Choccy Box Brownies

Ingredients:

• 150 g of dark chocolate 
• 160g of salted butter
• 3 large eggs
• 1 tsp of vanilla extract
• 260g of light brown sugar
• 50g of plain flour/gf plain flour
• 40 g of cocoa powder
• ½ tsp of baking powder
• 80 g of ground almonds
• A handful of chocolate box sweets

Method:

• Preheat the oven to 180C line your brownie tin with greaseproof paper, set aside. .
• Melt the dark chocolate and butter together in a bowl over a pan of simmering water (or in the microwave in bursts. Stir and leave to cool slightly.
• Once the chocolate and butter mixture has cooled slightly then add in the vanilla extract, sugar and eggs and mix together using a whisk.
• When the chocolate is thoroughly mixed in, sieve the flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder over the mixture, and then add the ground almonds. Fold into the mix gently, in a figure of eight. This will help to keep the air in.
• Pour the mixture into your lined baking tray.
• Arrange the chocolates on top of the brownie mix evenly, so there is 1 piece per portion of brownie. Push the chocolate into the mixture slightly.Baek for 20-25 minutes.
• Take out of the oven and leave to cool in the tray. Dust with a little icing sugar and serve right away. Enjoy!