Keyword: brownies, chocolate, chocolate skulls, cookie crumble, red velvet
Servings: 16
Equipment
very tiny skull mold From Rosa Keleher Shop on Etsy.
Ingredients
1cupall purpose flour
3tbspcocoa powder
½tsp.salt
½cupbutter, room temperature
1cupsugar
½cupbrown sugar
3largeeggs
2tsp.vanilla extract
1tbsp.red food coloring
1cupmilk chocolate melting wafers, dividedI used Stover & Company
8Oreo cookies, crumbs
chocolate skull chips (garnish)(See the how to below)
Instructions
Skull Chips (Make ahead)
Place ½ cup of the milk chocolate melting wafers into a small piping bag and secure with a rubber band. Melt in the microwave according to package directions. Snip the end of the piping bag and pipe small amounts into a tiny skull mold (listed above) and place in a freezer for 3-5 minutes. Unmold and repeat with remaining chocolate, microwaving the chocolate on half power in 30 seconds intervals to re-melt when the chocolate begins to harden.
Red Velvet Brownies
Preheat oven to 350℉ and line a 8 x 8 x 2-inch brownie pan with parchment paper.
Pulse Oreo cookies in a food processor until coarse crumbs form and set aside.
Cream together the butter and sugars in a stand mixer. Lightly whisk the eggs, vanilla extract and red food coloring in a small bowl and add to the stand mixer and process on low until incorporated. Sift flour, cocoa powder and salt into a medium bowl and add it to the stand mixer and process on low until flour is incorporated. Take care to not overmix.Pour batter into the prepared pan and bake at 350℉ for 30-40 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Remove brownies from oven and sprinkle the remaining ½ cup chocolate chips over the top of the brownies. Let it sit for 2 minutes to melt the chips and then smooth the chocolate with the back of a spoon. Sprinkle cookie crumbs over the melted chocolate and allow to cool for 15 minutes. Garnish with chocolate skull chips over the cookie crumbs and allow to cool completely.Cut into 16, 2-inch brownies.