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Do you have eighty-two boxes of chocolate brownies sitting in your pantry just begging to be frosted?  Then this recipe is for you! 🙂  As we were heading out to a get-together earlier this week, we were (of course!) running way behind and in too big of a hurry to head back to the store to grab one more thing.  So, this recipe from Christy Jordan's Southern Plate was the perfect make-it-from-the-pantry dessert to share! (Have you seen her recipes yet?  Whew, that girl can cook!)
Now, if you're new to this whole couponing-stockpiling-have-it-all-in-your-pantry thing that's okay too, because most of these items are on sale this week at Publix (and Kroger as well!) Â Here's how to mix up these yummy brownies in your kitchen:
Peanut Butter Fudge Iced Brownies recipe courtesy of Southern Plate
Ingredients
- 1 or 2 prepared brownie mixes Nestle Toll House Refrigerated Brownie Dough BOGO $2.90 at Publix, use $0.55/1 Toll House Cookie/Brownie Dough (Publix, Summer Pleasures), $1.50/2 Nestle Toll House Refrigerated Cookie Dough printable, or $0.75/1 Nestle Toll House Cookie or Brownie Dough printable (At Kroger, use $.50/1 Duncan Hines Brownies $0.50/1 Duncan Hines Brownies 04/10 SS or FREE Duncan Hines Premium Cake or Brownie Mix wyb (2) Duncan Hines Products 6/5 SS)
*****Southern Plate's recipe used 2 boxes, but I was in a hurry and only had time to bake one!  If you're planning to bake two, cut your oven temp down to 325, and bake about fifteen minutes longer than the box states, read more HERE.
- 1-1/2 cups sugar $0.50/1 Domino Sugar Product, exp. 6/30/11 (Family Circle, Apr 1), $0.50/1 Domino Granulated Sugar, exp. 7/31/11 (RP 05/22/11)
- 7 tablespoons milk
- 2 tablespoos shortening
- 2 tablespoons margarine Shedd's Spread Country Crock BOGO $2.10 at Publix, use $.40/1 Shedd's Spread Country Crock, $0.50/1 Shedd's Spread Country Crock, exp. 6/19/11 (RP 05/22/11) or $1/1 Shedd's Spread Country Crock Spread, exp. 7-15 (ALL YOU April or May '11)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter BOGO $2.50 at Publix
Directions
- Prepare brownies according to package directions and allow to cool completely before beginning icing.
- To make icing, combine sugar, milk, shortening, margarine & salt in heavy saucepot on stovetop.
- Bring to a rolling boil, stirring conatantly.
- After it reaches a rolling boil, continue to boil two more minutes on stove without stirring, until it reaches soft ball stage.
- Remove from heat, add vanilla and peanut butter (I was out of vanilla and the frosting was still delicious without it!)
- Beat until smooth, then quickly spread over completely cooled brownies.  This will work in a 9×13 or 8×8 pan, you'll just have more or less frosting. 🙂
*Note: Â my frosting was a little on the thin side (I'm not sure that I boiled it long enough), so I let it cool in the freezer to thicken up a bit before frosting the brownies. Â Once it cooled it was perfect, but I was a little unsure to start!
Brownies just begging to be frosted
Shortening-butter-sugar-goo mixing up on the stove
Brownies all iced and ready to go!
Thanks to Southern Plate for this great recipe!  Thanks to I Heart Publix for the coupon matchups, and check out $5 Dinner Mom for more bargain meal deals.  If you need a little more menu inspiration, check out the Recipe Index. JoinPassionate Penny Pincher on Facebook to keep up with all the meals & deals.
It’s so funny that you posted this today… I was drooling over these this weekend on Southern Plate and almost made them for Memorial Day. I think you have pushed me over the edge and I will be making these this weekend!
I hadn’t heard of the Southern Plate site either, but am so glad Laurie posted about it. I haven’t yet tried these brownies (I plan to!), but I did try the Buffalo Chicken Dip recipe from Southern Plate tonight. It was yummy and, as others have mentioned, could be made with stuff I had on hand.
I’ll have to look around there more to try to find the crockpot recipes mentioned in the comments above. I’m in such a rut with meal preparation. I sure could use some new ideas!
Thanks, Laurie! (By the way, I love how you answer/comment on most messages left on your site.)
I’m just so glad you guys take the time to leave comments! 🙂 It’s so silly, but seriously just getting comments from you guys is almost like a little special gift . . . it really does make my day. (Even though there are ways to tell how many people read PPP each day, those numbers just don’t compare to someone letting me know they actually read this stuff!)
We’re in a pretty big dinner rut around here too . . . tonight we went to Subway and spent $27 (ouch!) just because I didn’t have anything planned (and of course we had two kids on the way to the ball park!) I didn’t feel too bad, until I realized that tomorrow night we have a baseball party at a local pizza place, so add ANOTHER $20 (double ouch!) At least they take coupons there . . .
I make a Buffalo Chicken Dip recipe that might be similar to Southern Plate’s, and we just love that stuff . . . my hubby could eat it everyday! Let me know if you like the brownies (I know you will!), and let’s both plan on doing some menu planning next week (I think this week’s hopeless around here!!!)
I have made these twice in the last 2 weeks and they were a huge hit! All the Southern Plate recipes I have tried are delicious and made with ingredients I am likely to have on hand. Laurie, love your blog. Thank you for all you do.
I love being able to use ingredients in my pantry to cook/bake with, and so many of her recipes really are just right from the pantry (love that!) Somehow it doesn’t seem quite as boring to make another box of brownies when they’ve got such a yummy topping. 🙂
Thanks so much for reading – I’m so glad you enjoy it 🙂 (Really, you just made my day!)
Thank you for the recipe and the link to Christy Jordan’s site! I’ve never heard of her, but it looks like she has a few slow cooker recipes (which I’m all about!). Anything to make getting supper on the table easier….
I think you’ll love her site! I’ve tried several of her recipes and have enjoyed all of them . . . I especially love that they’re family friendly and usually don’t include loads of ingredients that I don’t have in the pantry (like you said, anything to make getting supper on the table easier is a blessing around here!) 🙂
She actually is from the same city that I live in, so I keep thinking I’ll bump in to her one day at the grocery store!