Jack-O-Lantern Brownies

Ingredients

  • ⅓ cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
  • ½ cup All-Purpose Flour
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt
  • ¼ teaspoon Baking Powder
  • ½ cup Butter, melted and cooled slightly
  • 1 cup Granulated Sugar
  • 2 Large Eggs
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • ½ cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chunks
  • 12 ounces Orange Candy Melts
  • 9 Large Marshmallows
  • ½ cup Semisweet Chocolate Chips, divided

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F; grease an 8×8 inch square pan; in a medium bowl, whisk together cocoa powder, flour, salt, and baking powder
  2. In a large bowl combine butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla; fold in dry ingredients and chocolate chunks; stir until just combined; spread batter into prepared pan
  3. Bake for 30 minutes; remove from oven and allow to cool completely; slice brownies into 9 even squares; set aside
  4. Line countertop with parchment paper; place brownies on top with a little space between each one
  5. Melt orange candy melts according to package directions; use toothpicks, dip one marshmallows into orange candy coating; do not shake off excess coating; quickly set down on top of the center of a brownie
  6. Lightly tap brownie on the countertop to get excess orange candy coating to smooth out and slide down onto the brownie
  7. Before the candy coating set, top marshmallow with a chocolate chop to look like the stem of the jack-o-latern; continue until you have used all brownies and marshmallows; allow candy coating to harden completely, 30 minutes
  8. In a small bowl, melt remaining chocolate chips according to package directions; use a small piping bah with a round tip, pipe chocolate onto jack-o-lantern faces; let harden, 15 minutes