Do you ever get bored with your usual dessert recipes? I know I do, and when I get bored I like to get creative and jazz up my desserts using simple ingredients that I can find in my pantry. I came up with this recipe because I love the flavor combination of chocolate, pretzels and caramel. It layers chocolate brownies with a pretzel crumble topping and it’s drizzled with caramel and milk chocolate chips. This is so delicious and will get rave reviews from your friends and family. Give them a try!!

Brownie cups with Pretzel Crumble, Caramel and Milk Chocolate

1 German Chocolate Cake Mix
1 egg
1/2 cup butter

In a large bowl, mix together the cake mix, egg and butter until smooth. Scoop batter 2/3rds full into a muffin tin sprayed with non stick spray. Scoop 1 tablespoon pretzel crumble on top of brownie batter. Pat down lightly. Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes or until the edges are set.

Pretzel crumble

1/4 cup butter, melted
2 tablespoon brown sugar
1 cup crushed pretzels

1/3 bag of caramels- melt in a saucepan until creamy
1 cup milk chocolate chips

Immediately after taking the brownie cups out of the oven, pour caramel over the cups, and then sprinkle with chocolate chip.

Enjoy!

Posted in Recipes, Stephanie | 7 Comments »

7 Responses to “dessert: pretzel crusted caramel and chocolate brownie cups”

1. ingrid says:

   June 24, 2009 at 9:53 am

   Yum, thanks for sharing!
   ~ingrid

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2. Karen says:

   June 30, 2009 at 5:03 pm

   I tried this recipe and I need a little work with it. I made it in tart pans. I think I baked it too long, it is a little chewy. Had trouble with the caramels. They didn’t want to drizzle. Do you have a helpful suggestion for the carmels? I will definely try them again. Thanks for the recipes. I enjoy reading your blog.

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3. Jessica says:

   June 30, 2009 at 9:04 pm

   Wow, this looks really good! Printing it off right now.

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4. Audrey says:

   July 5, 2009 at 5:44 pm

   I made these yesterday, and they were yummy! I used a mini-muffin pan for bite-size treats, it worked great.

   Karen: I added a couple tablespoons of water to the caramels when melting–it poured nicely, and after sitting until serving time firmed up a little but was still perfectly gooey.

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5. Kristal L. Rosebrook says:

   December 19, 2009 at 3:25 am

   YUM!!!! Thanks for the recipe

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6. Jessica says:

   February 25, 2011 at 8:00 am

   Hello! I just made these this morning – thank you so much they are delicious!

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7. Chrissy says:

   March 26, 2011 at 3:29 pm

   Only had red velvet cake mix…it was awesome.

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