It hurts my heart to see those abandoned chocolates at the bottom of the chocolate box. Forgotten, unloved, and likely to remain there for at least another month when: a) They’ll be eaten all in one go by the person who’s been trying to diet all month (that would be me) Or b) They’ll be chucked away by the ruthless person who is sick of the sight of them cluttering up the sideboard Well I’m here to give you a third option people! Unwrap those toffee pennies and the ones in the green wrappers that you don’t really like because the center just appears to consist of an inferior lump of chocolate compared to the exterior chocolate. Let’s make brownies! You want to press the leftover chocolates down into the brownie mixture and when they bake the brownie will envelope that chocolate leaving a nice little surprise in each one. Make sure you buy a nice 70% dark chocolate for a nice balance of richness and creaminess to the brownies. 👩🍳PRO TIP When lining your baking tray make sure you overlap the edges of the tray slightly so that you can easily lift the brownies out of the tray when they’re done. Anything goes in these brownies:
Ferrero rochers (I know there’ll be none of the addictive regular ones left, but those dark chocolate ones….?)Lindor chocolate balls - usually all eaten before Christmas even starts! but I did find a couple of those milk and white chocolate ones, and they were amazing in these brownies!)Pull-your-fillings out toffees (although they’ll still pull your fillings out baked into the brownies)I haven’t tried it, but I bet After Eights would be amazing too!
I’m even thinking of going Russian Roulette in these things. If I still worked in an office I’d soooo be hiding a black olive in one of them 🤣. Use up your leftover chocolates from Christmas with these chocolate box brownies. Dust them with a little icing sugar (confectioners sugar) and you’re ready to serve. Stay updated with new recipes!Subscribe to the newsletter to hear when I post a new recipe. I’m also on YouTube (new videos every week) and Instagram (behind-the-scenes stories & beautiful food photos). This chocolate brownie recipe was first published in January 2016. Updated with improvement to the recipe, new photos, and a step-by-step video in December 2021.
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