Layered Marshmallow Brownies

These brownies are amazing. Super-sweet and fudgy and amazing. They have a layer of fudge-like brownie, topped with a layer of marshmallows, and lastly, a sweet chocolate frosting layer. I’ve seen these come up in a variety of blogs over the last year or so since they first appeared Baking Blonde’s blog almost two years ago!

I prefer my brownies nice and thick, so I decided to make the recipe in an 8×8 pan instead of the 9×13 called for in the recipe. The brownie layer did take a significantly longer amount of time to bake, but I think the outcome was worth it.

At first taste, I wasn’t completely sold on these. I had put them in the fridge to cool and after I cut them, I tasted an edge piece. They were a bit too sweet. I’m sure many of you doubt that I could ever think a dessert was too sweet, but I did. They were so sweet in fact, that I didn’t take them with me to the get together as I had planned. I left them out on the counter while I was gone and gave them another taste when I got home. The sweetness had died down, and while they are still very sweet, they weren’t too sweet anymore. So I would definitely recommend serving these at room temperature, not when they’re cold.

I cut them fairly small since they are pretty intense (16 pieces for an 8×8 pan, after trimming off the edges). I took them to work with my and my coworkers thoroughly enjoyed them.

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Frosted Marshmallow Brownies – adapted from Baking Blonde

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7 Responses to “Chocolate Mousse Cupcakes”

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    Cupcake Activist — June 21, 2010 at 4:06 pm

    Although the mousse didn’t hold up nicely on top of the cupcake, the taste is really what matters most. Since everyone loved them, then they are a success!

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    Memória — June 21, 2010 at 5:39 pm

    How convenient to have the frosting and cupcake be one in the same. I think the cupcake looks great.

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    We Are Not Martha — June 22, 2010 at 3:31 am

    Oooh! My sister and I are forever in search of the best chocolate cupcake recipe and this looks like a must-try! I love that the batter and frosting are the same… And they’re so pretty too 🙂

    Sues

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    Carly — June 22, 2010 at 4:15 pm

    these look good. I kinda want to make extra and pipe some inside the cupcake too….

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    nutmegnanny — June 23, 2010 at 3:14 am

    That sounds awesome! Chocolate mousse and cupcake….I’m in!

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    yumventures — June 24, 2010 at 11:41 am

    I am making these as soon as humanly possible =)

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    Madeleine — January 1, 2011 at 7:53 pm

    These are absolutely delicious, I made them for a party on thursday and they were a hit! thanks for the recipe!!!!!

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