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Brownietastic

by Twedyburdy 10 photos Rated 83% 243 votes when voting closed

Ingredients:

800g butter
800g plain chocolate
200g milk chocolate
12 medium eggs
1kg sugar
450g sieved plain flour
2 tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla essence
2 tbs baking powder

Haribo, flour, sugar, salt, vanilla, packs of butter, chocolate bars and trays of eggs covering the worktop

Some goodies to put in and decorate the brownies with: I used mars bars, marshmallows, fudge sticks, caramel, mint and popping candy bars to give an explosion of taste.

Estimated cost £12 upwards (depending on what ingredients you want to put in your brownie!)

Step 1: Melt 800g butter and 800g plain chocolate together

Two large glass bowls side by side, one of melted dark chocolate, one of melted butter

Step 2: Beat 12 medium eggs and 1kg sugar together until pale in colour and light in texture – about 8 mins using an electric whisk should give you a real nice cracked flaky brownie top once cooked

A dozen eggs cracked into a big bowl against a solid mound of sugar

Step 3: Pour butter/chocolate mix into the egg/sugar mix and fold until blended. Add in 450g sieved plain flour, 2 tsp salt, 2 tsp vanilla essence, 2 tbs baking powder and the goodies you want to pack the brownie with. (This is where I had to divide the vast amount of mixture into two bowls as I didn’t have one huge bowl that was big enough)

Melted chocolate poured from a glass bowl into the whisked pale egg and sugar mixture

Bowl of chopped chocolate bars and marshmallows beside the batter being stirred

Step 4: Line baking trays with greaseproof paper, pour in mixture and cook for about an hour on 160. Once cooked, remove from oven and leave to cool. (I had to lay some foil over the top half way through cooking to stop the brownie burning!)

Two lined trays of brownie batter loaded onto the shelves of the oven

Step 5: Melt 100g of milk chocolate with a handful of marshmallows and several fudge bars to make gooey mix to stick two halves of brownie together.

Small plate of chopped chocolate chunks and marshmallows ready for the topping

Step 6: Spread edible gloop onto one of the brownies and place the other one on top (I assure you the smell and taste is much better than it looks!)

Baked brownie slab on foil, spread all over with a thick chocolate topping

Step 7: Melt remaining 100g of milk chocolate and use to stick remaining goodies on top of the uber brownie. Drizzle last few drops of chocolate over brownie

Dipping marshmallows in melted chocolate and setting them in rows across the brownie

Step 8: Make a lovely cuppa, relax and enjoy! Delicious hot or cold.

The finished deep square brownie topped with marshmallows, a mug of hot chocolate beside it for scale

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