Oh my goodness, these were soooo good!!!
The boys and I had plans last Friday night for a play date with friends we haven’t seen in a long time. I decided to bring brownies with us and then in true Amanda-style, I decided I needed to go completely over the top and make chocolate-covered brownies. Why do it if you don’t do it big?!?!
So, how did I make them? I improvised from a recipe posted on Pioneer Woman’s website, of course! I took a “working-mom-with-two-kids” shortcut and used brownie mix! 🙂
I made 2 boxes of brownie mix according to the instructions on the box. Instead of pouring into a regular pan, I put the mix into my (well-greased) mini-cupcake pans. These cooked about 30-35 minutes or so. I checked on them roughly every 5 minutes to make sure I didn’t over cook. I would recommend doing that as well because I can’t be 100% sure they cooked for 30-35 minutes. Mental note: write it down next time! 😉
Here’s the important part: LET THE BROWNIES COOL COMPLETELY BEFORE TRYING TO GET THEM OUT OF THE PAN! I lost a few brownies by trying to force them out before they had cooled off. 🙂
Once they’d cooled completely, prepared the chocolate glaze. My brownie bites cooled for roughly 24 hours before I got around to coating them with the chocolate.
I made the glaze exactly as it was provided in the Pioneer Woman recipe:
ICING/GLAZE
- 8 whole 1-ounce Squares Semi-sweet Chocolate, Chopped
- 1 cup Cream, Heated
- 2 Tablespoons Light Corn Syrup
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
To make the icing, mix cream with corn syrup and heat in a microwave safe container. Add chopped chocolate to a separate bowl. Add vanilla to warm cream mixture, then pour over chopped chocolate. Stir until chocolate totally melts and mixture is smooth.
Next, I dunked the little suckers in the chocolate, making sure it was completely covered. I used a fork to fish it out of the chocolate and made sure to tap as much of the extra chocolate off as possible. I put the chocolate-covered brownies out on wax paper and decorated with some Halloween sprinkles.
We let these sit out for a few hours and then refrigerated until we were ready to go to the party.
I will DEFINITELY be making these bad boys again! They were a hit!!!