M&Ms Brownies
These M&Ms Brownies are a chocolate lover’s dream. They’re rich and super-chocolaty, and they’re topped with chocolate frosting and mini M&Ms.
If you love chocolate, then you’ve come to the right place today. These brownies are chocolate on top of chocolate on top of chocolate. What’s even better is that you don’t have to cut anything. The brownies are made in individual paper cups!
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❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- It uses simple kitchen staples.
- It’s fully homemade but so easy to prepare.
- It’s a super-fudgy chocolate brownie recipe that everyone will love.
🛒Ingredients
You’ll only need some simple kitchen staples to make this recipe. In fact, you probably have all of these in your kitchen right now. That’s how simple they are. Be sure to check the recipe card at the end of the post for the exact amounts.
For the Brownies
- Butter – partially melted
- Vegetable oil
- Eggs
- Sugar
- Cocoa powder
- All-purpose flour
- Vanilla extract
- Baking powder
- Mini chocolate chips
- Salt
For the Frosting
- Butter
- Cocoa powder
- Milk
- Vanilla extract
- Powdered sugar
- Mini M&Ms
🔪 How to Make M&Ms Brownies
Although this is a fully homemade recipe, it’s very easy to make. It only takes a few simple steps!
Step 1: Prep
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees and place the cupcake papers on the baking tray.
Step 2: Combine the Wet Brownie Ingredients
Partially melt the butter in the microwave in a large microwaveable bowl. Then, add the sugar and vegetable oil and mix until combined. Finally, add the vanilla and eggs one at a time and continue mixing until combined.
Step 3: Add the Dry Ingredients
Add the flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, and chocolate chips and mix until combined.
Step 4: Bake
Pour the batter into the cupcake papers and bake for 30 minutes. Remove the baked brownies and cool them on a wire rack for 35 minutes.
Step 5: Combine the Butter and Cocoa
Melt the butter on low heat in a saucepan. Then, add the cocoa powder and whisk until smooth. Transfer the mixture to a medium mixing bowl. Cool.
Step 6: Make the Frosting
Add the milk, vanilla extract, and powdered sugar and mix until you reach your desired consistency.
Step 7: Decorate
Frost the cooled brownies with the chocolate frosting and garnish with Mini M&Ms.
📝Variations
- Peanut Butter Frosting – Melt smooth peanut butter and butter together instead of cocoa for peanut butter frosting.
- Peanut Butter Chocolate M&Ms Brownies – use Reese’s Pieces in place of Mini M&Ms.
- Extra Chocolaty – Add a bit of instant coffee or a splash of espresso to the batter and frosting for a deeper chocolate flavor.
If these look good, get some more great M&Ms flavor with these M&M cake mix truffles.
🥄 Equipment
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Mixing bowls
- Saucepan
- Baking sheet
- Cupcake papers
🥫 Storage
Store these M&Ms brownies for up to 3 days covered at room temperature. You can refrigerate them for up to a week in an air-tight container, as well. For longer storage, freeze them for up to 3 months in an air-tight, freezer-safe container.
💭 Tips
- Partially melting the butter is key to the fudgy texture of these brownies.
- Add the powdered sugar to the frosting mixture a little at a time so you can control the consistency of your frosting.
- Fully cool your brownies before frosting or the frosting will slide right off of the brownies.
⁉️ FAQ
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
Melting butter releases most of its water content. This causes the brownies to become fudgier and have a stronger cocoa flavor when baked.
If you use softened butter, you’ll have to mix more, making a cakier brownie with a less intense chocolate flavor.
The best cocoa powder to use for brownies – or any baked good, for that matter – is Dutch process cocoa powder. It produces the most intense chocolate flavor.
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🧾Recipe Card
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M&M Brownies
Equipment
- mixing bowls
- Muffin tin
- cupcake pan
- small saucepan
Ingredients
For the Brownies
- ½ cup butter partially melted
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 ½ cup sugar
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- ½ cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
- ¼ teaspoon salt
For the Chocolate Frosting
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- ½ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 5 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup mini-M&M’s
Instructions
For the Brownies:
- Preheat the oven to 325 F (165 C).
- Put the cupcake papers to the baking tray.
- Place the butter into a mixing bowl and microwave until it partially melted.
- Add the sugar and vegetable oil to butter and mix until it well combined.
- Add the vanilla extract and eggs one by one and continue to mix.
- Then add the dry ingredients (flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder and chocolate chips) and mix until it combined well.
- Put the mixture to each paper and bake for 30 minutes.
- After it baked move from the oven and let it cool down for 35 minutes
For the Frosting:
- Place the butter into small saucepan and cook until it melted. Then add the cocoa powder.
- Whisk until it is smooth. Remove from the heat and transfer to a medium size mixing bowl.
- Let it cool, then add milk, vanilla extract, and powdered sugar.
- Mix it until you reached to your desired consistency.
- Frost over the cooled brownies and garnish with the mini-M&M’s.
