was, like to the point we couldn’t see the fence. Slowly, we’ve been tackling it all a summer. A bush year a pile of weeds there.
There was a group of overgrown rose bushes and wild raspberries along the back of the fence that I was dreading working because who wants to deal with thorns? I won yesterday and they are almost all gone. However, even though I wore gloves, some of the giant, old, gnarly, thorns poked through and I have quite a few sore spots on my hands. Rest assured I will not be planted anything with thorns as a replacement.
Also, having to stuff them in bags is an extra pain and makes me feel like such a city kid. I miss the big open space in Ohio where we could easy just burn things. It would be some much faster to throw them on a pile and burn them up. However, #neighbors.
At least the township passes out the bags free, when we lived in town they charged a pretty penny for yard waste bags. With all our overgrowth, we would be eating ramen noodles to pay for hauling away the bushes.
I guess I was also subconsciously missing Ohio in other ways because I made these Buckeye Brownie Bites to satisfy a sweet craving. For all of you non Ohio natives, a buckeye is a poisonous nut from the buckeye tree and buckeye candies are peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate to resemble the nut.
My traditional buckeye candy recipe is one of the most popular recipes on my site and one of my favorites too. Here is a new twist for your to try. Bake a batch of brownies in mini muffin tins and then press a peanut butter ball on top, drizzle with chocolate and you have a fun chocolate peanut butter treat. It’s less time commitment than dipping regular buckeyes too. Buckeye Brownie Bites are buckeyes (aka peanut butter balls) pressed into warm brownie bites and drizzled with chocolate, a fun twist on a classic favorite. Make the peanut butter balls first. Beat together the peanut butter, butter and powdered sugar until smooth. If it is too dry and crumbly, add more peanut butter, if it's too sticky, add more powdered sugar. roll into 3/4 inch balls. Should make 36. Set aside To make the brownies bites, preheat oven to 350 F. Grease 3 mini muffins pans well. Whisk together the oil, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Beat in the cocoa, flour, salt and baking powder. Divide batter into muffin tins, filling them 2/3 full. Should make 36 brownie bites Bake for 15-20 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out with a few crumbs. Remove from the oven and immediately press a peanut butter ball into each bite. Let cool several minutes in the pan before moving to a wire rack to cool completely. To make the chocolate drizzle, add the melted butter, cocoa powder, corn syrup powdered sugar and milk or cream to a microwave safe bowl. Stir together and microwave for about 20 seconds. Stir again. Drizzle warm glaze over cooled brownie bites. Glaze will set when cooled.
Buckeye Brownie Bites
Ingredients
For the peanut butter balls
For the Brownies
For the chocolate drizzle
Instructions
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 36
Serving Size: 1 brownie
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 120 Total Fat: 7g Saturated Fat: 2g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 5g Cholesterol: 16mg Sodium: 53mg Carbohydrates: 13g Fiber: 0g Sugar: 10g Protein: 2g
Here are some other brownie bite recipes that sound delicious!
Texas Sheet Cake Bites from Life in the Lofthouse
Peanut Butter Cup Brownie Bites from Melanie Makes
And you all know my love of mint chocolate chip so here are Mint Chocolate Chip Brownie Bites from Shugary Sweets
And if you’re looking for other buckeye recipes, I have you covered.
Classic Buckeyes – Peanut Butter Balls
Peanut Butter Pretzel Buckeyes
Michael Wurm Jr says
This is easily my favorite flavor combination. Yum!!
xo Michael
Billy says
Wow do these look so good. I’m almost afraid to make them since I’m pretty sure my family and I would eat all of them in 1 day!
Sarah says
I never thought to put buck eyes ON brownies. Now this is the only way I want to eat brownies!
heather says
Giving this all the heart eyes!! Love chocolate and peanut butter! Yum!!
Jaide says
These HAVE to be delicious! I can’t wait to try them!
Alli says
Holy cow do these look amazing. How perfect. I don’t think that these would last long here.
Courtney O'Dell says
These are so delicious – always gone in seconds! Love this recipe so much.
Molly says
How long can I store these? Would they freeze ok? Or in the fridge in an airtight container?
Mallory says
They would freeze well in an airtight container for several weeks. I would avoid the fridge.
Molly says
ok thanks! What kind of peanut butter do you recommend? would natural be ok or do you use the sugared stuff (like JIF and Skippy)?
Kaydee says
These are fantastic! I made them the other day and tonight I’m making them again as Christmas gifts for family. I’m not even ashamed to say that my boyfriend and I ate the entire first couple of batches in less than one day.
KM says
My brownie bites cooked up over the tops of the paper cups I used and then collapsed in the middle. I’m a terrible baker so I don’t know what that means. Any ideas?
Mallory says
It probably means you overfilled the muffin cups. Also could you have used baking soda instead of baking powder? That could make them overflow too.
Rose Draper says
Wow. U r awesome. Ran across ur blog by accident. I’ll never lose it now. Can’t wait to try !
May says
Can I make these in full size muffin pan? And can I use a box of brownies?
Mallory says
Yes. I’ve used a box mix with good results. You could do full size muffins, but they would be huge. Probably more than 1 person could eat.
Moira says
Do your Buckeye Brownie Bites freeze well?
Mallory says
Yes. The freeze well tightly covered for a couple weeks.
Denise Nastasia says
Instead of making the glaze, could you just drizzle melted chocolate over the top? I’m not sure what the difference in taste would be, and just using melted chocolate sounds so much easier.