Valentine's Day Recipes
Chocolate Heartthrobs
With their built-in portion control, these Chocolate Heartthrobs make a great treat!
Prep: 10 min | Bake: 30 min | Yield: 10 servings, 1 brownie each
Ingredients
Batter
- 2 squares Baker's Unsweetened Baking Chocolate
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
Mix-in options/decoration choices
- 3 squares Baker's Premium White Baking Chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 3 squares Baker's Premium White Baking Chocolate, melted
- 10 red gumdrops
- 1/2 cup chopped Planters Macadamias
- 3 squares Baker's Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate, melted
- 1/4 cup chopped Planters Macadamias
- 1/2 cup Planters Chopped Pecans
- 1/2 cup Kraft Caramel Topping
- 1/2 cup chopped maraschino cherries
- 1 cup thawed Cool Whip Whipped Topping
- 10 maraschino cherries
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Microwave unsweetened baking chocolate and butter in medium microwaveable bowl on HIGH for 1 minute or until butter is melted. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Stir in sugar. Blend in eggs and vanilla extract. Add flour and mix-ins; stir just until blended.
- Spoon evenly into 10 paper-lined medium muffin cups. Insert a small (1/2 inch diameter) foil ball between each liner and muffin cup to form heart shape.
- Bake for 28 to 30 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in centers comes out with fudgy crumbs. (Do not over-bake.)
- Cool on wire racks. Top evenly with decorations.
Notes
How to Pipe Chocolate Heart Shapes: Place 3 unwrapped squares of BAKER'S Chocolate in microwaveable bowl. Microwave on HIGH 1 to 2 minutes or until chocolate is almost melted, stirring after each minute. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Spoon chocolate into plastic sandwich bag; cut a small piece from 1 of the bottom corners of bag. Close bag tightly, then pipe chocolate into a heart shape onto top of each cooled brownie.
Jazz It Up: Garnish each brownie with a gumdrop heart. To make hearts, flatten gumdrops with a rolling pin. Then, use a small heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut out a heart shape from each. Place 1 on top of each brownie just before serving. Reserve gumdrop trimmings for snacking or another use.
Attribution
Recipe and photo used with permission from: Kraft Heinz Company