Every Christmas I am left with SO MUCH chocolate I don’t know what to do with it. Other than sit and binge watch Pretty Little Liars with a tub of Heroes of course, I may have done that more times than I can count. This Christmas, or New Year should I say, I have challenged myself. Instead of getting rid of my Christmas chocolate by eating it during TV marathons, I’m going to eat it in the form of cake instead – in this case Gooey Chocolate Brownies. Good plan? I thought so too.
I’m going to try and incorporate my leftover chocolate into different cakes and cookies. I can remember my Christmas Popcorn Chocolate Bark being much loved so I’m hoping lots of you attempt these recipes too. I’m sure you’ve got lots of chocolate lying around.
This week’s recipe is Gooey Chocolate Brownies with the addition of Quality Street, the “Purple One”, Caramel Swirl and “The Green Triangle” to be exact. I though the Green Triangle would give them a bit of texture, the hazelnut in The Purple One would give them a bit of a crunch and of course the caramel would give them a gorgeous sticky caramel taste. I’m writing this before I’ve attempted to make them and my gosh is my mouth drooling.
I’ve used a basic Chocolate Brownie Recipe to make these, I didn’t think I’d need to do anything special with the base recipe as I’ll be adding the Quality Street to give them the “wow factor”. I hope so anyway.
Chocolate Brownie Ingredients:
Makes 12 small Brownies/6 large Brownies
135g butter or margarine
180g caster sugar
2 eggs
50g self-raising flour
35g cocoa powder
Your choice of chocolate filling. I’ve used Quality Street but you can use anything such as Chocolate Chips (around 70-100g).
Method:
Preparation: 10 minutes | Baking: 40 minutes
1. Preheat oven to 180c (160c fan), grease and line a baking tin.
2. As you know, I love the all-in-one method. Especially now with my stand-alone mixer (thanks Santa). Put all of the ingredients except for your chocolate filling into a bowl and mix gently until well blended.
3. Add your chocolate. I like to add this after so they don’t get mixed up too much/broken. Of course, this will depend on the chocolate chosen. I chopped some of my Quality Street Chocolates into halves or thirds and left some of them whole.
4. Pour the mixture into your prepared baking tin and even the top with the back of a wooden spoon. Bake for 40 minutes until the top of the Brownies have hardened and a skewer comes out clean. Be careful not to burn the top. Allow to cool.
Enjoy…
What do you think of this Gooey Chocolate Brownies recipe? What a fun way to use up that leftover Christmas Chocolate.
Until next time,
Christopher Mitchell says
You’ve officially found my sweet spot, no pub intended! I love a good brownie, and these look marvellous!
Ami says
I do too! They tasted amazing. I’m looking forward to making them again.
Ami xxx
Toni says
Omg this sounds delish and seems so easy to make! Think I might have to go and buy some quality streets just to give this a try!
Toni x
Ami says
Thank you! They really were amazing (if I do say so myself).
Ami xxx
Anna Szoke says
What a great idea! We also have tremendous amount of chocolate left here after the holidays (for some reason ppl think that it’s a great idea to gift sweets and chocolate to a 2 year old, but us as a parent are not so into it, so we packed them away). So far I tried to melt some and make hot chocolate but cookies and brownies seems a faster and maybe even more delicious way to end them all :):):)
Ami says
I’m with you there. We can never get through it ourselves. Let me guess, the Grandparents? Brownies are a fab way to use them up, or Chocolate Bark, I’m making flapjacks with a chocolate drizzle too!
Ami xxx
Sarmistha Goswami says
Ha..ha..that’s a great way to use up left over chocolate. I am going to try this recipe out for sue! thanks for sharing 🙂
Ami says
Good isn’t it? Let me know what you think if you do make them. I want to make them again already.
Ami xxx
London Mumma says
I wish we had Quality Streets left over I think I am going to have to buy a new tub to makes these delicious brownies.
Ami says
Hehe that defeats the object but of course it’s totally worth it!
Ami xxx
Victoria says
Thanks for this recipe. I now can figure out what to do with all the excess chocolate got during Christmas and New Year instead of trying to eat them all and packing on the pounds.
Ami says
Hehe we’ll I can’t guarantee you won’t pack on the pounds this way but it is a much more fun way of eating it all!
Ami xxx
Mohit Agarwal says
Wow, brownies are my favorite though I am pretty bad at cooking and following your detailed recipe will surely help me…
Ami says
They’re one of my favourites too! I hope you manage to make them.
Ami xxx
jhilmil says
I so much love chocolate brownies, you’ve made me hungry start of the day, need to get a bite of these delicious brownies.
Ami says
I love them too! It’s never good to read about food in the morning. I’m always craving chocolate for breakfast.
Ami xxx
Khushboo says
I love a good brownie recipe and this one looks gooey and delicious. I would love to try your recipe for my family 🙂
Ami says
I didn’t think they were going to turn out as gooey as they did but they really were delicious.
Ami xxx
Esperanza Scotto says
Wow, these look amazing! My sister is visiting this weekend and she loves brownies so I am definitely going to try this recipe for her.
Ami says
Thank you! Let me know how they turn out.
Ami xxx
Elizabeth Cole says
These look AMAZING. Would it work with other chocolate types do you think? (No Quality Street – but plenty of miniature heroes!)
Ami says
Thank you! Yes of course, I think they’d work good with anything, the more chocolate the better in my opinion!
Ami xxx
Rose says
Sounds like a good idea. I never have too much chocolate leftover. A lot of Halloween candy but not Christmas candy. I think it would be fun to incorporate some of the candy. These do look tasty.
Ami says
I think my family must go overboard because we always have so much chocolate leftover. We’re slowly but surely getting through it.
Ami xxx
Laura Dove says
I have tubs of left over chocolate for Christmas, I never thought to use them like this! Amazing! We love anything to do with chocolate!
Ami says
I do too! I’ve never thought of it either but was looking at it all the other day and thought of incorporating it into baking posts. We’ll have to see how the others turn out.
Ami xxx
inbar shahak says
OMG those brownies looks so tasty, your photos are so wonderful, in fact, i think that I would never make those as I’m afraid i will not be able to control myself
Ami says
Me either! I often half or quarter the recipes so I only make a few!
Ami xxx
Kimberly C. says
OMG, these looks so good… I must say, I think I can even make these. Only four steps!!! Yay! that’s great. Love seeing simple recipes that I can copy. Thx.
Ami says
Thank you! Yes I try and keep all the recipes nice and simple. I hope you have fun making them.
Ami xxx
Alison (mum) says
I really enjoyed, especially whilst still warm. Looking forward to the white chcocoate cheesecake (hint) mum xx
Ami says
Hehe I’m glad you enjoyed them and I’ll be sure to make you that White Chocolate Cheesecake soon!
Ami xxx
Jessie says
These look INSANE! I’m currently on a health kick but will have to whip up some of these for my birthday at the end of the month! xx
Jessie | allthingsbeautiful-x
Ami says
Thank you lovely! I was so pleased with how they turned out. I am too but I let myself have one of these hehe. I hope you have a lovely Birthday, mine is this month too!
Ami xxx
Alan Moore says
haha what a great use for all those leftover sweeties and cake:)
Ami says
Thank you. I thought so too. I’m looking forward to making everything else now.
Ami xxx