This is a perfect treat for Valentine’s Day! I was inspired by the Peppermint Bars recipe found on the McCormick website. I made the Peppermint Bars for Christmas, and they were very popular with everyone, so I decide to change the recipe up and make it a Valentine’s Day dessert.
One of the things I like about this is that it is pretty easy to make, since it based on a boxed brownie mix. It is made by spreading strawberry icing over a prepared pan of brownies, and then topping it off with a layer of chocolate and crushed candy. My kids favorite part of making these is hammering the candy to crush it!
I sent a plate of these with my son to his Boy Scout meeting, and they were a bit hit. But if you have a little bit less of a sweet tooth you could leave off the crushed candy and it would be more chocolaty.
Strawberry Chocolate Brownies
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Ingredients:
One batch of brownies from a mix, made in a 13 x 9 pan
Icing Layer:
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 7 tablespoons butter
- 1 1/2 tablespoons cream
- 1 teaspoon strawberry extract
Chocolate Layer:
- 8 ounces semi-sweet baking chocolate
- 6 tablespoons butter
- Hard Strawberry candies, crushed
- Bake brownies and cool completely.
- Strawberry Icing Layer – Melt the butter for the icing. Then combine it with the powdered sugar, cream and strawberry extract until it is smooth and creamy. Spread it over the brownies evenly and refrigerate for half an hour.
- Chocolate Layer – Chop the chocolate up, and combine it with the butter in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave it until it is melted, stirring it every 30 seconds. Pour the chocolate evenly over the brownies and top with crushed candy.
- Refrigerate for another 30 minutes to set the chocolate, then cut into brownies.
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These look so good! I am making strawberry shortcake fudge today. Great minds think alike!
and I am making strawberry/apple crisp today. Must be a strawberry kind of day!
Very interesting but delicious looking!
That looks so good!
Strawberry and chocolate together – looks delicious!
Yummy! That looks great!
These look really yummy!
Whoa, these look SO tasty. And the crushed candy on the top is really pretty!
Yum, yum, yum. We have a valentine’s day party to attend this year. I am so going to try these.
I”m totally a mix-brownie girl. Glad you can make them with that!
Oh yum! I’m not a huge fan of the peppermint recipe (I’m not a big peppermint fan), but those look really good!
Sitting here imagining how this would taste.
Strawberries and brownies!? That’s all you needed to say to me!
How creative! I love chocolate and strawberries!
Those look amazing!
You cannot go wrong with strawberries and chocolate!
Yummy! A must try!
Don’t know that I’ll make it, but it looks yummy.
YUM. Oh my, this looks amazing! Definitely going to try this out. Thanks for sharing this. Looking forward to seeing how yummy these are.
Yummy!! This looks delicious!
Oh, these look great! Super idea taking the “peppermint” recipe and expanding on it/changing it up.
What cream do you mean ?