Peanut Butter Cup Trifle

Dangerous, but oh so delicious!

Brownie Layer:  

Just mix up your favor 9x13 pan of brownies (I used a mix)

Peanut Butter Layer:  

8 oz cream cheese, softened

3/4 cup peanut butter

Cream above together, 

then stir in 1 c powdered sugar, 

a splash of milk, 

and a splash of vanilla

Fold in about 1 cup of whipped cream.  You can make your own or use Cool Whip

Peanut Butter Cup Layer: I used about 6 packages (12 cups in all) and chopped them up

Chocolate Mousse Layer: I used a store-bought mix and whipped up about 2 cups of mousse.  You can also use Jell-o pudding if you want

Repeat layers again and top with Whipped Cream--if you made your own, you could use about 2 cups heavy cream whipped up total and use half of it for your peanut butter layer.  Or use Cool Whip if you are running out of bowls and whipping utensils!

Finish off with about 8 peanut butter cups chopped up!

This was a huge hit and fed a big crowd.  We will be serving it again when we have people over for dinner!

S'Mores Cookie Bars

I have no picture because these get eaten so quickly!

I found the recipe on Pinterest and have made these 4 times already.

1/2 cup butter, room temperature

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar

1 large egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 1/3 cups flour

3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

2 King sized Hershey bars

1 1/2 cups marshmallow creme/fluff

Directions:

1. preheat oven to 350 degrees.  grease an 8 inch square baking pan

2. in a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy.  Beat in egg and vanilla.  Add dry ingredients and mix at low speed until combined.

3.  divide dough in half and press half the dough into an even layer on the bottom of the pan

place chocolate bars on top of the dough

spread marshmallow on top of the chocolate

4.  use wax paper and press the last 1/2 of the dough into an 8 inch square shape and then lay on top of marshmallow

5.  Bake for 30-35 minutes, until lightly browned.  Cool completely before cutting into bars