Heart Shaped Brownies
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These Heart Shaped Brownies are rich, fudgy, drizzled with vanilla icing and topped with the cutest Valentine’s Day sprinkles!
These super fudgy Heart Shaped Brownies are so perfect for Valentine’s Day! They’re rich, decadent, drizzled with pink vanilla icing and topped with the cutest Valentine’s Day sprinkles. This recipe is such a fun and easy way to upgrade your brownies for the season of love!
Looking for more Valentine’s Day recipes? Try my Valentine Sprinkle Cookies, Heart Shaped Scones or Valentine Sugar Cookie Bars!
Ingredient Breakdown
Granulated sugar and brown sugar – both sugars are necessary for sweetness and texture.
Vegetable oil – provides texture and moisture.
Butter – provides flavor and texture. I always recommend using unsalted butter but salted butter works if that’s all you have on hand, just be sure to omit the 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
Cocoa powder – gives the brownies their chocolate flavor! I always use natural unsweetened cocoa powder.
Eggs – binds the ingredients and provides structure.
Vanilla extract and salt – enhances flavor. Always use pure vanilla extract instead of imitation for best flavor.
All-purpose flour – just a bit of flour gives the brownies structure while still keeping them fudgy.
How To Make Heart Shaped Brownies
1. Make the Heart Shaped Brownies: Whisk the granulated sugar, vegetable oil, butter, brown sugar and cocoa powder in a small pot over low heat. Remove from heat once the butter is melted and the mixture is smooth.
2. Whisk in the eggs, vanilla extract and salt until well combined.
3. Fold in the all-purpose flour just almost combined. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
4. Bake at 350°F for 22 minutes or until the center is just set. Cool to room temperature before using a heart shaped cookie cutter to cut into 9 hearts (the amount of hearts you’ll get will vary depending on the size of your cookie cutter. My cookie cutter was 2 inches).
5. Make the Vanilla Icing: In a small bowl mix the confectioners’ sugar, water and vanilla extract. Drizzle over brownies then top with Valentine’s Day Sprinkles. Store Heart Shaped Brownies in an airtight container for up to 3 days at room temperature.
Pro Tips For Heart Shaped Brownies
- Weigh your ingredients using a kitchen scale! Measuring ingredients by volume is not accurate; baking is a science after all!
- Don’t be tempted to over bake these. They will still be a little gooey when you remove them from the oven but they’ll continue to bake as they cool.
- Use a metal pan! Glass pans retain heat for longer resulting in unevenly baked brownies.
- Make sure your parchment paper hangs over the sides of the pan for easy removal after baking!
If you try this recipe then please leave a rating/comment below to let me know how you liked it and feel free to ask any recipe questions you may have! 🙂
Heart Shaped Brownies
Equipment
- 8×8 inch pan
- Heart shaped cookie cutter (I used a 2 inch cookie cutter)
Ingredients
Heart Shaped Brownies
- 150 g (3/4 cup) granulated sugar
- 60 g (1/4 cup) vegetable oil
- 56 g (4 tbsp) unsalted butter
- 50 g (1/4 cup) brown sugar
- 40 g (1/2 cup) cocoa powder
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp salt
- 60 g (1/2 cup) all-purpose flour
Vanilla Icing
- 60 g (1/2 cup) confectioners' sugar
- 2 tsp water
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract
- pink food coloring (optional)
- Valentine's Day sprinkles (optional)
Instructions
Heart Shaped Brownies
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease an 8×8 pan and line with parchment paper.
- Whisk the granulated sugar, vegetable oil, butter, brown sugar and cocoa powder in a small pot over low heat. Remove from heat once the butter is melted and the mixture is smooth.
- Whisk in the eggs, vanilla extract and salt until well combined.
- Fold in the all-purpose flour just almost combined. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake for 22 minutes or until the center is just set. Cool to room temperature before using a heart shaped cookie cutter to cut into 9 hearts (the amount of hearts you'll get will vary depending on the size of your cookie cutter. My cookie cutter was 2 inches).
Vanilla Icing
- In a small bowl mix the confectioners' sugar, water and vanilla extract. Drizzle over brownies then top with Valentine's Day Sprinkles.
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Notes
- Weigh your ingredients using a kitchen scale! Measuring ingredients by volume is not accurate.
- Store Heart Shaped Brownies in an airtight container for up to 3 days at room temperature.
- Nutrition: the provided nutritional information is an estimate per serving. Please read my Nutrition Disclaimer for more information.
