These made from scratch chewy fudge brownies are topped with a creamy chocolate brownie frosting.
Chewy Fudge Brownies
These brownies have a deliciously intense chocolate flavor with a creamy and rich frosting. This recipe uses unsweetened 100% cacao chocolate which is very different from cocoa powder.
If you needed an excuse to eat these delicious brownies, try these:
- Cacao is rich in antioxidants which prevent the body from disease and aging.
- It's a great source of magnesium and iron - in fact, it's the best source for them!
- It's a mood booster! Cacao helps you relax and promotes better sleep.
- It's also good for your skin! Believe it or not, cacao helps you stay hydrated!
- It's also really good for your heart and it reduces inflammation!
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Baking the Brownies
These brownies are baked in a 13" x 9" pan. Even though most of the pans you can buy these days are non-stick, it's always a good idea to grease the pan when working with brownies.
Also, because you allow these brownies to sit for 3 hours before slicing and removing them, it will make it easier to remove them from the pan if it's greased.
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Ingredients in Chewy Fudge Brownies
- Butter
- Cacao, unsweetened chocolate
- Eggs, room temp
- Granulated sugar
- Vanilla extract
- All-purpose flour
- Unsweetened cocoa powder
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Confectioner's sugar
- Half and half
📖 Recipe
Chewy Fudge Brownies
Equipment
Ingredients
Chocolate Brownies
- 1 cup butter - 2 sticks
- 4 squares cacao - unsweetened chocolate
- 2 eggs - room temp
- 1 ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoon cocoa powder - unsweetened
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Chocolate Frosting
- ½ cup butter - 1 stick
- 2 squares cacao - unsweetened chocolate
- 4 cups confectioner's sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 5 tablespoon half and half
Instructions
Brownies
- Preheat oven to 325°F and grease a 13x9 baking pan well.
- In a small saucepan melt together then 4 squares of unsweetened chocolate and the 1 cup of butter. Stir occasionally.
- Allow the butter and chocolate to melt completely and set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat the room temp eggs, sugar, and vanilla, until well blended.
- Pour the melted chocolate mixture into the bowl and mix well.
- Add the cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, and flour into the bowl and blend well.
- Pour the brownie mix into the prepared pan and spread evenly.
- Bake for about 25 to 30 minutes. Remove and set on a wire rack to cool. Start preparing frosting.
Chocolate Frosting
- In a small saucepan, melt together the 2 unsweetened chocolate squares and the ½ cup of butter. Stir until melted.
- In a bowl, add in the 4 cups of confectioner's sugar and vanilla.
- Pour the melted chocolate mixture into the confectioner's sugar and beat with a hand mixer.
- Add in the half and half and beat until creamy. Add more half and half 1 tablespoon at a time if needed.
- Spread the frosting over the brownies while still warm and spread evenly.
- Allow brownies to cool on a rack for 3 hours before cutting and serving.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is an estimate based on third-party calculations. Actual values may vary due to ingredients, measurements, and serving sizes.
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Creamy Chocolate Frosting
The frosting for this recipe also has cacao in it as well! It's melted down with the butter in a small saucepan and then added to the powdered sugar once it has cooled slightly. Usually, with baked goods, you want your cake to cool completely before frosting. That's not the case with this recipe!
Once the brownie has cooled for about 5 minutes, the creamy chocolate frosting is poured on and evenly frosted. This allows the frosting to sink into the warm brownies a little bit. It helps increase flavor, and it also makes them fudgy!
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Brryl Duncan says
Could you tell me what is half and half please? This doesn't appear in English recipes
Dana says
Half and Half is a mixture of heavy cream and whole milk.