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My best friend has been living in Paris for the past 6 years, creating the wonderful excuse for me to visit my favorite city multiple times a year. Every time I visit, I try to cook or bake her something special since the opportunity is rare. On one of my recent visits, one of our baking sessions included these double chocolate brownies. My best friend actually requested them for her office. She works for a French company where the majority of employees are native Frenchmen and, ironically, love American treats. As a result, she periodically brings in classic American baked goods for her fellow coworkers. She had a feeling these brownies would hit the spot, so we made a batch of these perfectly fudgy brownies, which were unsurprisingly eaten up within the blink of an eye. So today, I share a completely American recipe with you, knowing it will satisfy not just my fellow Americans, but my dear French friends as well. 

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Who knew slabs of peanut butter and white chocolate could be so good? Well, I did! And I mean that in the least snootiest way. I have years and years of peanut butter eating under my belt to know that if you throw peanut butter into the mix, the result is pretty much always going to be fantastic. As a kid, my family used to joke that if you took a look at my insides, they were probably coated in peanut butter. I ate peanut butter, Skippy Peanut Butter to be specific, everyday in a PB&J sandwich and in almost any baked good that I could get my hands on. Till this day, I still sometimes find myself sticking a spoon straight into a jar of peanut butter for a quick, afternoon pick-me-up. It was actually during one of these indulgent moments that I thought about making this peanut butter white chocolate bark with it.