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Creamy Peanut Butter Pie

Peanut Butter Pie is one of the BEST recipes to fill a chocolate and peanut butter fix. It is oh so creamy and oh so peanut butter-y, with a touch of chocolate. When I graduated college, my sister brought this pie to my graduation party. I immediately decided it just had to be the best darn Peanut Butter Pie I ever tasted. To this day, nothing has ever topped it. At least not for me.

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This no-bake treat starts out with a graham cracker crust. I am all about Oreo crusts. I love them. Normally, I would suggest an Oreo crust for any dessert that had to do with chocolate or peanut butter. However, I don’t know what it is about this Peanut Butter Pie, but I just love it with that graham cracker crust. This pie is already perfect, so I just couldn’t bring myself to make it any other way.

Next we have an extremely creamy and smooth peanut butter filling. In my opinion, the filling is what makes this Peanut Butter Pie stand out above the rest. To finish, the chocolate ganache topping completes the pie in a way that nothing else could.

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Peanut Butter Pie is a great dessert for any summer gathering!

Peanut Butter Pie

2017-07-13 16:03:13

A smooth and creamy peanut butter pie, topped with just the right amount of chocolate.

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For the crust

*9 whole graham crackers OR 1 bought 10-inch graham cracker crust
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, melted

For the peanut butter filling

1 cup cream
14 oz cream cheese
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups peanut butter
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 tablespoons butter, melted

For the chocolate ganache

1 cup milk chocolate chips
1/3 cup cream

For the crust

1. If making your own graham cracker crust, crush the graham crackers. Mix the graham cracker crumbs and sugar together. Add the melted butter and combine.
2. Press into a 9-inch pie plate. Use the bottom of a cup to press it in well. Bake at 350 F for 10 minutes. Let cool.

For the peanut butter filling

1. Whip the cream until stiff peaks form. Set aside.
2. Beat cream cheese and sugar well. Add peanut butter and vanilla, then mix. Gradually add the melted butter and combine. Fold the whipped cream into the peanut butter mixture. Do not over-mix. Pour peanut butter filling into your graham cracker crust.

For the chocolate ganache

1. Heat the cream in the microwave until almost boiling. Pour over chocolate chips. Whisk until well combined. You may need to warm it in the microwave to melt completely.
2. Spread over the pie and chill until set, about 2-3 hours.

Notes

If you use a bought graham cracker crust, don't use the regular 9-inch size, it has to be the 10-inch size or else it will overflow. The 10-inch size is 9 oz and usually says it makes two extra slices or servings.

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Brownies and Bars

Peanut Butter Brownies

About 75% of the time when I ask My Cowboy what sounds good for dessert, he asks for Peanut Butter Brownies. A lot of the time I don’t even ask, because I know what his response will be. In preparation for this post, I asked him to verbalize how they rank on his list of favorite desserts. As no surprise to me, he says these are tied for first with a skookie (recipe coming soon)!

Peanut Butter Brownies are an important part of our life. My obsession with chocolate and peanut butter really began with this recipe. Reese’s had long been my favorite candy, and I always really liked the combination of chocolate and peanut butter, but these really kicked my adoration for the two into gear.

It all started on a Sunday afternoon, six years ago this spring. Is it weird that I remember that? Mostly I just remember it was shortly before I graduated high school. Plus this recipe is that memorable. A family friend from my hometown brought these Peanut Butter Brownies to share with the ladies in her Sunday class. That was where my mom and older sister tested them. Her daughter was my age and a good friend of mine. After church, she passed me in the hall with her Mom, who was carrying the leftovers. She shared one of these luscious, moist, peanut butter-y, delicious, fantastic, extraordinary brownies with me.

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That same afternoon, once I got home, my Mom and sister informed me their lives had been changed just as much as mine by these brownies. Not only that, but we needed the recipe. We didn’t just want it, we absolutely, positively needed Peanut Butter Brownies. I called up my friend (the one whose mom made this batch of divinity) and asked for the recipe. She shared it and I made my first batch that afternoon.

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In the months that followed, before I left for college, between my mom, my sister, and myself, we must have made Peanut Butter Brownies at least ten times. Fortunately, we all trained for a 5k that summer, or else these bad boys might have reconstructed our thighs.

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Let’s talk a second about boxed brownie mixes. I like them, but prefer they have frosting, ice cream, or some mix-ins. I use them a lot in recipes like this, even though I won’t deny homemade are the best. For some reason though, I just like Peanut Butter Brownies best with a brownie mix. I don’t know why, I just do. So there. Use what you like!

