Iced Chocolate Chunk Mocha Brownies

With school back in session, it’s time for the most delicious extracurricular activity of the season: bake sales! Cookies and brownies are two of the top sellers at bake sales, and everyone know that the best-sellers are all about flavor and presentation. While brownies might be a popular choice, cute brownies are sure to sell twice as quickly! With the addition of some flavoring from McCormick, these iced mocha coffee brownie bites are sure to be a HUGE hit at your next bake sale!

I discovered this yummy looking recipe for Chocolate Chunk Mocha Cookies, and I knew that I wanted to tweak it to create something a bit more substantial for my virtual bake sale. I decided on individual brownie bites, staged to look like a whipped cream topped iced mocha, and packed with the same chocolate chunks and coffee flavor as the cookie version.

I’m participating in McCormick’s virtual bake sale as part of a team along with five other bloggers, and we are competing against five other teams of bloggers. Each team is on a mission to get as many re-pins of our recipes on Pinterest as we can. Each re-pin counts as a “sale,” and the team with the most sales at the end of the contest will award a prize pack to one of the lucky people who pinned. If you’d be so kind as to help me out, CLICK HERE TO RE-PIN MY RECIPE ON PINTEREST!

UPDATE: Congratulations to Team #6 for winning the McCormick Bake Sale! Team 6 members included: Amy from https://amysfinerthings.com/,  Emily from https://www.isthisreallymylife.com/,  Holly from https://phemomenon.com/, Jennifer from https://www.doubledutymommy.com/, Kristyn from https://lilluna.com/ and  Lindsey from https://www.cafejohnsonia.com/

ICED CHOCOLATE CHUNK MOCHA BROWNIES

Makes approximately 16-20 brownie bites

Brownie Ingredients:

• 1 cup flour
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 cup granulated white sugar
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) of butter, softened
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 2 eggs
• 3 tbsp. brewed coffee
• 2 tsp. McCormick’s Coffee Extract
• Pinch of salt
• 6 oz. coarsely chopped chocolate (milk, dark or semi-sweet) – save additional pieces for garnish, if desired.

Icing Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1/3 cup cold milk
• 2 tsp. McCormick’s Coffee Extract

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs, coffee and coffee extract and stir well.
• Mix together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl. Stir until well combined, and then add the chopped chocolate pieces to the dry ingredients. This will help keep them from sinking to the bottom during baking!
• Combine the wet and dry ingredients and scoop batter into baking cups in a muffin tin.
• Bake for approximately 20-23 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool for at least 1 hour before icing.
• For the icing, cream together butter and powdered sugar, and then mix in the coffee extract and milk until it reaches the proper consistency. Top with grated chocolate shavings and a paper straw.

 

Don’t forget to check out these other tasty treats from my bake sale team!  

Disclosure: This post was sponsored by McCormick in cooperation with Mom It Forward.