These crackly crinkle top brownies are super moist, uber chocolatey and the perfect size to pop in your mouth for a quick treat!
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Why I Love This Recipe
My love for a good brownie runs deep. It's seriously one of my favorite sweets to make... right up there with chocolate chip cookies! These crinkle top brownie bites are soft and chewy on the inside and just slightly crispy on the outside, which is the perfect combo if you ask me. It's basically a bunch of corner brownie pieces if you really think about it. And because there is no such thing as too much chocolate in my book, these little mini morsels of delicious chocolate brownie are sprinkled with a few chocolate chips throughout just for good measure.
They are super easy to make and only require one pot so there is minimal cleanup, which we love!! They are finished baking in about 15 minutes which means you can have these prepped and ready to eat within 20 minutes flat! I mean it doesn't get better than that!
Plus, these bite-sized brownies are the perfect sharing dessert to bring to your next gathering since they can be made at a moment's notice and everyone can pop one right into their mouth. They taste way better than the store bought brownie bites, and take just as much time to make, if not less, as you would spend going to the store and buying a box.
Ingredients & Substitutions
- Unsalted Butter
- White Sugar
- Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- Kosher Salt
- Vanilla Extract
- Eggs
- All Purpose Flour
- Chocolate Chips
*For a full list of ingredients and instructions please see recipe card below.
How to Make Crinkle Top Brownie Bites
Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and spray a mini cupcake tin with non-stick baking spray.
Step 2: Melt the butter in a medium pot.
Step 3: Once melted, add the sugar, cocoa power and salt and mix until smooth. Remove from heat.
Step 4: Add the vanilla and eggs and combine.
Step 5: Add the flour and Chocolate chips until no more flour is visible.
Step 6: Using a spoon, scoop the brownie mixture into the mini cupcake tins and bake for 12-15 minutes.
Step 7: Run a knife along the edge of the mini Crinkle Top Brownie Bites to lift it out of the pan and let cool on a cooling rack before serving.
How to Store Crinkle Top Brownie Bites
You can store these for a few days outside or in the fridge if you want to extend the shelf life.
How to Freeze Crinkle Top Brownie Bites
You sure can freeze these! Once these are baked, removed from the pan and cooled, you can pop them into a zip top bag or tupperware and place them in the freezer. They'll last for weeks if you're able to not eat them all!
Tips & Tricks
You can stuff a variety of flavors into these and that makes this recipe so versatile!! The recipe below is stuffed with chocolate chips but you can also stuff these with any other kind of chocolate, caramel, peanut butter, butterscotch etc. Just use smaller pieces of chocolate or candy and press them down into the muffin pan once you've filled the cavities with the brownie batter.
FAQs
How do you get brownies out of mini muffin pans?
Good question - that's a key part to making these brownie bites. You'll want to 1: use a muffin pan that's non stick (linked below) and 2: spray it with non stick baking spray to be extra sure that these are easy to remove!
How much batter should I scoop into each muffin tin?
I use a 2-3 tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop the batter into the muffin tins.
What kind of chocolate chips do you use?
Use whatever you prefer - I like semi-sweet or dark chocolate, but milk and white chocolate are delish too! You can also omit the chocolate chips if you prefer.
Need a mini muffin pan?
This one is my favorite and it's super non-stick which makes it very easy to remove these!
If you're a fan of brownies just as much as I am here are a few other brownie recipes that you'll love:
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Crinkle Top Brownie Bites
Ingredients
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 ¼ cups white sugar
- ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup all purpose flour
- ½ cup Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and spray a mini cupcake tin with non-stick baking spray.
- Melt the butter in a medium pot. Once melted, add the sugar, cocoa power and salt and mix until smooth. Remove from heat.
- Add the vanilla and eggs and combine. Add the flour and Chocolate chips until no more flour is visible.
- Using a spoon, scoop the brownie mixture into the mini cupcake tins and bake for 12-15 minutes. Run a knife along the edge of the mini Crinkle Top Brownie Bites to lift it out of the pan and let cool on a cooling rack before serving.
Notes
- Can you freeze Crinkle Top Brownie Bites?
- You sure can! Once these are baked, removed from the pan and cooled, you can pop them into a zip top bag or tupperware and place them in the freezer. They’ll last for weeks if you’re able to not eat them all!
- How do you get brownies out of mini muffin pans?
- Good question – that’s a key part to making these brownie bites. You’ll want to 1: use a muffin pan that’s non stick (linked below) and 2: spray it with non stick baking spray to be extra sure that these are easy to remove!
- How much batter should I scoop into each muffin tin?
- I use a 2-3 tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop the batter into the muffin tins.
can i use coconut oil instead of butter?
I havent tried that but I think that would be no issue!! LMK! xx
Delicious! Thank you! I threw the brownie bites from the store into the trash (seriously) and filled up their empty container with the brownies from your recipe (also seriously haha). I left out the chocolate chips because I was planning on using a squeeze bottle, but the batter ended up too think for it, and I forgot to add the chips back in, haha. But they were still the best brownie bites I've ever had! Thanks for sharing
Made theses yesterday for first time and quite a few had tops break off when removing from pan and they all turned into mini hockey pucks when they coolers off!!!!! Help....what did I do wrong? I’m not a very good baker.
did you spray your baking tin? what kind of baking tin are you using?
How do you know when they're done? Should a toothpick come out clean? Also, do they need to cool before removing them from the pan? Seem too soft to take out while still warm. I cooked them for 16 minutes. Thanks!
yes def cool them before removing - as with any baked good!! and the toothpick test is the perfect way to know if they are done!
Oh my God!!!
I hate made brownies in the past and this was my maiden attempt at brownie bites and it us fricking delicious. I feel so proud of my ability to replicate almost costco like brownie bites. Actually it's better than Costco.
Thank you for this recipe.
Such an easy and yummy brownie. I made 30 mini bite sized brownies. Just need to cook a little longer in my oven as the first one I took out at 15 min was too soft and broke when taking it out of the mini muffin pan.
Do you think this recipe would work with gluten-free baking mix (the kind with xanthan gum)? Any adjustments you'd make?
haven't tested it so can't say with any certainty
Oh. My. Goodness these are so good and super easy. Very dangerous lol! Thank you for posting this recipe
Any chance of these working well with a dairry free butter alternative
I haven't tested it but I know the recipe would work. Unsure if the top would be as crinkly but would be delish!
Would it be okay if i use a 3 oz muffin pan and just fill only half of it instead of filling it to almost to the top? If so, how many minutes should I bake them? Thank you so much!
haven't tested it so keep your eyes on it when baking
So much easier than other brownies where you have to use soooo many pots. Also the table salt works for the salt.
I’ve made these multiple times during the pandemic & just brought them to a “socially distanced” rooftop catch up with a few friends. Bite sized and pre-portioned - they were a perfect and easy sweet treat for the five of us!
These came out perfectly and were so delicious! Never buying the store bought ones again. Thanks for the recipe!
A go to recipe for me ! Have made it many times
These are delicious! Thanks for sharing