These Valentine’s Day Brownies are homemade with butter, cocoa, flour and a few other ingredients and then covered with a chocolate ganache for the perfect ooey, gooey brownie recipe to enjoy with your sweetheart!
Valentine’s Day Brownies
January is all about eating healthy but then comes February and BAM we are back at eating delicious, chocolatey treats.
With that being said, I’ve been busy whipping up some new treats this year from my Marbled Heart Cookies to my Valentine Peanut Butter M&M Bars you are surely to find something delicious to make and share for Valentine’s Day!
What You Need to Make Valentine’s Day Brownies
- Unsalted sweet cream butter, melted and cooled
- Canola oil
- Sugar
- Light brown sugar, packed
- Pure vanilla extract
- Eggs
- Flour
- Cocoa powder
- Kosher salt
- Baking powder
- Semi sweet chocolate chips
- Heavy whipping cream
- Valentine’s Day Sprinkles
How to Make Valentine’s Day Brownies
Preheat your oven to 350 and spray a 9×13 baking pan with non-stick cooking spray
Using a medium bowl, melt the butter in the microwave and then mix together the melted butter, oil, and sugars
Whisk in the eggs and vanilla extract
Using a separate large bowl whisk together the flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder
Gradually whisk in the dry ingredients into the wet then fold in the chocolate chips
Pour batter into the baking pan and bake in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
Allow to cool completely before frosting
Once cooled, prepare the chocolate ganache
Using a small pot, bring the heavy cream to a boil and pour over the chocolate chips in a medium bowl and let sit for 1 minute
Whisk until smooth
Spread evenly onto the top of the brownies
Sprinkle Valentine’s Day Sprinkles on top of the ganache while the ganache is still sticky
Allow the ganache to set before cutting into bars and enjoying with a
large glass of milk! Store any leftovers in an airtight container or cover with aluminum foil.
Valentine’s Day Brownies
Equipment
Ingredients
For The Brownies
- 1 cup unsalted sweet cream butter melted and cooled
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 ¼ cups sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar packed
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup cocoa powder
- ¾ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
For The Chocolate Ganache
- 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 ½ cups Valentine’s Day Sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 and spray a 9×13 baking pan with non-stick cooking spray
- Using a medium bowl, melt the butter in the microwave and then mix together the melted butter, oil, and sugars
- Whisk in the eggs and vanilla extract
- Using a separate large bowl whisk together the flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder
- Gradually whisk in the dry ingredients into the wet then fold in the chocolate chips
- Pour batter into the baking pan and bake in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
- Allow to cool completely before frosting
- Once cooled, prepare the chocolate ganache
- Using a small pot, bring the heavy cream to a boil and pour over the chocolate chips in a medium bowl and let sit for 1 minute
- Whisk until smooth
- Spread evenly onto the top of the brownies
- Sprinkle Valentine’s Day Sprinkles on top of the ganache while the ganache is still sticky
- Allow the ganache to set before cutting into bars and enjoying with a large glass of milk! Store any leftovers in an airtight container or cover with aluminum foil.
Nutrition information is a rough estimate only; actual values will vary based on the exact ingredients used and amount of recipe prepared.