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In the last three or four years, these brownies have flooded the internet. There are many recipes out there and the most common title seems to be Buckeye Brownies, but I just can’t call them that. They have always been Peanut Butter Brownies to me and they always will be.

Happy Friday! Go and make these quick 🙂

Peanut Butter Brownies

2017-06-23 15:15:00

A moist brownie lathered with peanut butter frosting and topped off with a layer of chocolate!

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Ingredients

-1 box brownie mix and the ingredients on the package, or your favorite brownie recipe
-1/2 cup butter, soft
-1 cup peanut butter
-3 cups powdered sugar
-1 teaspoon vanilla
-milk, for consistency
-12 oz milk chocolate chips
-1-2 tablespoons Crisco

Instructions

1. Make box brownie mix according to directions on the back of the package for a 9x13 pan. Cool completely.
2. For the peanut butter frosting: Mix butter and peanut butter until smooth and well combined. Add powdered sugar, one cup at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add vanilla and combine. Add milk, as needed for consistency. I usually use about 1/4 cup. Spread on top of cooled brownies
3. Melt chocolate chips, with the Crisco, on top of the stove or in the microwave. If using the microwave, reduce the power to sixty percent, and melt in thirty second increments. Stir in between each thirty seconds. Carefully spread on top of the peanut butter frosting. Let sit until chocolate hardens. Serve and enjoy!

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Cookies, No-Bake

Easy No-Bake Cookies

Easy No-Bake Cookies are everything that the title hints and more. These cookies have long been a favorite of both My Cowboy’s and mine. They are often requested when I ask him what sounds good for dessert. With so many recipes out there for this classic treat, it is hard to compete, but I tell you, this is my absolute favorite one! Proportionally, they couldn’t get any better if they tried. The chocolate to peanut butter ratio is simply perfection.

Dry No-Bake Cookies have always been a bitter disappointment to me. No need to worry about these turning out hard and crusty. If the instructions are closely followed, they will turn out just right…every time. My seven-year-old nephew who lives across the road, you know, that cute little cowboy from my branding posts, has been known to search around my house for them. It makes my heart happy. On the occasions I’ve had to inform him we are out of No-Bake Cookies, he requests that I make them again.

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After photographing these babies, I decided it’s really hard to make No-Bake Cookies appealing in photos. In all honesty, the are not the prettiest treat, but I sure tried my best to make them appear appetizing enough to tempt you 🙂

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I’m a strong advocate of whole grains. At my house, we strive for the majority of our diet to be filled with them. When it comes to dessert making however, I totally loosen the reins. While a lot of things can, some things just can’t be replaced completely with whole grain flours and taste the same. Although No-Bake Cookies still have plenty of sugar, they also have great things like peanut butter and oats. Whole grain for the win!

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It’s getting to the point here that it’s just too hot to turn on the oven more than is absolutely necessary. The ease and No-Baked-ness of this recipe make them the perfect treat for this time of year!

Easy No-Bake Cookies

2017-06-09 10:32:37

A simple and fast no-bake treat, with the perfect proportions of chocolate and peanut butter!

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Ingredients

-4 tablespoons cocoa powder
-2 cups sugar
-1/2 cup butter
-1/2 cup milk
-1 cup peanut butter
-2 teaspoons vanilla
-3 cups old fashioned oats

Instructions

In a large saucepan, bring cocoa, sugar, butter, and milk to a boil. Boil for one minute, then stir in the peanut butter, vanilla, and oats. Drop by spoonfuls onto parchment paper or a greased cookie sheet. Let sit until cooled.

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Cakes and Cupcakes

Reese’s Peanut Butter Brownie Ice Cream Cake

Oh boy. You need this Reese’s Peanut Butter Brownie Ice Cream Cake in your life. It kinda looks all complicated and such but it’s not too bad. It even uses a box brownie mix to make life easier. In fact, the most labor intensive part of the recipe is waiting for it to freeze! I love frozen treats, but the patience of waiting for them to harden in the freezer can be a killer. I always come to the same conclusion though- anything worthwhile in this life is usually worth waiting for.

The original recipe comes from Life, Love, and Sugar. She is always making the most beautiful and tasty looking cakes! I did decide to trade the Snickers and caramel for Reese’s and peanut butter. The original recipe using the Snickers looks totally drool-worthy, but I didn’t have enough Snickers for the cake. If any of you know me by now, you could maybe have guessed I always have a supply of Reese’s on hand. Thus, the Reese’s Peanut Butter Brownie Ice Cream Cake was born.

