Week 15 :: Easter - Carrot Patch Brownies

INGREDIENTS:
-Cooking spray + parchment paper
-1 box brownie mix, plus ingredient  on box
-1 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
-1 tbsp. coconut oil
-10 drops orange food coloring
-12 wooden skewers, for dipping
-12 large strawberries
-1 tub chocolate frosting
-1 package Oreo cookies, crushed
-Robin Eggs candy, for garnish

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray the inside of the 9" x 13" baking pan with coking spray. Line pan with parchment paper and spray parchment paper with cooking spray. 

2. Make brownies: Prepare brownie batter according to the package instructions. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake until toothpick has moist crumbs, 28 to 30 minutes. Let cool. 

3. Make orange frosting: In a small, deep bowl, microwave white chocolate chips on high for one minute, stirring every 20 seconds to remove clumps. Add coconut oil and orange food coloring (or 5 drops of yellow and 5 drops of red to make orange). Then, mix until combined. 

4. Make carrots: Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Pierce each strawberry with a skewer and dunk the strawberries in melted orange chocolate, repeating to coat, if necessary. Place on lined baking sheet and refrigerate until set, 15 minutes. 

5. Make carrot patch: remove cooled brownies and frost with chocolate frosting. Then, top with crushed Oreos. Top brownies with strawberries and garnish with Robin Eggs. Slice into squares and serve. 
 

RATING = 4/5 - Very rich! 

"NOTES FOR NEXT TIME" = The "orange" white chocolate covered strawberries tasted really good, but the chocolate looked kind of cracked on the strawberries. Would try to make it more smooth and look like it was dipped. Maybe I needed to dry the strawberries more after rinsing OR use a smaller bowl to dip the berries vs. turning the skewer. OR use the coconut oil (I didn't have that ingredient, so I left it out). 

I also used green apple flavored Edible Grass around the perimeter of the brownies - which made them look more like a carrot patch, but didn't have a ton of flavor. Might leave that off next time! 

Recipe by: Delish