A rich milk chocolate brownie topped with layers of creamy peanut butter frosting and a luxurious chocolate ganache. It’s a treat you don’t want to miss!

To make the ganache, heat heavy cream until steaming but do not let it boil. Then pour it over chocolate and stir until melted. Cool slightly before putting it on top of the brownies.

Brownies

Brownies are a popular dessert made of a chocolate-based batter that’s baked and then topped with ganache. They are often accompanied by milk or served warm with ice cream, whipped cream and sprinkled with powdered sugar.

A brownie has a dense, gooey and super-moist texture that can vary significantly depending on the type of brownie. Fudgy brownies tend to have a high fat content (in the form of butter and chocolate) and less flour than other varieties.

Cakey brownies typically have a lighter, airier texture due to less fat and more flour, often with baking powder as a leavening agent. They also start with a creaming step, which incorporates tiny air pockets that expand and give brownies their cake-like texture when they’re baked.

These brownies are topped with a salted caramel ganache. The ganache is prepared by melting sugar in a saucepan, adding cream and butter and whisking until smooth. Once cooled, the ganache is poured over the top of the brownies and spread into an even layer.

Salted Caramel Ganache

The three elements of these chocolate ganache brownies — brownies, caramel sauce, and bittersweet chocolate ganache — come together in perfect harmony. Caramel oozes out of these chewy brownies, and deep chocolate flavor reaches your taste buds in every bite.

These caramel brownies can be made in advance and assembled the day you plan to serve them. They’re topped with a smooth and creamy chocolate ganache that gets a sprinkling of flaky salt to balance out the sweet and salty flavors.

Make sure to line the brownie pan properly, with parchment paper that extends over the sides for easy removal & less mess. Also, use foil handles to lift the brownies out of the pan once they’re firm enough to cut!

Then, for the salted caramel, make it up ahead of time and store in a container in the fridge until you’re ready to add it to the brownies. It’s very important to heat it up to the correct temperature in order to get that gooey, luscious texture you want.

Peanut Butter Ganache

Chocolate and peanut butter are a classic combination and this recipe takes advantage of the perfect match between a gooey, fudgy brownie and creamy peanut butter. Then topped off with a smooth and rich chocolate ganache, these brownies are a winner!

This simple Peanut Butter Ganache only takes 10 minutes to make and is great for filling a tart, making a drip cake or as a macaron filling. It is also great on its own as a snack or dessert!

To prepare the ganache, heat the cream in a small pan over medium-high heat until it is almost boiling but not boiling. Remove from the heat and pour over the chopped chocolate and peanut butter mixture. Let it sit for 3 minutes, then gently stir until emulsified.

To use this ganache in these Peanut Butter Brownies, simply top the whipped peanut butter filling with another layer of the brownie batter and add a layer of the ganache over the top. This will help to bind the two layers together.

Chocolate Peanut Ganache

This brownie is soft and chewy, almost like a brownie box mix but with a creamy peanut butter layer in the center that’s squished between two decadent chocolate layers. Then there’s a rich chocolate ganache topping to take it to the next level!

The ganache is easy to make, just melt some chocolate chips with some heavy cream in the microwave. It only takes about 1 minute 30 seconds to make and if you add a pinch of salt, it makes the ganache extra special!

Then, whip up a peanut butter filling using a little milk and some powdered sugar. Then, spread it over the cooled brownies and chill until set.