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We had our first mildly hot days this past week. Most days were about 75-80 degrees. Sunday is supposed to be 90. Yikes! My Montana blood doesn’t like 90 degrees. It dreads 90 degrees. I feel hot just thinking about it. Montana sure gets cold in the winter, but it sure is perfect in the summer! Generally speaking, the part of the state I hail from doesn’t top 80-85.

If your neck of the woods is warming up as well, I highly recommend cooling off with this Reese’s Peanut Butter Brownie Ice Cream Cake! Try saying THAT five times fast.

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While the name is definitely a mouthful, once you taste Reese’s Peanut Butter Brownie Ice Cream Cake, you will want to keep the mouthfuls coming 😉

Reese's Peanut Butter Brownie Ice Cream Cake

2017-06-02 14:59:44

An ice cream cake starting out with a box brownie mix and turning into a splendid chocolate and peanut butter frozen treat!

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Ingredients

*1 box brownie mix, plus ingredients on box
1/4 cup milk
8 oz cream cheese
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups peanut butter, divided
8 oz Cool Whip
2 cups hot fudge sauce (I prefer homemade)
12 Reese's Peanut Butter cups, chopped (full-size or snack-size)

Instructions

1. Make brownie batter according to the package directions. Grease two 8-inch pans. One of the pans should be a spring form pan, I used a cake pan for the other, but if you have two 8-inch spring form pans, that would be easiest. Keep in mind you will eventually build the cake in the spring form pan. Whichever pan has the brownie layer you intend to remove, may remove easier if it has a cake board and/or parchment paper. I used neither and just cut the brownie layer in fourths which worked just fine. Bake the brownie batter for 15-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean, at whatever temperature the box recommends. Cool completely.
2. For the ice cream mixture, mix milk, cream cheese, sugar, and 1 cup of peanut butter until completely combined. Fold in the Cool Whip, then 8 of the chopped Reese's.
3. Line the sides of the 8-inch spring form pan you used for one of the brownie layers with parchment paper. Make sure the paper reaches about 1-2 inches above the top of the pan. The cake will be a little higher than the pan.
4. In that same spring form pan, spread 3/4 cup hot fudge over the brownie. If needed for spread-ability, warm the fudge in the microwave until just liquid enough to spread, but not hot. Melt the remaining 1/2 cup of peanut butter in the microwave for about 20 seconds, this should melt the peanut butter without getting it hot. Drizzle 1/4 cup of the peanut butter over the fudge. Top with half of the peanut butter ice cream.
5. Next, remove the second brownie layer from the pan it was baked in. As stated above, I just cut it in fourths and removed each piece. Place the brownie on top of the ice cream, hot fudge, and peanut butter layer. Once the cake was assembled, it was not at all visible that I had cut the second brownie layer. Top this layer with 3/4 cup hot fudge, and remaining 1/4 cup peanut butter. Place second half of the peanut butter ice cream on top. Freeze cake completely. I froze it overnight. I would recommend freezing at least 6 hours.
6. Once frozen, run a knife around the sides of the cake and remove the ring from around the pan. Sprinkle with the remaining 4 Reese's. Drizzle the top with remaining hot fudge and more melted peanut butter for garnish. You may want to replace in the freezer for 10-15 minutes to harden the sauces on top. I like to slice my piece of cake and let it sit about fifteen minutes to soften. While not necessary, but super tasty, we also drizzled our pieces with a little homemade caramel sauce. Enjoy!

Notes

*I recommend using a box brownie mix and not a homemade recipe. In my opinion, box brownie mixes are usually a bit more moist, even after days of sitting out than most homemade recipes. I think the texture of a box brownie mix works better for eating frozen as well. A homemade brownie might be more prone to drying out and harder to bite/chew since this cake is served frozen.

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No-Bake

Oreo Peanut Butter Apple Salad

This Oreo Peanut Butter Apple Salad is one of my new favorites! In my opinion, there is nothing that has the ability to spice up a family dinner quite like a fruit or jello salad. This would be a great addition to the table for Mother’s Day this Sunday. A lot of these types of salads are pretty much dessert, but I just pretend they’re not to justify eating dessert after the meal as well 🙂 The way I see it, if you eat enough, you will totally get a serving of apples.

My adoration of the combo of Oreo’s and peanut butter came around the time the Lindsay Lohan version of “The Parent Trap” came out. It is still one of the most loved movies of my childhood! I was only about six or seven when my older sisters and I rented it on the Dish. We made a VHS recording of it and I watched that movie over and over and over and over and over. For years.

