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Easter Brownie Cups

Categories Dessert, Easy Recipes

These Easter brownie cups are such a fun and delicious dessert for the holiday. Adults and kids will love these! They are filled with white chocolate ganache that is dyed green to look like grass or bedding for a little chocolate egg nest.

Another fun addition you can add is dyed shredded coconut to make it look more nest like. My kids prefer the plain chocolate ganache filled ones but for shredded coconut fans those are super festive and fun. You can even do some of each even and put it out on a serving platter for your guests to choose from.

I have made these using Hershey’s eggs and Cadbury eggs, both work great size and taste wise. You could use Reese’s or any other eggs to mix things up.

What you need to make Easter brownie cups:

makes ~36 mini brownie cups or 1 mini muffin pan full.
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3/4 cup flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons cocoa powder
  • 1 egg
  • 2 egg yolks

For the white chocolate ganache:

  • 1/3 cup whipping cream
  • 1 1/2 cups white chocolate chips
  • Green food coloring – a few drops
  • pinch of salt

Toppings:

  • 1 bag of milk chocolate eggs
  • Optional – shredded coconut dyed green with food coloring.

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 350 F.
  2. In a saucepan, add butter, vegetable oil and chocolate chips.
  3. Stir over low heat until all of the chocolate chips are melted and the mixture is smooth.
  4. Remove mixture from heat.
  5. Add the sugar and vanilla to the chocolate mixture and stir.
  6. In a mixing bowl, add flour, salt, cocoa powder and shift together.
  7. Add the warm chocolate and butter mixture to the flour along with the eggs and egg yolks.
  8. blend all those ingredients until it’s smooth.
  9. Grease a mini muffin tin.
  10. Fill each muffin tin with ~1 tablespoon batter or until the cups are about 3/4th of the way full.
  11. Bake for ~12-13 minutes, opening the oven after 8 minutes of cook time for about 30 seconds, so the centers sink.
  12. Cool down after cooking.
  13. To make the white chocolate ganache, Microwave or heat on a stove top the heavy cream until it is steaming.
  14. Pour over the white chocolate chips and let sit, covered for 3 minutes. If the mixture needs to be melted more, microwave for 10 seconds until melted and smooth.
  15. Stir in the green food coloring.
  16. Pour into the centers of the mini brownies.
  17. Place chocolate eggs in the center, and shredded coconut if you are doing that.
  18. Let the brownies sit for 20 minutes or until the white chocolate ganache sets.
  19. Enjoy!
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Easter Brownie Cups

Delicious and festive brownie "nests"! Super fun Easter dessert!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time13 minutes
Total Time43 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Dessert
Keyword: Chocolate, Dessert, Easter, Easy Recipes, Kids Favorite

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3/4 cup flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons cocoa powder
  • 1 egg
  • 2 egg yolks
  • For the white chocolate ganache:
  • 1/3 cup whipping cream
  • 1 1/2 cups white chocolate chips
  • Green food coloring - a few drops
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 bag of milk chocolate Cadbury eggs
  • Optional - shredded coconut dyed green with food coloring.

Instructions

  • Pre-heat the oven to 350 F.
  • In a saucepan, add butter, vegetable oil and chocolate chips.
  • Stir over low heat until all of the chocolate chips are melted and the mixture is smooth.
  • Remove mixture from heat.
  • Add the sugar and vanilla to the chocolate mixture and stir.
  • In a mixing bowl, add flour, salt, cocoa powder and shift together.
  • Add the warm chocolate and butter mixture to the flour along with the eggs and egg yolks.
  • blend all those ingredients until it's smooth.
  • Grease a mini muffin tin.
  • Fill each muffin tin with ~1 tablespoon batter or until the cups are about 3/4 ths of the way full.
  • Bake for ~12-13 minutes, opening the oven after 8 minutes of cook time for about 30 seconds, so the centers sink.
  • Cool down after cooking.
  • To make the white chocolate ganache, Microwave or heat on a stove top the heavy cream until it is steaming.
  • Pour over the white chocolate chips and let sit, covered for 3 minutes. If the mixture needs to be melted more, microwave for 10 seconds until melted and smooth.
  • Stir in the green food coloring.
  • Pour into the centers of the mini brownies.
  • Place cadbury eggs in the center, and shredded coconut if you are doing that.
  • Let the brownies sit for 20 minutes or until the white chocolate ganache sets.
  • Enjoy!