Mars Bar Chocolate Brownie Food

MARS BAR CHOCOLATE BROWNIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180 degrees/ gas mark 4 and set shelf towards middle of the oven.
• Line an 20cm (8") square tin or 25cm x 6cm (10"x 6") rectangular tin with baking parchment or greaseproof paper.
• Chop up the Mars bars into cubes of approx. 0.5cm (1/4").
• Melt margarine slowly in small pan or microwave then remove from heat and stir in cocoa and beat until smooth. Leave on one side to cool. Weigh out the flour.
• Whisk the eggs and sugar in a medium mixing bowl until light and fluffy.
• Add the cooled cocoa mixture and mix well. Stir in the vanilla essence.
• Sift the flour over the top of the chocolate mixture and fold in using a metal spoon and a figure of 8 movement. Fold in the chopped Mars
• Pour into prepared tin and level.
• Bake in the oven for 30 mins until the cake has a dull crust on the top and the sides are coming awy from the edge of the tin. Leave in the tin to cool as it is very soft. Cut into approx. 16 squares
• Freezes well. Nice warmed slighly and served with whipped cream and choclate sauce. YUM!

MARS BAR BROWNIES!

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 180C/160C Fan and line a 9x9" baking tin with parchment paper!
• Melt together your dark chocolate and unsalted butter until smooth in the microwave or in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Leave to cool for a few minutes
• Using an electric whisk/stand mixer, whisk your eggs and sugar together for 5 minutes or so on high speed, or until the mixture has doubled in volume, is alot paler, and leaves a trail for a few seconds when you lift the whisk out.
• Pour in the chocolate/butter mix and fold through very carefully.
• Add in the flour and cocoa powder and fold through carefully again.
• Add in your frozen chunks of Mars Bar and chocolate chips and fold in. Pour the mixture into the tin and bake in the oven for 25-30+ minutes.
• Leave to cool in the tin, and then enjoy!
• To decorate your brownies if you fancy it... melt your chocolate and drizzle over the brownies, and add pieces of Mars Bar to each one! Set in the fridge, then chop up and enjoy!

MARS BAR BROWNIES

Steps:

• Chop up the Mars bar for the brownies, and freeze for at least 1 hour
• Pre-heat your oven to 160C Fan/180C/350F/Gas Mark 4 and grease and line a 12" x 9" tin (see notes if you have a different sized tin)
• Melt the dark chocolate and butter together in a pan on a low heat. When fully melted, stir together and remove from the heat. Let it cool for 10 minutes
• In a mixing bowl use an electric mixer to whisk together the eggs, light brown sugar and vanilla extract for 5 minutes until thicker and paler in colour
• Add the chocolate mixture to the egg mixture, whisking constantly as you pour it in
• Add the plain flour and whisk in gently with a hand whisk until you can't see any more flour
• Gently mix the chopped and frozen Mars bar chunks into the brownie batter
• Pour the batter into your lined tin. Add spoonfuls of the caramel sauce all over the brownie batter, then use a butter knife to swirl it into the batter
• Bake for 15 minutes, remove from the oven and press the Mars bar pieces in all over for decoration
• Put back in the oven for 5-10 minutes, or until a cocktail stick poked into the centre comes out with moist crumbs on it, but is not wet
• Let the brownies cool completely in the tin before removing and slicing up
• Store in an airtight container in a cool place and eat within 3 days