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Whopper Brownies with Chocolate Malt Buttercream Frosting

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Whopper Brownies with Chocolate Malt Buttercream are rich chocolate brownies topped with decadent chocolate-malt buttercream. If you love love malted milk balls or old-fashioned chocolate malts, these brownies will be your dream come true!

closeup of rich chocolate Whopper Brownies with Chocolate Malt Buttercream Frosting with whopper malt balls on top.

These delicious fudgy brownies are only made better with the addition of chopped malted milk balls and malt powder. And the malted buttercream frosting just takes them into the realm of over-the-top fabulous!

I made these in the early morning before a hot summer day, and they tasted great all weekend long! I hope you try them! If you do, please come back here and tell me, I want to know what you think!

Why you’ll love these Whopper Brownies

  • Rich, chocolate and malt flavor
  • Easy recipe using pantry ingredients
  • A familiar favorite flavor that everyone will love at your next picnic, BBQ, lunch or party

Closeup of some Whopper Brownies with Chocolate Malt Buttercream Frosting and chopped chocolate malt ball candies on top.

Ingredients

For the brownies:

  • Semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • Butter
  • Brown sugar
  • Vanilla
  • Eggs
  • All purpose flour
  • Malt powder or Ovaltine
  • Baking powder
  • Salt
  • Malted milk balls

For the frosting:

  • Butter
  • Vanilla extract
  • Powdered sugar
  • Malt powder or Ovaltine
  • Heavy whipping cream
closeup of a chocolate brownie with rich malt flavored Ovaltine frosting and chopped whopper malt balls on top.

How to Make Whopper Brownies with Chocolate Malt Buttercream

This recipe is adapted from Cookies and Cups and Eats Well with Others.

For the brownies:

  1. Preheat oven to 350.
  2. Spray a 9×13 baking pan with cooking spray.
  3. Melt chocolate and butter in a pan over low heat until the chocolate is melted.
  4. Remove from heat. Stir in eggs, vanilla, and brown sugar until combined.
  5. Stir in dry ingredients, the flour, malt powder, baking powder, and salt.
  6. Fold in the chopped malted milk balls.
  7. Spread batter into pan and bake for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  8. Let cool completely and then frost.

For the frosting:

  1. In a mixer, whip butter until creamy.
  2. Add powdered sugar, malt powder, and heavy whipping cream.
  3. Beat on low speed until desired consistency is reached.
  4. Spread on cooled brownies.
  5. Top with malted milk ball.s
angled closeup of a semi-sweet chocolate brownie with malt buttercream frosting and malt candies inside and on top.

Tips & Variations

  • Use flavored malt powder. You can use plain or chocolate flavored malt powder or Ovaltine for richer chocolate flavor.
  • Change the candy. You can use any brand of chocolate malt balls, not just Whoppers.
  • Change the chocolate. Use milk chocolate chips instead of semi-sweet for a sweeter flavor.

Storage

These brownies are best refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 5 days.

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Rich chocolate brownie with chopped malt balls inside and malt flavored frosting with whopper malt balls on top

Whopper Brownies with Chocolate Malt Buttercream

Whopper Brownies with Chocolate Malt Buttercream are rich chocolate brownies topped with decadent chocolate-malt buttercream. If you love love malted milk balls or old-fashioned chocolate malts, these brownies will be your dream come true!
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Ingredients

For the brownies:

  • 1 11.5-oz bag semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • ½ cup butter
  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • 2 tsp. vanilla
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 ¾ cup all purpose flour
  • ¾ cup malt powder or Ovaltine
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 cup coarsely chopped malted milk balls

For the frosting:

  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • * 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • * 2 cups powdered sugar
  • * 1 cup malt powder or Ovaltine
  • * 1-2 Tbsp heavy whipping cream

Instructions

For the brownies:

  • Preheat oven to 350°
  • Spray a 9×13 baking pan with cooking spray.
  • Melt chocolate and butter in a pan over low heat until the chocolate is melted.
  • Remove from heat.
  • Stir in eggs, vanilla, and brown sugar until combined.
  • Stir in the dry ingredients: flour, malt powder, baking powder, and salt.
  • Fold in the chopped malted milk balls.
  • Spread batter into pan and bake for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  • Let cool completely and then frost.

For the frosting:

  • In a mixer, whip butter until creamy.
  • Add powdered sugar, malt powder, and heavy whipping cream.
  • Beat on low speed until desired consistency is reached.
  • Spread on cooled brownies.
  • Top with malted milk balls.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: brownies with malted milk balls, malted brownies, whopper brownies

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One Comment

  1. Oh dear!!! 😉
    Enjoy these, sweet Elizabeth!
    Right now, it's all about cool melon for us…very hot.
    But I find myself craving chocolate…
    Just had some of your delectable Angelina powder in my yogurt…SO GOOD!
    Think about you every time I treat myself to that special gift!
    xoxo,
    – Irina

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