Mini Egg Brownies

I made these this delicious fudgey Mini Egg Brownies this morning with Bridget and Beatrice, which was a lovely way to spend Mother's Day morning as we weren't able to visit the girls' Nanny's as we usually would. 

The same recipe would work with any mini chocolate eggs, Smarties, M&M's or anything chocolatey. You could also just use chunks of chocolate or chocolate chips instead.

Whole Mini Eggs can be a choking hazard for small children under the age of five, so if I use them in any baking recipe, such as Easter Cookies with Mini Eggs I cut them in half using either a knife or crush them into 2-3 pieces using the end of a rolling pin.

Mini Egg Brownies

Here's how:

• 250g dark chocolate 
• 185g salted butter at room temperature
• 80g plain flour
• 50g cocoa powder
• Pinch of salt
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 275g caster sugar
• 300g Mini Eggs

Firstly put the oven onto 180 degrees and grease and line a square or rectangular dish or tin. 

Place a small pan of water on to boil. Break up 200g of the dark chocolate and pop into a bowl with the butter and place over the boiling water. Use a wooden spoon to mix together until completely melted into chocolate lava, remove from the heat and set aside for the minute.

In a mixing bowl crack the eggs and add the caster sugar and vanilla and whisk for a few minutes until light and frothy. Set aside.

Into another bowl, sieve in the flour, cocoa and pinch of salt and give a rough stir to combine.

Now cut the remaining dark chocolate into small chunks, and cut or bash up the Mini Eggs. If you're making the brownies only for adult-consumption, you can of course keep them whole. 

Now gently pour in about half of the melted chocolate and butter into the whisked eggs and sugar, and use a wooden spoon to gently fold in, using a figure of eight technique. Be careful to be gentle here as you don't want to knock out all of the air. 

Once they are combined, repeat the process with the flour and cocoa into the chocolate batter. 

Once completely combined, add the chocolate chunks and two thirds of the Mini Eggs and give one final stir and then pour the batter into the dish and place into the oven for 28 minutes exactly.

Mini Egg Brownies

Once out of the oven, allow to stand in the dish for at least 30 minutes, and then use a sharp knife to cut into the portion size you require and enjoy!