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Chocolate Cherry Brownie Truffles

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Course: Dessert
Prep Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
Servings: 20 -24
Author: CakesCottage

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder sifted
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 4 ounces butter melted
  • 2 large eggs beaten
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 10 oz Maraschino Cherries
  • 1 can chocolate frosting
  • 4 cups of semi-sweet chocolate chips or chocolate candy coating

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Lightly grease an 8×8 brownie pan with nonstick baking spray.
  • Whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
  • Beat together the butter, eggs and vanilla.
  • Add to the dry ingredients and mix until smooth.
  • Pour into the prepared pan.
  • Bake on a middle shelf of the oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out mostly clean (a few crumbs are recommended).
  • Allow the brownies to cool completely on a wire rack.
  • Using a fork, break the brownie into crumbs, avoiding the outer edges.
  • You should try using only the center of the brownie for this recipe since the edges bake up crunchy.
  • Place brownie crumbs in a medium bowl and mix in about 3/4 a cup of chocolate frosting. (You may need to add a little more, but you start with 3/4 a cup and add more if you need it.)
  • Once you have it the consistency needed (stays together easily but isn’t too sticky to roll into balls),
  • Scoop about 1 Tbsp of brownie-chocolate frosting mixture, and form it into a ball.
  • Make a hole in the middle of a ball, and drop one cherry into.
  • Top with a little more of the brownie-chocolate frosting mixture and do your best to seal the cherry in.
  • Place on a parchment-paper lined baking plate.
  • Repeat with the remaining cherries and brownie-chocolate frosting mixture.
  • Place the brownie balls in the freezer to chill for 30 minutes.
  • Meanwhile melt the chocolate according to the directions on the back of the package. I use the microwave.
  • Dip balls in chocolate with a fork, shaking off excess and return to prepared sheet.
  • Refrigerate the chocolate covered brownie cherries for 20 minutes.
  • Carefully drizzle chocolate over truffles.
  • Store in the refrigerator and serve cold.
  • These can also be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 7 days.