Remember the part where Hallie teaches Annie to dip Oreo’s in peanut butter? I started doing it too and have loved it ever since! I give that movie partial credit for the fact that Peanut Butter Oreo’s are now my favorite rendition of the cookie. I have been wanting to try incorporating peanut butter into a fruit salad for a while. So when I found this gem of a recipe over at Something Swanky, with peanut butter AND Oreo’s, I knew I would love it. She wrote it as a variation on Snickers Apple Salad- which is fabulous as well!

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With only My Cowboy and I in our household, I don’t make salads like these very often because it is so hard for the two of us to get through an entire batch. So they are kind of a special occasion type of deal for us. I love to make them when I get the chance to feed a group of people that can help us eat it all. My sister and her family visited us a while back. This meant I had enough people to help us power through this delicious Oreo Peanut Butter Apple Salad! Not that it was a very difficult task by any means. I think My Cowboy and I almost could have eaten this salad entirely on our own 🙂

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Oreo Peanut Butter Apple Salad

2017-05-11 14:33:28

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Ingredients

3.75 oz vanilla pudding mix
1 1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup peanut butter
8 oz Cool Whip
4 apples
20-25 Oreo's, chunked

Instructions

In a large bowl, whisk the milk and pudding mix. Let thicken a couple minutes. Place peanut butter in a small, microwave-safe dish and microwave about twenty seconds, until melted, but not hot. Mix into the pudding. Fold in Cool Whip. Cut the apples into chunks and incorporate in the pudding mixture. If not serving immediately, place in the fridge for 1-2 hours. This isn't necessary, but will give time for the flavors to combine. The Oreo's get mushy pretty fast, so I prefer to wait to fold them in until right before I serve the salad. When you are ready to add the Oreo's, break them into large chunks and add them to the salad! Drizzle with hot fudge, or Hershey's Syrup and melted peanut butter if desired. I also like to garnish it with a few extra Oreo's. Enjoy!

Notes

Recipe lightly adapted from Something Swanky.

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Brownies and Bars, No-Bake

Peanut Butter Bars

There are a million different recipes out there for “Lunch Lady” Peanut Butter Bars. Well, these are the Peanut Butter Bars MY lunch lady made me from the time I was in third grade all the way up to my senior year of high school. Not only were these my absolute FAVORITE treat the school cooks made, but they were always served with my most loved main dish the school made as well-meatballs on steamed rice, dinner roll, and green beans!

As if I wasn’t satisfied enough after the meal itself, I got to top it all off with these bars! Another thing about my school cooks- they were so generous. If they knew they were serving you your favorite meal, by-golly, they made sure to serve you up a good pile of it! Once you reached high school age, any dessert leftovers were free game after everybody had made it through the lunch line. My meatballs on rice was always accompanied by at least two, sometimes three or more, of these Peanut Butter Bars. I often went up for seconds or thirds! What a gluttonous teenager I was. Even now, it is hard for me to contain and ration myself if a pan of these babies are near.

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Another great thing about these bars is they are no-bake. We are coming up on summer where the days are too hot to want to turn on the oven. A lot of Peanut Butter Bars are of the baked variety. Until I was about eleven or twelve, I didn’t even know that there was such a thing as a baked Peanut Butter Bar. It was a bitter disappointment to me the first time I thought I was getting a Peanut Butter Bar just like the ones at my school, to see the hot pan being pulled out of the oven!

I have totally warmed up to baked Peanut Butter Bars, but when I think of a traditional Peanut Butter Bar, these are still the exact ones that I think of, crave, desire, and need-or whatever you wanna call it. Need probably fits the description best.

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The peanut butter filling in these bars- oh how I love it! My school topped these off with a homemade chocolate frosting, but I will use melted chocolate for the topping as well.

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I promise these will make your school year. They sure always made mine.

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Peanut Butter Bars

2017-05-02 20:59:09

A creamy no-bake Peanut Butter Bar that will satisfy your sweet tooth every time.

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Ingredients

2 cups peanut butter
3 cups powdered sugar
2 cups Rice Krispie's Cereal
1/2 cup butter, soft

*Chocolate Frosting

1/2 cup butter, soft
1/4 cup cocoa powder
2-3 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup milk, for consistency

Instructions

Mix peanut butter and butter until smooth and creamy. Add powdered sugar, one cup at a time until fully incorporated. Combine well. Fold in Rice Krispie's. Press into a greased 9x13 pan.

