Brownie Heart Bites
This year for Valentine’s Day surprise your special someone with a homemade gift that will satisfy their sweet tooth by baking them Brownie Heart Bites. This simple dessert is perfect for Valentine’s Day does not take long to make.
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter, melted
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup Hershey’s cocoa
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup nuts, chopped optional
- heart shaped cookie cutter
- 3 tablespoons butter, softened
- 3 tablespoons Hershey’s cocoa
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup—honey also would work
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1 to 2 tablespoons of milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease a square baking pan
- In a large bowl mix the melted butter, sugar and vanilla together.
- Add the eggs and beat well.
- Next in a separate bowl combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt. Gradually add this to the egg mixture. Add the nuts if you want.
- Now pour the mixture evenly into the baking pan.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the brownies begin to pull away from the pan’s sides.
- Allow the brownies to cool a bit, then take the heart shaped cookie cutter and cut out hearts.
- Serve and enjoy! We served our Brownie Bite Hearts in Valentine’s Day cupcake holders.
- You can also frost your brownies with a homemade frosting. This easy frosting recipe is easy to do and can be made while the brownies are baking with three simple steps.
- For the frosting you will need:
- 3 tablespoons softened butter
- 3 tablespoon Hershey’s cocoa
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup—honey also would work
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1 to 2 tablespoons of milk
- How to make simple frosting:
- Combine the butter, cocoa, corn syrup and vanilla until creamy.
- Add the confectioners’ sugar and milk.
- Beat to spreading consistency. You can use food color to add color to the frosting as well.