Savor these Salted Chocolate Brownies, a delightful fusion of sweet and salty. This soft-baked treat boasts a fudgy center with a crisp crust, enhanced by a sprinkle of sea salt. Simple to make, hard to resist!
The chocolate brownie can be sticky, gooey, cakey, fudgy… and now salty. Salt and sweet has become such a craze in the last few years.
It’s all on caramel, popcorn, and chocolate bars, so naturally I thought “This needs to be on a brownie”.
If you have never tried the salt/sweet combination before, this may sound crazy. I mean, why would anyone put sea salt all over the top of a cake?
Maybe a teaspoon in the mixture, sure, but all over the top? Why? Because it’s awesome, that’s why.
The salt brings out the chocolate flavor and adds an almost cookie dough-like flavor to the cake.
This particular brownie is a soft bake, meaning that the middle remains fudgy and moist with a nice crust on the top, rather than being fully baked through creating a more cake-like texture.
It will be slightly wobbly as it comes out of the oven, but that’s okay because it will keep setting up in the tin for a while as it cools.
The only problem with these brownies is that they are so good straight out of the oven, that you have to execute a LOT of willpower not to just eat the whole lot there and then.
I mean, I had to keep tasting it to *REALLY* make sure it was the best recipe to share with all of you right?
So it counts as a service, right? That’s what I’ll tell myself anyway.
These are also the easiest things in the world to make.
It’s a mix-and-go situation, who wouldn’t love that?
How to Make Salted Chocolate Brownies
Step-by-Step Instructions
1. Melt the Butter. The butter is melted and the sugar is mixed in to cool it slightly.
2. Mix the Other Ingredients. Then the other ingredients are whisked in to make the thick brownie goodness.
3. Add Chocolate Chips. At the last minute, stir in some chocolate chips (but not too many) for good measure. It may not seem like a lot of chocolate chips for the amount of mixture, but that’s because adding too much solid chocolate will take away the fudgy texture, and no one wants that.
4. Add Salt. Now the magic happens. Sprinkle a good amount of flaked sea salt all over the top of the mixture so it is evenly distributed.
5. Bake. Then bake!
Salted Chocolate Brownies
Equipment
- 1 baking pan 11-inch by 7-inch
- 1 mixing bowl large
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups butter melted
- 3 cups caster sugar
- 6 eggs
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 3/4 cups cocoa powder
- 1/3 cup chocolate chips
- 1 pinch sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 320⁰F (160⁰C) and grease a 11-inch by 7-inch baking pan.
- Melt the butter in the microwave for 1 minute or in a saucepan on low on the stove. Remove from heat, and stir in the caster sugar.
- Add the eggs and stir until combined.
- Add the flour, baking powder, and cocoa powder to the butter mixture and stir until combined. Add the chocolate chips and mix until evenly distributed.
- Put the mixture in the baking pan and smooth with a knife so it’s flat on top. Sprinkle the sea salt evenly over the top of the batter.
- Bake in the oven, until the top appears dry, with a slightly wobbly center, and the edges have started to pull away from the sides, about 25-30 minutes.
- Place on a cooling rack to fully cool, then slice directly from the baking tray.
These look amazing and your photos are so beautiful! I’m going to try to make a vegan version of these tonight!
That sounds great!! Let me know how they turn out, I would love to try a vegan version!