Adding a fun holiday touch to a traditional dessert is a great way to celebrate any holiday. These delicious Chocolate Cadbury Egg Brownies combine everything you love about homemade brownies with festive chocolate candy Easter eggs.
This recipe makes a great dessert for Easter Sunday or it's a delicious way to use up extra candy the day after all the celebration.
Your loved ones will thank you many times over after tasting these rich brownies and their crunchy-sweet topping – let’s get started!
Check out all the other Easter Desserts for even more delicious recipes.
This is a homemade brownie recipe, but you can definitely use a boxed brownie mix if life is a little busy right now.
If you enjoy this recipe for homemade brownies, you might also like my recipe for Homemade Brownies with Coffee in the batter.
These yummy brownies are so easy to make and provide a perfect balance of sweetness while being beautifully decorated.
Looking for more Easy Desserts to serve for the Easter holiday? Try my Easter Bunny Cupcakes, Spring Sugar Cookies or my Easter Bundt Cake...yum!
Table of Contents
- How to make brownies out of cake mix
- Looking for help with Easter Preparation?
- 🛒Helpful Kitchen Tools
- 📋Ingredients
- Substitutions and Variations
- 🥣Step-by-Step Instructions
- Top Tip
- Baking Instructions
- Tips for Slicing Brownies Evenly
- Before You Begin!
- Storage Tips
- Freezing Tips
- Thawing and Reheating Tips
- More Recipes to Love
- 📇Recipe Card
- 📖 Recipe Card
- 💬 Comments
How to make brownies out of cake mix
Create a richer and more indulgent version of your favorite brownie recipe with a few simple ingredients; one of which is a box of cake mix! Instead of following the directions on the back of the box, simply add the oil and eggs.
This will make it denser and resemble the texture of fudgy brownies. For the perfect cake mix brownie, don't overbake them! Remove them from the oven when they're baked around the edges and slightly underdone in center.
Also, wait to slice them until they've cooled completely. You can use any flavor of cake mix...not just chocolate! Check out this recipe for Cake Mix Brownies for more help.
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📋Ingredients
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Substitutions and Variations
There are so many ways you can make this recipe for homemade brownies your own!
Instead of the Cadbury Easter Egg candies, you can use pastel colored M&Ms or pretty sprinkles for spring.
Try adding peanut butter chips or white chocolate chips.
Top the brownies with marshmallows halfway through baking for a fun s'mores style brownie.
🥣Step-by-Step Instructions
Step 1: Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium low heat. When the butter is melted, add the sugar and cook for two more minutes, stirring constantly.
Step 2: Pour the butter and sugar mixture into a large bowl and add the cocoa powder.
Step 3: Mix to combine and then mix in the eggs, salt, baking powder, and vanilla extract.
Step 4: Slowly add in the flour ½ cup at a time, mixing between each addition.
Step 5: Fold in chocolate chips.
Step 6: Pour batter into a baking pan lined with parchment paper.
Top Tip
Place the bag of candy coated chocolate eggs in the freezer as you prepare the brownies. That way they don't "melt" when you add them to the baked brownies.
Baking Instructions
Step 7: Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated 350°F oven. Once the brownies are baked, remove the chocolate eggs from the freezer.
Step 8: Decorate the brownies with the chocolate eggs immediately after removing the pan from the oven.
Step 9: Allow the brownies to cool for 10 minutes in the pan then use the parchment paper edges to lift the brownies out of the pan and transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Tips for Slicing Brownies Evenly
Remove the brownies from the pan using the overhang of parchment paper.
Set on a baking rack or cutting board to cool completely before attempting to slice. Patience is key!
The real secret to perfectly sliced brownies is to use either a serrated knife, plastic knife or an electric knife.
If you're still finding it difficult to slice the brownies, dip the knives in hot water first.
Before You Begin!
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Storage Tips
Let the brownies cool completely. Wrap the brownies tightly in plastic wrap, or place them in an airtight container.
If you're going to stack the brownies, use parchment paper between the layers to prevent sticking.
Label the container with the date and contents, then store in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
Freezing Tips
You can also freeze the brownies for up to 3 months. Be sure to follow the storage tips above before placing the brownies in the freezer.
Thawing and Reheating Tips
When ready to enjoy, remove from the freezer the night before and allow them to thaw completely in the refrigerator overnight.
Try warming them up in the microwave for a few seconds before serving...yum!
More Recipes to Love
- Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Eggs are just like the insanely popular Peanut Butter Bars here on the blog only made in the shape of Easter eggs.
- You can try this no-bake recipe for Marshmallow Bunny Peeps Pudding Cups that I know the kids will love.
- Mini Easter Bundt Cakes starts our with a cake mix making this another easy recipe!
- I couldn't believe how delicious these Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Peeps were the first time I made them. You have to try this recipe!
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Chocolate Cadbury Egg Brownies
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 sticks butter
- 2 ¼ cups sugar
- 1 ¼ cups unsweetened cocoa powder
- 4 eggs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups flour
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
- 1 bag candy coated chocolate eggs
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and prepare a 9x13 baking pan by lining it with parchment paper. Allow the parchment paper to hang over the edges for easy removal after baking. Grease the parchment paper and any exposed areas of the pan with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
- Place bag of candy coated chocolate eggs in the freezer as you prepare the brownies.
- Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium low heat. When the butter is melted, add the sugar and cook for two more minutes, stirring constantly.
- Pour the butter and sugar mixture into a large bowl and add the cocoa powder. Mix to combine.
- Mix in the eggs, salt, baking powder, and vanilla extract.
- Slowly add in the flour ½ cup at a time, mixing between each addition.
- Fold in chocolate chips.
- Pour batter into prepared baking pan and bake for 30 minutes.
- Remove chocolate eggs from the freezer. Decorate the brownies with the chocolate eggs immediately after removing the pan from the oven.
- Allow the brownies to cool for 10 minutes in the pan then use the parchment paper edges to lift the brownies out of the pan and transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely before slicing.
Notes
- Use a serrated or plastic knife to cut the brownies into perfect even slices.
- Store the brownies in a plastic container with sheets of parchment or waxed paper in between layers to keep the brownies from sticking to each other.
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This recipe has been updated since it first appeared in 2019 with new photos and a new printable recipe card that includes nutritional information. I hope you enjoy the updates as much as I enjoyed working on them!
kristie says
You're being featured on the Home Matters Link Party tonight at 9 pm. I hope you can drop by.
Lois says
Thank you for the feature!
Estelle Forrest says
How cute are these - perfect for Easter! Thanks for sharing on SSPS, I hope to see you again next week.
Charmaine Anne MacDonald says
Oh yummy, I can feel it melting in my mouth.
Lois says
Thank you!
Gemma says
Wow these look divine! I love brownies but these look so gooey and heavenly! I wish the Cadbury eggs were available all year round though, I can't get enough of them! xo
192.168.0.1 says
A fun dessert for Easter