Fully Loaded Easter Chocolate Brownies
Grown ups and kids alike will love these loaded chocolately easter treats.
Makes 12
Ingredients
200g 70% plain dark chocolate
85g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
225g caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 large eggs, plus 1 large egg yolk, beaten together
Selection of favourite sweet treats - we love to add in various easter treats
Method
Heat the oven to 180C / Fan 160C / Gas Mark 4. Line a 20cm square baking tin with baking paper.
Break the chocolate into small pieces and place in a bowl over a pan of gently simmering water, stirring occasionally until it has all melted. Make sure the water does not touch the bowl. Add the oil and mix in well, then remove the bowl from the pan of water.
Mix the flour, baking powder and sugar together and stir into the chocolate and oil mixture. Add the eggs and mix well before pouring into the baking tin.
Set the timer for 30 minutes, then take the brownie out of the oven and press in some of your favourite sweet treats! At Easter we used halved fondant filled eggs, some hard shell chocolate eggs. Sprinkle over a few of them that have been broken up in a pestle and mortar first (the kids love doing this!). We’ve also used kids penny sweets to decorate these brownies too.
Pop the brownie back in the oven for its final 10 minutes, remove and leave it to cool in the tin. Once cooled, chill it for a while and then cut into 12 pieces.
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cooking Time
40 minutes
Recipe Notes
If you want to take away the temptation of eating a whole tray of brownies over a couple of days, don’t forget you can freeze brownies. Cut them into squares, line a tuppaware with greaseproof paper then add your pre-cut portions of brownie. When you fancy a treat just grab one out of the freezer and leave to defrost at room temp for a couple of hours.
