Frosted Mini Egg Brownies
Decadent brownies with a chocolate frosting and Mini Eggs baked in. Perfect for Easter.
Servings: 12 servings
Ingredients
Brownies
- ½ cup white sugar
- ⅓ cup butter
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup Mini Eggs candy, broken
Frosting
- 4 Tbsp butter, softened to room temperature
- 1½ cups powdered sugar
- 4 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 Tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Topping
- ½ cup Mini Eggs, broken
- 12 whole Mini Eggs, one for each piece
Instructions
Brownies
- Preheat oven to 350℉ and grease a brownie pan.
- In a medium pot, combine the sugar, butter, and milk.
- Over medium-low heat, cook the mixture until the butter is melted and the sugar is dissolved.
- Remove from heat and stir in the chocolate and cocoa until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth.
- Stir in vanilla extract.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Add the eggs stirring, then pour in the chocolate mixture, stirring to combine.
- Fold in Mini Eggs.
- Spread batter evenly in the prepared pan.
- Bake for 20-22 minutes or until edges are pulling away from the sides of the pan and getting crispy. Centre will still be soft and gooey.
- Allow to cool in the pan.
Frosting
- In a large bowl, beat butter until smooth.
- Add ½ the powdered sugar, half the cocoa powder, and half the milk, beating until smooth.
- Add remaining powdered sugar, cocoa, milk and vanilla extract.
- Beat until smooth.
- Spread evenly over the cooled brownies.
- Top with broken Mini Eggs.
- Cut into 12 squares.
- Place one whole Mini Egg on top of each square and serve.
Notes
To break the candies, place them in a freezer bag to break them. We use the flat side of a meat mallet to smash the candies into pieces. A rolling pin can also be used.
This recipe uses a brownie pan that is 11-inches by 7-inches. A 9-inch square cake pan can also be used, but the baking time will need to be increased by 2-4 minutes.