Rich, chewy, and speckled with pastel-colored chocolate cadbury mini eggs for a festive touch, a tray of these deliciously fudgy Easter brownies are a delightful dessert for any Easter Sunday gathering.
🌷🐇 The bunny is hopping into town THIS SUNDAY, and what better way to celebrate than with a tray of deliciously fudgy Easter brownies topped with cadbury mini eggs for dessert? TBH who can resist rich chocolate combined with MORE chocolate? I, for one cannot, and neither can my husband🤣.
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Why You'll Love These Easter Brownies
These Easter brownies are so fudgy, they melt in your mouth, with a classic crackly top 😍...And because I love a seasonal dessert, I added a little Easter twist: speckles of pastel-colored Cadbury mini eggs. They just scream spring! Serve these beauts at your Easter gathering, and watch them disappear faster than an Easter egg hidden behind a tuft of grass 🐣!
If brownies aren't your jam, not to worry! → try the Easter cookie version 🍪.
Tips and Tricks
If you've made brownies before, you know there's a fine line between a dense cake filling and, well, straight fudge. For the perfect fudgy (but not actual fudge) Easter brownies:
- Use both white sugar and dark brown sugar for a chewy texture. I prefer dark brown sugar rather than golden brown sugar because of its deeper flavor.
- Make sure to cream the sugars and butter until light and fluffy. This takes about 2 minutes on a medium-high speed in a standing mixer.
- Whisk the eggs into the batter until FULLY combined, another 2 minutes on medium-high speed. You gotta get some air in there or the brownies won't rise. Whipping up those eggs helps!
- Use espresso powder for decadent chocolate taste!
Frequently Asked Questions
Sure! Follow the recipe up till just before baking (Step 6), cover tightly with cling film and place in the fridge overnight. Make sure to let the batter come to room temperature before baking.
I do not know 🤷🏼♀️. There's milk chocolate, eggs, and butter in my recipe and I can't even pretend to have the expertise required to make an equivalent vegan version 😬.
Yup! Slice up the brownies after baking and wrap EACH brownie tightly in cling wrap to avoid freezer burn. Then place in a ziploc bag and freeze up to 3 months. But honestly, I've never had leftovers!
Chewy Fudgy Easter Brownies
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 12-16 brownies 1x
Description
Rich, chewy, and speckled with pastel-colored chocolate cadbury mini eggs for a festive touch, a tray of these deliciously fudgy Easter brownies are a delightful dessert for any Easter Sunday gathering.
Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
- 1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon espresso powder (optional)
- 4 large eggs, beaten
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract*
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour, spooned and leveled
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 1 ½ to 2 cups cadbury mini eggs, roughly chopped*
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350˚F. Grease or prepare a 9X13 baking dish with parchment paper (I also like to grease the parchment paper).
- In a standing mixer (or large mixing bowl), whisk together butter and sugars until light and fluffy, about 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add eggs, vanilla, sea salt and espresso powder if using. Whisk until fully combined, about 2 minutes.
- Fold in flour and cocoa powder until combined, scraping down sides and bottom of bowl as needed.
- Fold 1 cup of the chopped cadbury mini eggs into the mixture until just combined.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared dish. Evenly sprinkle the top with the remaining chopped cadbury mini eggs.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes until middle is set and a toothpick comes out clean (a few specks of baked, cake-like batter is fine, just not liquid batter).
- Remove from heat and let cool completely on a wire rack before slicing.
Notes
For deeper flavor: instead of 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, you can use 1 teaspoon of vanilla paste and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
I used half milk chocolate cadbury mini eggs and half dark chocolate cadbury mini eggs. Use whichever one or whatever ratio you prefer!
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
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