Last night we were invited to a bonfire / hayride fall party!  Nothing says fall quite like that!  Which got me to thinking….

What happens when our family gets invited to a party? 

Here’s what I do:
- Check to make sure the calendar is clear
- Add it to the calendar
- Remind husband a couple days before the event
- Remind husband the day of event
- Remind husband an hour before the event
- Remind husband 5 minutes before event
- Make the food to share
- Make sure everyone is dressed properly
- Make sure we all have jackets in the car
- Make sure we have lawn chairs
- Make sure the diaper bag is stocked & in the car
- Have all the boys go to the bathroom / change Annika’s diaper
- Make sure I don’t have smeared boogers, food etc. all over me
- Get all the kids buckled into the car
- Grab last minute things – drinks, stroller, the food, a stray shoe

Here’s what Matt does:
- Gets into the car (& asks me what is taking so long)

Just Sayin’…

Anyway, here is the recipe for the Peanut Butter Brownie Pizza I took to the party.  My friend Holly brought this to a football game the other day and I immediately told here I NEEDED the recipe.  Here is a word of warning though…  Make this for a party!  DO NOT make this just for your family unless you are very skinny and need to gain some weight.  Because.. seriously… you will eat the entire thing in a day – it is that good…  (only that wouldn’t be good…) 

Peanut Butter Brownie Pizza

1 package brownie mix
1 package (8oz) cream cheese
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
2 packages peanut butter cups
1/4 cup peanuts (chopped)
chocolate syrup

Prepare brownie mix according to package directions.
Place parchment paper on 15-inch round baking stone.  (do not bake without parchment paper or batter will run off stone while baking) 
Pour brownie mix on paper and spread into a 14-inch circle.
Bake  @ 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until set
cool completely
Mix cream cheese, sugar, & peanut butter until smooth
spread over cooled brownie crust
chop candy and peanuts and sprinkle over peanut butter mixture. (I left the peanuts off – accidentally… & it was good that way too.) 
drizzle chocolate over pizza
cut
refrigerate

Oh, and here is another funny story.  So, I went to the store and bought all the ingredients to make 2 of these.  One for the before mentioned party, and one to take to the mission fest at our church today.  The next day I was talking to Holly and I let her know I bought everything.  Somehow we ended up talking about the peanut butter cups & I think I asked her if she uses the miniature sized cups or the regular sized.  I said I had bought packages of the regular sized because I figured they would be easier to chop up.  She said “Yes, that’s what I use too – 4 of those regular sized ones – you know two packages..”  I was like WHAT?  I bought two BAGS thinking that was what you meant by 2 packages.  I almost put on who knows how many peanut butter cups…  probably 40!  LOL  So two packages means two regular size, like you get at the check-out stand, packages.  Not BAGS…  although I would say maybe 3 packages would make it even better.  I personally used six peanut butter cups per pizza. 

C-

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