It has come to my attention that everybody loves chocolate. Not really a stunning insight, I hear you mutter. True, but let continue. It is a given that everyone loves choccy but whenever I post a really chocolatey recipe the crowds go wild. That is, as wild as you can be while expressing an opinion via a keyboard.
I created this recipe for all the chocolate lovers out there and thought the lead-up to Easter would be a good time to share it with everyone. Coz there’s no such thing as too much of a good thing, is there?
I used dark chocolate in both the brownie and the ganache as I believe it is a superior taste – less cloying, more depth. Buy the best chocolate you can and please steer clear of compound chocolate. That stuff, as Miss8 would say, is the devil’s worth. She thinks that’s the saying and I don’t correct her #bless
Eagle-eyed readers will recognise the ganache recipe, as I use it in the vast majority of my cakes that need topping. I make it all the time and keep it in a sealed container in the fridge. I suggest you do the same – it works perfectly as a late night snack eaten with a spoon #glutton
GATHER:
Brownies:
120 grams dark chocolate, chopped
220 gram butter, diced
3 eggs
1/2 cup caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Ganache:
Half a cup single/ pouring cream
125 grams dark chocolate, chopped
Decorations:
Mini chocolate covered cereal balls – I found these in the cake decorating aisle at the super market
Choc Bits
Chocolate ribbons made by running a vegetable peeler along a block of chocolate.
LET’S GET TO IT:
Brownies:
Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celcius and grease and line a 20cm by 20cm square baking pan with non-stick baking paper.
Place diced butter and chcolate in a large ceramic bowl over a pan of simmering water – do not let the water touch the bottom. Stir until melted and glossy.
Remove from the heat and let cool for 10 minutes.
Stir in eggs, sugar, vanilla, and flour until just combined.
Pour into tin and bake for 23-ish minutes – keep an eye on it as you want it to be gooey but not raw. It may need a few extra minutes but check at 23 minutes.
When brownies are completely cold cover with ganache then top with your chocolate decorations. Cut into squares to serve.
Ganache:
In a small pan over low heat melt together half a cup of single / pouring cream with 125 grams dark chocolate broken into chunks. Stir together until melted and glossy then set aside to cool completely.
the hungry mum 
I love all the topping you put on these brownies! 🙂
Thanks so much 😄
These look so moist and tasty! Love the topping as well. 🙂
Thanks so much! They were pretty lush.
Love the topping!
I really should try this, it’s not difficult to make and they look so yummy!!
Trust me, you will be sooo glad you did it 🙂
Such decadent brownies! Love the topping – especially the chocolate cereal balls, I’m always tempted to just eat the whole packet on its own 😛
I know – it is so easy to pick pick pick away at these lovely little morsels until the whole lot is gone #ooops
Is there any sweeter death? Brownies look awesome!!
We all love chocolate for sure, especially with all of those toppings 🙂
When too much chocolate isn’t enough 🙂
Oh how I would love one or two of your brownies right now! They look simply delicious! x
These brownies look divine! Loving the ganache topping too! 🙂
Thanks – I do love me a thick ganache 😉
Haha I love that Miss 8 says that about compound chocolate!! 😛
It wouldn’t be such a bad way to go, death by chocolate! XD
Totally agree!
First you give us the recipe for these awesome brownies with your rich ganache and then you tell us to keep a jar of the very same ganache in the fridge. I can promise you that if I made both, one morning shortly thereafter, I would awake with a chocolate smeared pillow, having gotten that way following a mid-night raid on brownies dipped in ganache. Death by chocolate, indeed! 🙂
But what a way to go, huh? You’d leave with a smile on your face 🙂 I made yet another pot of ganache a couple of days ago and have eaten more spoonfuls of this than Easter eggs 🙂
How can you not open an email titled Death by Chocolate. And this blog post lived up to the title. Thanks
hehehe! The title is hard to resist 😉
Eating this delicious choccie cake seems a pretty tasty way to go! 🙂
May as well go out with a smile 😉
Death by chocolate indeed!
what a way to go 🙂