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Gooey Easter Brownie Cups

April 9, 2014 By Betsy Cohen 12 Comments

Desserts Required - Gooey Easter Brownie Cups

Gooey Easter Brownie Cups

Gooey Easter Brownie Cups are great to make with the kids for two reasons. One, they are so incredibly easy to put together and two, there are extra Easter egg candies that they can eat while working so hard.

Easter always falls during Passover, which means that I do not get to eat the delicious traditional foods on Easter and have to hope that my friends who do celebrate the holiday save some treats for me.

This year I decided to bake something Easter-ish ahead of time because I, too, love all the pastel colored options in the store.

I saw gigantic (ok, they are large not gigantic) colorful egg candies in my grocery store this week. I realized that the color would be beautiful on top of brownie cups, Gooey Easter Brownie Cups.

Desserts Required - Gooey Easter Brownie Cups

I, also, noticed smaller crunchy pastel Easter egg candies and thought they would be fun to put inside the cups. The color fades a bit when the Gooey Easter Brownie Cups bake, but the crunch remains.

Once the cups come out of the oven and have cooled, popping them out of the pan is a breeze. I dipped the bottom of the gigantic eggs into melted and cooled chocolate and attached them to the top of the cups.

Gooey Easter Brownie Cups may be perfect for the kids but they are, equally, as wonderful for the kid in each of us!

Watch it:

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Gooey Easter Brownie Cups
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Recipe Type: Dessert, Brownies, Brownie Cups
Author: Betsy Cohen
Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 18 mins
Total time: 38 mins
Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • 16 tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted butter
  • ¾ cup light brown sugar
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1¼ cups all purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1¼ cups chocolate chips
  • 1 cup mini Easter egg candies
  • 12 large malted milk eggs
  • 1 ounce semisweet chocolate chips, melted and cooled
Instructions
  1. For the gooey Easter brownie cups:
  2. Preheat the oven to 350°. Set aside a 12-cup muffin pan.
  3. Place the butter, brown sugar and sugar into a large microwaveable bowl. Microwave until the mixture is completely melted and bubbly. Be sure to use oven mitts when removing from the microwave as the bowl will be very hot.
  4. Whisk to blend the ingredients together. Whisk in the vanilla, then the flour and salt.
  5. Continuously whisk the mixture while adding the eggs, to prevent cooking the eggs.
  6. Use a wooden spoon to mix in the chocolate chips. Most will melt, but you may have some that still hold their shape. Fold in the mini Easter egg candies.
  7. Spray the pan with non-stick cooking spray. Use a large cookie dough scoop or a gravy ladle to evenly transfer the batter to the muffin cups.
  8. Bake at 350°, on a rack in the middle of the oven, for 18 minutes.
  9. Remove and cool completely in the pan. Use a small metal spatula to go around the edges of the Gooey Easter Brownie Cups. Remove from the pan and place the cups on a serving plate.
  10. Dip the bottom of a large malted Easter egg into the melted chocolate and place it in the center of a Gooey Easter Brownie Cup. Repeat with the remaining 11.
  11. Betsy's tidbits:
  12. There are so many candy options available. I chose candies that did not have to be unwrapped and, also, have a crisp sugar shell. Let your imagination run wild!
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Comments

  1. Winnie says

    April 10, 2014 at 8:10 am

    These are really cute!!

    Reply
    • Betsy Cohen says

      April 10, 2014 at 9:20 pm

      Winnie,

      Thanks so much. Easy, too! 🙂

      Reply
  2. bakinginatornado says

    April 10, 2014 at 9:27 pm

    Love this twist to brownie cups, especially adding the candies to the batter. And the pastel is perfect for not just Easter but for spring in general.

    Reply
    • Betsy Cohen says

      April 11, 2014 at 8:40 pm

      Baking in a Tornado,

      Thank you. I couldn’t agree more! 🙂

      Reply
  3. thatskinnychickcanbake says

    April 11, 2014 at 7:25 pm

    I love your brownie cups…and this Easter version looks irresistible!!

    Reply
    • Betsy Cohen says

      April 11, 2014 at 8:41 pm

      That Skinny Chick Can Bake,

      Thanks so very much!

      Reply
  4. theninjabaker says

    April 12, 2014 at 10:06 pm

    You did the Easter bunny proud, Betsy! The brownie cups do indeed look like a wonderful project for kids of all ages =)

    Reply
    • Betsy Cohen says

      April 13, 2014 at 10:29 am

      Kim a/k/a The Ninja Baker,

      Thanks so much. They are a lot of fun!

      Reply
  5. countrylinked says

    April 14, 2014 at 3:20 pm

    Very cute and they look delicious! Thank you for sharing over at the County Fair Blog Party!

    Reply
    • Betsy Cohen says

      April 16, 2014 at 7:30 am

      Country Linked,

      Thanks so much for having Desserts Required at the Country Fair Blog Party!

      Reply
  6. Laura Dembowski (@piesandplots) says

    April 23, 2014 at 11:11 am

    I love fun little desserts like this! They always put me in a good mood.

    Reply
    • Betsy Cohen says

      April 24, 2014 at 8:05 am

      Laura,

      Thanks so much. I agree, ‘good mood’ foods are fab!

      Reply

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