peanut butter cup fluffernutter blondies

Late night snack.

Did everyone have a fabulous Easter? Dye some eggs? Eat some Peeps? Spend time with family? Good!

I spent my Easter hunkered down studying with a friend from class. And by studying I mean gossiping about school and watching videos of animals being dicks. It was grueling. ;) 

These Peanut Butter Cup Fluffernutter Blondies were there. Also, wine...and iced tea with raspberry vodka. Nothing says crunch time like sugar and booze!

In to the oven!

Fun fact about these blondes: you can make them with nothing more than a bowl and a wooden spoon! How do I know this, you ask? Well, remember when I was bitching about my broken hand mixer? Yeah, these blondies were the very thing that killed it.

I'm not bitter, though. I got some awesome blondies and a new kelly green Cuisinart hand mixer out of the deal. It was all part of a bigger plan. Yes, the bigger plan involves Peanut Butter Cup Fluffernutter Blondies and kelly green Cuisinart hand mixers. Obviously.

Hot and gooey. Yum.

My study group pal and I decided that these blondes are awesome as is but they would be exponentially more awesome with a pretzel crust. But what isn't better with a pretzel crust? I'll try to make that happen and report back ASAP. In the meantime, enjoy these. Make 'em with a hand mixer or make 'em with a wooden spoon. Either way, they are totally addictive!

Peanut Butter Cup Fluffernutter Blondies

Ingredients:
1 cup butter, room temperature
1 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp kosher salt
2 cups coarse chopped peanut butter cups (10.5 oz bag)
3/4 cup Marshmallow Fluff

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350. Spray a 9×13 baking dish with cooking spray.

Cream butter and peanut butter together. Add sugars and beat until light and fluffy. On medium speed add in eggs and vanilla and mix until incorporated. Stir in your baking soda, salt and flour until just combined. Fold in your chopped peanut butter cups.

Spread the batter in your prepared pan. Drop you Fluff randomly on top of the batter and swirl in with a knife. Bake for 30-35 minutes until toothpick placed 1 inch from side comes out clean. Don’t over bake. 

Remove from oven and let cool on wire rack. Cut into squares when cooled.