Sunday, February 13, 2011

A Valentine's Day Dessert: Brownie Cherry Bites

Brownie Cherry Bites...a dessert that I made for Valentine's Day. But I bet it will be good on any other day too.

You can make two desserts out of one regular batch of brownie batter. Use half for this recipe, and make a half pan of regular brownies with the rest. Easy as pie. Or I should say, easy as Brownie Cherry Bites!

Brownie Cherry Bites



You will need:
1 half batch of brownie batter (half of a package enough for a 9x13 pan, if you use a mix)
1 jar maraschino cherries, drained and wiped thoroughly dry
4 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 F.
Line a 24-cup mini-muffin pan with paper baking cups and coat with cooking spray (they might stick a little anyway, but licking it off the paper cups is half the fun of eating it - if you ask me!)
Drop brownie batter into the muffin pan using a spoon or small scoop until each cup is about about 1/2 full. Bake at 350 F for 5 minutes.
In the meantime, melt chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl at 15 second intervals for about one minute, stirring at intervals, until melted and smooth. Remove mini-muffin pan from oven after the 5 minutes are up, but leave oven on - these will be going back in. Dip cherries in melted chocolate and drop them straight on top of the semi-set brownies.
Bake brownies for an additional 10 minutes at 350 F.
Let cool completely and put in covered containers in the refrigerator for about an hour to finish "setting". Then store in airtight containers at room temperature. Just before serving, microwave each brownie bite for about 7 or 8 seconds, just until slightly warmed. Enjoy!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good Morning Glory!

Enjoyed your post. This recipe would have been a good entry for the Death By Chocolate competition I am going to be participating in today. It is a free event for adults only sponsored by our public library. http://www.mhpl.org/

niha said...

That sounds like a fun competition!