Buttermilk Buckeye Bars #chocolateparty
This months Chocolate party is all about buttermilk. I kind of had to think hard on this one.
I started off making this zebra cake with buttermilk. The ingredients called for baking soda and I used baking powder. What I ended up with was a big zebra biscuit. I will make that recipe, the right way in another post.
I then thought about perhaps a brownie with buttermilk. Then I thought about the buckeye candy. With the chocolate on the outside and creamy peanut butter in the middle. I should make that into a bar. So I decided to make a brownie using buttermilk and add the buckeye filling and swirl it around.
There is an expression about the best laid plans. Yeah, in the real world that almost never happens.
Anyway, the batter for the brownies was a bit thin so when I added the peanut butter mixture it sort of sunk to the bottom. I put half of the peanut butter mixture in my brownies and the rest went in the fridge.
I put my brownies in the oven and waited patiently (well as patiently as I could) to see how they came out. When I pulled them out of the oven, the peanut butter did sink to the bottom. So, I waited for them to cool and put the rest of the peanut butter on the top as a rustic frosting of sorts.
So that is how my Buttermilk Buckeye bars were born.
They ain’t pretty, but they sure do taste good!

Buttermilk Buckeye Bars
Ingredients:
1/2 cup softened butter
3/4 cup peanut butter
1 cup confectioners sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup water
1 cup butter
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350.
In a medium bowl combine butter, peanut butter, sugar and vanilla. Beat until smooth.
Grease two 9 x 9 inch pan or one 13 x 9 inch pan.
In a medium bowl combine flour, sugar, baking soda and salt.
In a medium saucepan combine the water, butter and cocoa powder. Bring to a boil then remove from heat. Add the hot mixture to the flour mixture and combine. Add eggs, buttermilk and vanilla. Continue beating another minute or so, until everything is incorporated.
Pour batter into prepared pan. Drop by spoonfuls half of the peanut butter mixture into the chocolate batter. Swirl with a toothpick. Bake 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool completely before frosting with the remaining peanut butter mixture.
Chocolate party is a monthly event hosted by Roxana’s Home Baking. Together with some wonderful bloggers. Each month we pick an ingredient and pair it with chocolate. We blog about it by the end of the month.
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Peace be with you,
Veronica
Oh, yeah…this is a winner, Vonnie!!! I’d love a LARGE slice!!!
I love this idea!!! Pb & chocolate=heaven
Vonnie these looks great!! Love the combination of chocolate, peanut butter and butter milk!!
Vonnie these look great!! Love the combination of chocolate, peanut butter and butter milk!!
I love the “homemade-ness” of your icing. It’s not perfect, but it’s realistic. Not to mention these look delicious!
Yummy! Those sound delicious, great job as usual!
Happy Blogging!
Happy Valley Chow
Oh my! These sounds fabulous, pinning right now!
Lori
Whoneedsacape.com
Not Your Average Super Moms!
Peanut butter and brownies = mach made in heaven. You can’t go wrong with this combo!
Thanks for sharing and for participating in this month chocolate party Veronica
This sounds SO good!
Well, the best laid plans…..But these sound amazing. A happy accident? You can’t go wrong with peanut butter and chocolate! Even if these had not panned out (no pun intended), you could not have thrown them out! 🙂
They look might pretty to me, Veronica! Accidental genius!
Anything with peanut butter whether on top, in the middle or on the bottom gets my vote, Veronica. BTW Your Buckeye Bars look delicious!
Hey some of the tastiest dishes come out of fixing disasters! Love this!
I love PB with brownies, I could go for a large square for my afternoon treat!
Veronica…I’ve had some pretty frustrating days in the kitchen lately as well! But I have to tell you….these look fabulous! I can think of nothing better than chocolate and peanut butter baked together and iced with more peanut butter! Looking forward to the zebra cake in the future, too! : )
Hi there Vonnie! These slices look absolutely amazing… you can’t go wrong with peanut butter and chocolate! This is my first visit to your beautiful blog… so many awesome recipes, I can tell that I’m going to be occupied for a while! Thanks for sharing x
Oh gosh Veronica, these look dangerously good!
Perfect flavors together! And the type of cake I like both to bake and eat. Sometimes you don´t need grand baking plans Veronica. It´s gorgeous!
Oh dear! Such a perfect pairing of flavours! They wouldn’t last long in the grey cottage, that’s for sure!
Veronica, I bet these tasted AH-MAY-ZING! I’m always baking things and totally winging it – usually things always turn out right in the end. Especially when chocolate, peanut butter and buttermilk are involved!