Chocolate Frosting

Beat butter and cocoa powder until smooth. Add powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, mixing well in between each addition. Add milk and beat until smooth and creamy, you may use more or less than the listed 1/4 cup. I like to beat my frosting at least 2-3 minutes after every ingredient is added, until it is very smooth, creamy, and slightly whipped. Spread over top of peanut butter layer.
You probably won't need all of the frosting. Generally I like desserts pretty heavily frosted, but it really doesn't take much to make these great! Refrigerate any unused frosting. It's always good to have a little extra frosting on hand 🙂

Notes

*I prefer the chocolate frosting, but you can also melt 2 cups of chocolate chips with a little shortening and use that as the topping instead of the chocolate buttercream. They taste great either way!

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Brownies and Bars

Breakup Brownies

Byhannah@butterloveandcowboys.com | On April 19,17 | 0 Comment

These brownies. Where do I begin? Breakup Brownies are an outrageous mixture of two of my most favorite things in this world- chocolate and peanut butter. Wait, wait, wait! Breakup Brownies have FOUR of my most favorite things in this world- chocolate, peanut butter, Oreo’s, and Reese’s. You will literally want to eat these ’til the cows come home!

These bad boys have become one of my most loved brownie recipes. On top of that, they are pretty simple. In between layers, there is some required cooling, but like I said, they are simple.

There are various recipes for these bars and a lot of recipes entitle them “Crack Brownies”. I’ve got no beef with that name, but I have my reasons for liking the other. Some may scoff that when I married My Cowboy, I literally married one of the first guys I met when I went off to college, but I never had the heartbreak of a bad breakup. Score! Seriously though, I think if I were going through a breakup, my recovery would call for these. Therefore, I still dub them, “Breakup Brownies”.

We begin with a boxed brownie mix. Sure you can be fancy and use the real thing, your own homemade recipe. However, if you add a few simple ingredients to a brownie mix you can end up with something practically like the real, homemade deal.

Next, we add a full covering of Reese’s and Oreo’s.

To top it off, we melt milk chocolate chips and peanut butter, mixed with Rice Krispy’s and Oreo’s for a generous layer of deliciousness.

So tasty. Let me repeat- SO TASTY!

Get a load of that!

Another note is that I have made these in both a 8×8 inch pan and a 9×13 inch pan. If you use the former, be ready for a SUPER thick brownie, like the ones in these photos. If you use the latter, they are a pretty standard brownie size. I don’t know that I liked either way better so I guess it would just depend how many people I was trying to stretch the brownies for.

Breakup Brownies

2017-04-19 09:39:53

An outrageous combination of chocolate, peanut butter, Oreo's, and Reese's- all in one delicious brownie!

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For the Brownies

-1 box brownie mix
-1/4 cup milk
-2 eggs
-1/2 cup butter, melted

For the second layer

-12 Reese's peanut butter cups, cut into quarters.
-10 Oreo's, in chunks

For the topping

-2 cups milk chocolate chips
-1 cup peanut butter
-1 tablespoon butter
-1 teaspoon vanilla
-1 cup Rice Krispie's Cereal
-3/4 cup Oreo's, in small chunks

For the brownies

*1. Preheat oven at 325 F. Grease an 8x8 inch pan. Combine the brownie mix, milk, eggs, and butter. Pour into greased pan. Bake for 50-52 minutes.

For the second layer

2. When you pull the brownies out of the oven, immediately place the Reese's peanut butter cups and the 10 chunked up Oreo's on top of the brownies. After 3-5 minutes, spread the melted Reese's and Oreo's with a knife. Let brownies cool completely.

For the topping

1. Place chocolate chips, peanut butter, and butter in a microwave safe bowl. Melt in the microwave using increments of thirty seconds. Stir between each thirty seconds. Continue until melted and smooth. Add vanilla and combine.
**2.Add Rice Krispie's and Oreo's to the chocolate chip and peanut butter mixture.
3. Spread topping over cooled brownies and let set up completely. Serve and enjoy!

Notes

*You can make this same recipe in either a 9x13 inch or 8x8 inch pan. The 8x8 inch pan will yield a very thick brownie like in these photos. Just make sure you adjust the baking temperature and time in correlation with the size of pan you use, according to the instructions on whichever brownie mix you have.
**You can skip the 3/4 cup of Oreo's and just use 1 3/4 cup of Rice Krispies instead. Using the Oreo's makes for a pretty rich brownie but they are so good!

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