Buckeye Crunch Brownies

Fourth of July was one of my favorite holidays while growing up in Ohio. Each year we filled our backyard with family and friends, playing games in the pool and taking breaks for burgers and dessert until it was dark enough for fireworks. I must’ve been subconsciously feeling homesick when I whipped up these Buckeye Crunch Brownies the other week, because they remind me so much of Ohio Buckeyes (which are peanut butter balls of heaven covered in chocolate, if you’re never had one).

These delicious squares have the same base as my Cosmic Brownies, but are topped with an easy peanut butter frosting and sprinkled with chocolate covered pretzels! They’re super low in sugar, but you’d have no idea. Okay, I’ll stop rambling so you can make them yourself.

Buckeye Crunch Brownies

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 50 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Servings 12

Ingredients

  

Brownies

• ½ cup gluten free flour (I use Namaste Foods)
• ½ cup cocoa powder
• ¼ cup + 2 Tbsp ghee (can sub butter)
• 1 cup monk fruit sweetener (I use Lakanto to make it low sugar, can sub regular sugar)
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• ¼ tsp salt
• ¼ cup milk (I use coconut)

Frosting

• 1 cup unsweetened peanut butter
• ¼ cup coconut oil
• 2 tbsp maple syrup
• ½ cup monk fruit powdered sugar (I use Lakanto for low sugar, but can sub regular)
• handful pretzels & chocolate (I use Quinn gluten free pretzels and dark chocolate)

Instructions

 

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and grease a square baking pan.
• In a large bowl, whisk flour, cocoa powder and salt. Set aside.
• In a separate bowl, mix together melted ghee and monk fruit/sugar. Add in the eggs, vanilla and milk. Mix until fully combined.
• Add in your dry ingredients to your wet and mix until smooth. Your batter should be thick!
• Evenly spread batter into your greased pan and bake for about 25-30 minutes.
• While baking, prepare your frosting by combining all ingredients in a food processor until smooth.
• Chill the frosting in the fridge and prepare the chocolate covered pretzels.
• Microwave chocolate in a small bowl and stir until smooth. Dip the pretzels in the chocolate and place on a parchment lined baking sheet to cool. You can pop these in the freezer to harden faster.
• Once brownies are baked and cooled, spread the pb frosting over top and assemble your pretzels.
• If needed, place the brownies in the freezer until the frosting has hardened slightly.