Brownie Pops

Have you heard of Cake Pops? (Becky speaking here.)

There are some pretty amazing cake pop makers out there! Bakerella was my introduction to their world. Amazing! She is an artist extraordinaire!

We have had a fantastic time making these for special occasions. Some of you have been recipients. I hope you liked them! Abby has done some of these too. And liked the results. Um, right Abby?

We did cupcake pops for Amanda's birthday once. Apparently I did not take pictures (?!?). Anyway, I'm not wasting any more time looking.

I did 2 tier "wedding cake" pops for our 14th anniversary. With chocolate hearts on the tops. And carrot cake with cream cheese frosting inside. Yum!

I don't know if brownie pops are common or not, but I haven't seen them. At least not done cake pop style.

I have gotten to pull together the Mother's Day gifts our church gives out for the last few years. I have a ton of fun with it! This year I snagged a slew of pretty teacups at second hand stores and wanted to fill them with ...something. One thing I ended up using was these brownie pops. My kids love them, but James LOVES them and can't stop talking about/eating them. : ) He thinks they should be used in everything. Doing someone's graduation cake? Fill it with brownie pops instead of frosting or my favorite filling. And so on.

This is easy.

Ingredients:
Brownies
Chocolate frosting Dipping chocolate/chips
1. Bake a pan of brownies. Use a mix, your favorite recipe, or mine (without the PB). : )
2. Cool, trim off hard/crispy edges and corners.
3. Crumble into a mixing bowl.
4. Add a spoonful or 2 chocolate frosting, mix until you have a smooth, fairly stiff brownie "dough", adding frosting as needed. I like really fudgy brownies, and I learned that they DO NOT require much frosting to become brownie play-dough. If you are using cake, and making cake balls, you use a batch/can of frosting (start with 2/3 or so and add as needed) to one cake (9x13 sized). Brownies being naturally gooier, need less frosting. It is possible that I learned this when I had to make a second batch of brownies to firm up my "dough". : )
5. Roll into balls (or any other shape), chill in the fridge or freezer until firm.
6. Eat.
7. As an alternative to step 5, Melt dipping chocolate, or chocolate chips with a small amount of coconut oil or shortening added to thin.
8. Stab onto sucker sticks or wooden skewers (I used these so my sticks would be longer) and dip balls into chocolate, tap off excess, stand sticks in drinking glasses, or lay on waxed paper until hardened.
9. Decorate with melted contrasting colored chocolate in a zip bag with a VERY tiny corner snipped off. You could also decorate with sprinkles before the original coat hardens. My favorites were decorated with tiny light cocoa flowers with white chocolate dots in the center. Did I remember to take pictures of them? NO! I'm still burdened with sorrow over this. : )