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 9x13 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.