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    Home » Recipes » Bars & Brownie Recipes

    Published: Oct 11, 2017 · Updated: Sep 29, 2021 by Paula Montenegro
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    Over The Top Brownies

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    Oh my, these brownies are epic! Almost candy-like a day or two after they are baked they have coconut, walnuts, dulce de leche and peanut butter. Unforgettable and easy to make, of course.

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    Over the top Brownies
    Ingredients
    Stacked pieces of swirled brownies on aluminum foil, beige background

    I went overboard with this recipe but, it turns out, I like going to extremes when it comes to brownies. They are over the top. Truly. 

    An overdose of gooeyness, add-ons, and simply wonderful sweet ingredients. 

    I will always believe that one can never have too many brownie recipes. If in doubt, check out the brownie archives.

    Squares of brownies swirled with peanut butter

    Steps for making this recipe

    As with most, this is a one-bowl recipe that doesn't even require an electric beater. Just a bowl and a whisk.

    • The butter and chocolate are melted in a large bowl (image below). I do it in the microwave for convenience.
    • Sugar is always added at this point, before the eggs, to take down the temperature in case it's too hot. If you add the eggs to the hot butter you might get some of it curdled before it's incorporated. 
    • Then come the eggs and finally the flour.
    Melted butter in glass bowl

    Up to this point, it's your regular, everyday brownie recipe. 

    You spread it in the prepared pan and level the top a bit. It's creamy and silky. A wonderful base for all the toppings we're about to flood it with!

    Very close up image of brownie batter

    I had just made these incredible coconut chocolate brownies, which, for the record, I have made several times and are now, unquestionably, at the top of my list and has made me obsessed with the combination of coconut and chocolate.

    So I jumped at another brownie recipe with coconut. 

    And this time it also included peanut butter and dulce de leche (image below). Too good to pass!

    Unbaked brownie batter with coconut and dollops of peanut butter and dulce de leche

    They are marbled after the shredded coconut is sprinkled on top of the brownie batter (image below).

    I love a good swirled brownie as is clear with the wildly popular peanut butter brownies and my favorite cheesecake brownies. 

    But, truth be told, I thought there would be too many flavors clashing between them. And be too much. Like a not-too-good overdose. 

    Marbled peanut butter, dulce de leche and coconut on a brownie batter

    Turns out they skyrocketed to the top of the list fast.

    They were incredibly rich and chocolaty and peanut-y right from the first warm bit. but, there's a bonus because they totally changed its texture over the next few days.

    They hardened a bit and, since they do have a lot of sugar (who are we kidding right?), ended up being something like candy brownie bites.

    Maybe that should've been the name.

    Squares of swirled brownies on aluminum foil surface

    Other recipes you might like:

    Chocolate Coconut Brownies
    Triple Chocolate Brownie Cake
    Dulce de Leche Brownies
    Peanut Butter Brownies
    Easy Fudgy Cocoa Brownies
    Whisky Raisin Brownies
    Cheesecake Brownies
    Fudgy Mint Brownies

    Let me know if you make this recipe! I’d love to hear what you think about it.
    Thank you for being here, I appreciate it! Let’s connect via Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.

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    Squares of brownies swirled with peanut butter

    Over the top Brownies

    • Author: Paula Montenegro
    • Prep Time: 20
    • Cook Time: 25
    • Total Time: 45 minutes
    • Yield: 9 large brownies 1x
    • Category: Bars & Brownies
    • Method: Baking
    • Cuisine: International
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    Description

    Oh my, these brownies are epic! Almost candy-like a day or two after they are baked they have coconut, walnuts, dulce de leche and peanut butter. Unforgettable and easy to make, of course.


    Ingredients

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    • 9 oz (250g) high quality dark/semisweet chocolate (I use Callebaut 70%)
    • 1 cup + 2 Tbs (250g) unsalted butter
    • 4 eggs
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • 1 ¼ cups (250g) dark brown sugar
    • 1 ¼ cups (250g) superfine sugar
    • 1 ¾ cups (250g) all-purpose flour, sifted
    • ⅓ cup (30g) shredded coconut
    • ⅔ cup (60g) walnuts, coarsely chopped
    • ¾ cup (100g) peanut butter (crunchy or smooth)
    • ¾ cup (100g) dulce de leche

    Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 350º F / 180º C.
    2. Grease a 9-inch (23 cm) round or square baking pan and line bottom with parchment paper or aluminum foil.
    3. Melt chocolate and butter over boiling water, making sure the bottom of the pan doesn't touch the water. Remove from heat and reserve.
    4. Put eggs, salt and both sugar in a large mixing bowl and stir with a wooden spoon until combined.
    5. Pour the warm chocolate mixture into the egg mixture. Stir until well mixed.
    6. Fold the flour into the chocolate mixture and stir just until well combined. Do not over mix.
    7. Transfer the mixture to the prepared pan and immediately scatter the coconut and walnuts on top.
    8. Push them down with a spatula or wooden spoon and cover them a bit with the brownie mixture.
    9. Scatter dollops of peanut butter and dulce de leche on top of walnuts and swirl lightly with the tip of a knife. It is messy, don't be concerned if everything sort of gets mixed together.
    10. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes; turn the tº down to 160º and bake for an additional 15 to 20 minutes. This depends a lot on your oven. It might take more time.
    11. Do not over bake them, they should be a bit jiggly when you shake the pan.
    12. Remove from the oven and cool on wire rack. Unmold and cut into squares.

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    Adapted from Tea with Bea, by Bea's of Bloomsbury

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    1. Lee says

      March 01, 2021 at 1:12 pm

      I have tried to make these brownies twice. I am a stickler for following directions to the letter. For some reasons, they are not coming out right. 350 degrees for 15 minutes doesn't seem like a lot of time at baking temperatures. After 20 minutes at the reduced temp of 175 degrees (my stove doesn't go below that temperature), the brownies are still very watery. I wound up overcooking the first batch because after over 1.5 ours at 175, they were still soupy. I raised the temp and wound up overcooking them. The second batch, we took them out after over 2 hours at the lower temp and still they were too moist. What are we doing wrong? They still tasted fantastic, but I want them firmer after cooling.

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      • Paula Montenegro says

        March 02, 2021 at 7:21 am

        Hi Lee! From what you write I would think the thermostat in your oven is not working or something like that. From my experience, any brownie left for an hour or more would be burned and dry and hard to eat. Can it be that the oven is so low (even though it says it's at the right temperature) that it's not cooking? I would check that with an external oven thermometer first. Hope this helps.

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    2. Paula Montenegro says

      February 22, 2018 at 2:29 pm

      So glad you liked them Dezi! They are completely addictive.

      Reply
    3. RavieNomNoms says

      July 25, 2012 at 12:32 pm

      Whoa! Hello pretty brownies...how would you like a new home? AKA my tummy 🙂

      Reply
    4. Kathy says

      July 20, 2012 at 5:53 pm

      Paula, So decadent and delectable looking!! And befitting of their name!

      Reply
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