Happy Spring! Well….almost. Though it’s still chilly in parts of the world, we can smell spring…it’s very near. Today I’m sharing a most delicious spring treat we’ve just experimented with at my house, Cadbury Mini Egg Cookie Dough Brownies! If you’re like me, your heart skips a beat when there is an initial sighting at the store of the deep purple bag with pastel eggs inside. The chalky outer shell with the milky chocolate inside. Behold, our treat:
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But wait, thats not all. It’s the 10th day of the month, so I’ve gathered my creative blogging friends, and we came up with a PASTEL theme to create projects around, since SPRING is upon us! This begins our 11th month with the blog hop collaboration. We had so much fun with it the past 10 months, we decided to take it another round. One friend needed to part ways, so we added the amazingly talented Chelsea from Two Twenty One to the mix. If you’ve missed the past ten months of fun, please check them out!
For now, get into the spring mode with PASTELS!
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Join the BLOG HOP and “hop” on over to view the other projects up close. If you happen to come upon a broken link, just click HOME on each site to view the project.
From top left, moving down row by row:
Cadbury Mini Egg Cookie Dough Brownie by Capturing Joy with Kristen Duke
Yummy Spring Cookies + Cute Printable Tag by Thirty Handmade Days
Easy Burlap Easter Bunnies by Landeelu
Friendship Gift Tags by Simply Kierste
Easter Egg Cookies by Two Twenty One
Spring Easter Egg Sign Decor by Lolly Jane
DIY Color Blocked Necklace by Eighteen25
Polaroid Spring Banner by Little Miss Momma
Frozen Lemon Dessert by Your Homebased Mom
Patchwork Easter Egg Craft by Or So She Says
Isn’t that some amazing-ness??? I love my creative friends, and I love to see what they come up with each month around our theme–it’s so fun!
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Now back to my recipe.
It’s quite simple, you see.
You take a brownie base and spread it in the bottom of a pan (homemade or from a pan). Then sporadically place those delectable Cadbury Mini Eggs, and cook the brownie. Then drop heaping spoonfuls of egg-less cookie dough and gently spread it all around. I mixed in some pink pastel chips (chopped up melted wafers) along with my fave white chocolate chips. Below are my helpers, inspired by the promise of sampling the mini eggs at the end.
Yes, I made three pans because I was assigned to make birthday treats this month for the girls at church. Each second Sunday we celebrate the month of birthdays and the leaders rotate who makes the treats.
- Brownie:
- ¾ cup cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 2/3 cup butter melted & divided (1/3 cup + ⅓ cup)
- ½ cup boiling water
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1⅓ cup flour
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- Egg-less cookie dough:
- 1 stick unsalted butter softened
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons milk
- white chocolate chips I also added pink melting wafers, chopped
- 1.5 cups Cadbury mini Eggs
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Mix ingredients for brownies.
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Place Cadbury Mini Eggs on top of brownie batter, all around pan.
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Cook brownies 15-20 minutes in 9x13 pan.
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Let cool.
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Make egg-less cookie dough by mixing ingredients together in bowl.
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Cream together butter and brown sugar.
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Add in vanilla and salt, mix.
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Add in flour.
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Add in 2 tablespoons of milk and mix.
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Fold in Chips.
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Spread by spoonfuls on top of brownie.
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Press firmly down.
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Cut brownies, place Cadbury Mini Eggs into center of each brownie.
I was kinda bummed that the Cadbury Mini Eggs sunk into the brownie, and even when cut it was hard to tell they were in there, but they are there a-plenty.
This is a fun spring or Easter treat everyone is sure to enjoy!
If you like this, you may like the Cherry Miscellaneous Bar.
