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Cherry Chocolate Brownies

Decadent Black Forest Brownies are made from scratch using premium ingredients to create a melt-in-your-mouth experience. Spoil yourself with these chocolatey, ooey-gooey, brownies packed with chucks of Ghirardelli dark chocolate and cherries.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Calories 3451 kcal

Equipment

  • Stand or hand mixer

Ingredients
  

  • 1 stick Unsalted butter
  • c Granulated sugar
  • 1 tbsp Vegetable oil
  • 2 large Eggs
  • 2 tsp Vanilla extract
  • ½ c Flour
  • ½ c Cocoa powder
  • tbsp Cornstarch
  • ¼ tsp Salt
  • 1 c Ghirardelli 60% bittersweet chocolate
  • 1 c Cherries (pitted & halved) I chose canned sour cherries

Instructions
 

  • Line your 8 x 8 baking dish with parchment paper and preheat your oven to 350°F
  • If you need to prepare the cherries you are using do that now as well. The canned sour cherries I buy are pitted I just needed to cut them in half.
  • Cream the sugar, butter, and oil together in the bowl of your mixer working up to high speed until smooth.
  • Add in the vanilla and eggs and whip again until once again combined.
  • Now add in the flour, cocoa, cornstarch, salt. Beat with your mixer, stopping to scrape the sides until it is all incorporated and lump free.
  • Now fold in the chocolate chunks and cherries. (I saved some to top the brownies off with as well)
  • Using a spatula empty the contents of your bowl into the prepared baking dish and smooth it out evenly.
  • Bake in the oven at 350°F for 35-40 or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • Sit on a wire rack to cook and sprinkle the extra chocolate pieces on top.
  • We also choose to drizzle chocolate and caramel sauce over our brownies.

Notes

  • You can use whatever type of cherry you prefer from fresh to frozen, or canned like I used. 
  • Allow the brownies to completely cool before cutting them into squares
  • You can use a Brownie box mix
  • You can add chocolate chips instead of chocolate chunks or even other flavored chips. I think adding butterscotch chips to this would taste great as well,
  • Extras: We drizzled chocolate syrup and caramel syrup over our brownies
  • Once completely cooled you can keep them in a sealed container on the counter for up to 4 or 5 days, in the refrigerator for up to 7 days.
  • These brownies can be frozen but wrap them in plastic and keep them in a freezer bag with as much of the air removed as you can. Then thaw them in the refrigerator overnight.
**NUTRITIONAL DISCLAIMER The nutritional information shown is an estimate, and is determined from online calculators. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1brownieCalories: 3451kcalCarbohydrates: 483gProtein: 33gFat: 170gSaturated Fat: 116gPolyunsaturated Fat: 12gMonounsaturated Fat: 30gTrans Fat: 4gCholesterol: 245mgSodium: 820mgPotassium: 2144mgFiber: 27gSugar: 314gVitamin A: 4677IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 670mgIron: 15mg
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