Fudge Topped Peanut Butter Chip Blondies

This Fudge Topped Peanut Butter Chip Blondie recipe features a peanut butter base with a delicious chocolate twist! A rich layer of chocolate fudge and chopped peanuts rests atop a flavorful peanut butter blondie base for a unique blend of classic flavors. Make these fudge-topped peanut butter chip blondies to make all the peanut butter and chocolate fans in your life swoon.

Ingredients

1 cup

butter or margarine (2 sticks), softened

3/4 cup

granulated sugar

3/4 cup

packed light brown sugar

2

eggs

1 tsp

vanilla extract, divided

2 - 1/4 cups

all-purpose flour

1 tsp

baking soda

1/4 tsp

salt

1 - 2/3 cups

REESE'S Peanut Butter Chips (10 oz pkg.)

2 cups

HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK Mildly Sweet Chocolate Chips or HERSHEY’S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips (12 oz pkg.)

1 can

sweetened condensed milk (14 oz) (not evaporated milk)

1/2 cup

chopped peanuts

Directions

Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 13x9x2-inch baking pan.

Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla in large bowl until fluffy. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; add to butter mixture, blending well. Stir in peanut butter chips. Spread batter into prepared pan.3

Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until golden. Shortly before end of baking time, melt chocolate chips with sweetened condensed milk in heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly until chips are melted. Remove from heat; stir in remaining 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Spread evenly over baked blondies. Sprinkle with peanuts; press down lightly. Cool.4

Refrigerate about 3 hours or until firm. Cut into bars. Store covered at room temperature. About 24 blondies.