Oh goodness y’all. Here is something really indulgent and so very delicious for you to try.
This is a fun way to take a delicious brownie to the next level by adding your favorite candy inside! Fun right?
You can use any candy you like really but I went with Kit Kat because I was thinking the extra crunch from a Kit Kat would be fantastic. I think Reese’s would also be good with the Peanut Butter and chocolate or maybe something caramel…. really whatever you like. I am kind of thinking mini Cadbury eggs this time of year might work too?
- ¾ C. flour
- 2 C. semi-sweet chocolate
- 2 tbs cocoa powder
- 4 tbs. butter
- 3 eggs
- 1 ½ C. sugar
- ½ C. packed brown sugar
- 1 tsp. Vanilla extract
- 1 tsp. Baking powder
- ½ tsp. Salt
- 8 packages of Kit Kat candy bars (you will need approximately 16 Kit Kat bars total)
- 8x8 or 9x9 baking pan
- Frosting ingredients -
- ¼ C. butter or margarine, softened
- ⅓ C. cocoa
- 2 C. powdered sugar
- 1 tsp. Vanilla
- 3 tbs milk
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Line your 8x8 or 9x9 baking dish with foil and spray with a non-stick spray.
- Combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- In a microwave safe bowl, melt the butter and chocolate in 15-20 second increments, stirring until completely melted.
- Let cool 2-3 minutes.
- In another bowl, combine the eggs, sugar and vanilla.
- Add in the melted chocolate mixture and then slowly add in the flour and cocoa mixture and mix well.
- Pour enough of the batter into the bottom of your baking dish just to cover the bottom. Spread with a spoon or spatula if needed.
- Break the Kit Kat bars apart and lay on top of the batter – you will need about 8-10 bars for the entire pan.
- Once the Kit Kat bars are in place, pour the rest of the batter over the top and bake for 25-30 minutes.
- Insert a toothpick around 25 minutes to check them. If it comes out 'clean' they are done.
- Let the brownies cool completely.
- Frosting directions -
- Combine the cocoa powder, butter, sugar and vanilla.
- Slowly add in the milk 1 tbs. at a time.
- You may want to add in more milk depending on how thick you like your frosting. Beat frosting on high for 2-3 minutes with a hand mixer or your Kitchenaid.
- Once the brownies have cooled completely, lift the foil out of the pan (love the super easy clean-up!)
- Evenly spread the chocolate frosting over the top of the brownies.
- Cut into 12 squares.
- Break the rest of your Kit Kat bars into thirds and gently press one into the top of each brownie.
- Store in an airtight container up to 1 week.
And I just placed the chocolate bars on top of the brownie but next time I might chop them up a bit and just sprinkle on top instead. I think that might be a little easier to eat.
You can do the same for the filling inside– just chop the chocolate bars up and add layers instead of keeping them intact.
Please note I was super generous with the chocolate bars and the frosting for the sake of the photos but this is a rich dessert so you might want a thinner layer of chocolate frosting when you make these at home 🙂
What do you think? Which chocolate bar would you choose for these decadent little lovelies?
If you decide to try these out please come back and let me know what you think!
And here are a few other treats you might like:
The most perfect chocolate buttercream frosting (seriously. amazing.)
S’Mores Cupcake Bites. These come together so fast and they are SO good! Perfect for summer BBQs!
Looks delicious! I think using twix candy bars would be fantastic too!
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I made this recipe, is wonderful, my ten little grandsons ate them inmedaitly, and beg me for more, im very pleased with this new way to do brownies, so easy, so rich,
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love this recipe,
chris,
This combines my family’s favorite treats in one! Pinning for sure
Found you via Table for 7, but I’ve used your chocolate buttercream recipe before. LOL. Off to pin these!
Kit Kats? In a brownie? You have MY attention! One of my favorite candy bars for sure. This sounds to-die-for!
Looks yummy! I like your idea of sprinkling the Kit Kats on top. I think I’d like to try this recipe with some kind of caramel candy bar or maybe toffee. Thank you for sharing. Pinning.
I’m thinking Snickers…oh yeah, will have to give that a try:)
Oh my goodness, this looks amazing! So So good!! Stopping by from create it Thursday!
Cathy
Kit Kats? Brownies? I’m so in! These look amazing! I’d love for you to share them at my Creative Ways Link Party that went live tonight! Hope to see you and your Kit Kat Brownies there!
Blessings,
Nici
Wow, these look amazing!! These are going straight to the top of my ‘to bake’ list!
Wow! this is crazy! it looks so delicious, gotta try it!
Thanks
These look fantastic! The only problem is that I would have a hard time choosing the candy to use. Kit Kats?? Snickers?? Twix?? I might end up making dozens of batches with all of my favorite candy bars. Thank you for Linking at the In and Out of the Kitchen Link Party. Hope to see you again next week.
OMG! Two of my favorite things together. I swear the #wakeupwednesdaylinky is going to cause a setback with the recipes. Pinning this to try for a cheat day.
Stopping by from the Best of the Weekend party! Mmmm nothing like stuffing a childhood favorite candy bar into gooey chocolate brownies. Pinned!
Had to stop by when I saw these brownies at the #SayGdayParty. My son loves kit kat–the white choc ones are his favorite. I may try those!
Totally irresistible! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
These look wonderful! Thanks for sharing with Foodie Friends Friday.
Wow these do look decedent and yummy!
Bev
Thanks for sharing with us at Best of the Weekend – I’ll be featuring this on my blog as part of a chocolate round-up on Friday!
Oh my heavens. Yum! Can’t wait to try this!
I just took them out of oven. They are 3 inches thick! They took a total of 45 min to cook a toothpick come out clean. Hope they aren’t hard!!:/ we shall see after they cool and are frosted. Any one else have them take so long to bake??
Do you think it would work to add the kit Kat’s as described above to a boxed brownie mix?
I don’t see why not 🙂
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Should I use sweetened or unsweeted cocoa powder? Thanks!
Mine took forever to bake! Never making these again! I must have stuck in like 10 toothpicks from checking them so many times. The positive. The frosting tasted wonderful.
Really? Did you have the oven rack placed properly? They don’t take an unusually long time for me. Glad to hear you liked the frosting!
I just cleaned up my ingredients from the brownie recipe and realized I never added brown sugar. Looking back on the recipe, it never states when to add it. I’m assuming when your wrote “in another bowl, combine eggs, sugar and vanilla” you meant sugarS? I’m really hoping I didn’t waste a ton of kit Kat bars! Fingers crossed they still taste ok!
This looks absolutely delicious! cant wait to try them, thanks for sharing xx