How to make two bite brownies from scratch, with boxed mix or with our homemade brownie mix is here. Small chocolate bites you can pop into your mouth, fun to make in any shape you like in a 9×13 pan or in a mini muffin tin.
Do you or your kids love bite size desserts? We do too. I mean who doesn’t love finger foods especially when you’re serving a crowd or bringing a dish to a potluck? These two bite brownies area always a hit and can be decorated for Fourth of July, Christmas, or any other holiday. A quick easy dessert y’all will love. (affiliate links present)
How to Make Brownie Bites from Scratch
Ok so there are two ways to make these into just two bites each. You can use a mini muffin tin or bake in a 9×13″ pan, cool and then use a small cookie cutter to make them into shapes seems to be more popular. We explain that method here. Take your pick, both are bites of goodness.
How long to bake two bite brownies in mini muffin tin?
I will share the timing for the larger cookie cutter shaped version in the printable recipe card below but if you want to just pop them out like our cherry brownies it just takes 15 minutes to bake to fudgy perfection. Those need no cutting at all!
Brownie Bites Recipe from Mix
Another choice you have is to make the batter from homemade or just use a box of mix. Both will make a batch that will cook in a 9×13″ pan so they are a bit thinner and bake quicker than a square pan. If you want to go all out and make mini brownies from scratch you will need the following ingredients;
What are the ingredients in the original two bite brownies?
- White granulated sugar
- Light brown sugar
- Vanilla and a bit of salt
- Whole eggs plus 2 extra egg yolks
- 1 stick butter unsalted, melted
- Chocolate chips
- Vegetable oil
- All purpose flour
- Regular or dark cocoa powder
- Then you would want some small cookie cutters or a mini muffin pan
Variations
Feeling lazy and don’t want to melt any chocolate for the top to make them extra pretty, no worries y’all. It isn’t entirely necessary, just again fun. Another idea though during the holidays is to make them into Christmas Brownies with reindeer or tree shapes.
If you wanted to make them with cream cheese I would just use a tub of frosting with that flavor and a pastry bag to swirl some on top.
What are the ingredients in Costco brownie bites?
Have you bought these at this big box store before? These are WAY better because every single time I have bought a container they are dried out. I mean I get it, they sit for quite a while on the shelf but to me this baked good should be tender and moist. The ingredients are the same as above, just better.
How to Make Mini Muffin Pan Brownies
- Preheat oven to 350 F
- Spoon about 1 heaping tsp full of batter into prepared pan
- fill muffin cups 3/4 of the way full, they won’t rise a ton
- Bake for 15 minutes
- Remove and leave pan on a cooling rack until it is completely cooled
- Use a tsp on side to gently scoop each one out of the holes
It is fun to fill a freezer pint size bag with frosting, snip off the corner and pipe a swirl on top of each one. You can top with sprinkles too if you want.
The outside rim should be cracking and look firm. In the middle it should not look wet. You can use a toothpick in the center to ensure there is not raw batter, but you do want wet crumbs attached signaling that they are still moist and not dried out.
How do you get brownie bites out of the pan?
Whether you use homemade or boxed brownie mix you need to prepare your mini cupcake pan with non stick spray quite a bit so they don’t stick. When done leave on a cooling rack for 10 minutes to solidify a bit. Use a knife around the outside of each one to loosen, then use a teaspoon, or one a bit smaller, to gently scoop each one out and on to the rack until cooled.
We have ordered these after dinner when we went out to this restaurant too. Served with a dollop of ice cream on the side they are yummy together this way too.
Brownie Bites Recipe in 9×13 Pan
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line a 9×13″ baking dish with parchment paper and spray with non stick spray.
- In a mixing bowl combine the sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, salt, whole eggs and 2 extra yolks without the egg whites.
- In a microwave safe bowl melt the butter and chocolate chips together in 30 second intervals until melted and smooth.
- Whisk in the vegetable oil to the chocolate mixture.
- Pour the chocolate mixture into the sugar mixture and mix until fully combined.
- Add the flour and cocoa powder together, incorporate into the mix. Pour the brownie batter into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean about 35 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and set on a rack to cool completely.
- It is a must to cool in the pans so they can continue to set.
- Once room temperature if you want to cut into shapes, cover with foil and let sit overnight to set up.
- The next day use a small plastic star cookie cutter (or perfect size of your choice) to cut out stars. Set the brownie bites on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
If you want to melt chocolate in microwave to drizzle on top you can. Melt 1 cup of each color melting chocolates in 2 microwave safe bowls. Dip fork in the melted chocolate and drizzle on top just to make pretty, this is optional.
For another flavor combo you could follow our peanut butter brownie cookies directions to make another brownie bite recipe you’ll love. Ok I know what you’re thinking now. What do you do with the outsides once you cut out all the shapes?
I’m right there with you because I hate letting food go to waste. Make a version of our Cake Pops with Cake Mix but with this mix!
How to Make Cake Pops out of Brownies
- If you have leftovers or just want to make cake pops out of it without the stick here’s what I do.
- Gather leftovers from the pan into your palm
- Roll into a ball so it’s pretty packed and won’t fall apart
- Dip into the rest of your melted colored chocolate and use a spoon to coat the whole thing
- Set on to a piece of parchment (can sprinkle with sprinkles now so they stick)
- Allow to dry and harden before picking up and serving those too
So fun right?? What are you waiting for?
Two Bite Brownies
Equipment
- 1 9×13 pan
- 1 cookie cutter bite size
Ingredients
- 1 c sugar
- 1 c brown sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 stick butter, unsalted, melted
- 1 c chocolate chips, optional
- 1/2 c vegetable oil
- 1 1/4 c all purpose flour
- 1/4 c cocoa powder
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9×13 baking dish with parchment paper and spray with non stick spray. In a large mixing bowl combine the granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, salt, whole eggs and 2 extra yolks.
- In a microwave safe bowl melt the butter and chocolate together in 30 second intervals until melted and smooth. Whisk in the vegetable oil to the chocolate mixture. Pour the chocolate mixture into the sugar mixture and mix until fully combined.
- In a separate bowl combine dry flour and cocoa, add this into the wet mixture. Pour the brownie batter into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean about 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool.
- Once cooled, cover the brownies and let sit overnight to set up. The next day use a small plastic star cookie cutter (or shape of your choice) to cut out stars. Set the brownie bites on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
- * If you want to drizzle with chocolate, melt 1 cup of each color melting chocolates in 2 microwave safe bowls. Microwave in 30 second intervals until all melted and smooth.
- Use a fork to drizzle each color chocolate over each brownie bite and immediately top with sprinkles.
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Notes
Mini muffin tin brownie bites
If you want to use a mini muffin tin instead of a 9×13″ pan, spray non stick spray in each hole. Spoon mixture in to 3/4 of the way full and bake for 15 minutes in a preheated oven set to 350F. Remove, lay pan on cooling rack until cooled. Use tsp to gently scoop/remove each one and serve.Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.