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Home » Brownies & Bars » Chocolate Cherry Brownies

Chocolate Cherry Brownies

20/07/2019 by Emma 12 Comments

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Square of chocolate cherry browinie

These ridiculously good Chocolate Cherry Brownies combine the richness of chocolate with the sweetness of cherries. A classic flavour combination that works every time. These gooey, fudgey brownies will have you sneaking a second before you know it!

  • Chocolate Cherry brownies with glaze
  • Chocolate cherry brownies cut into squares on a board

Brownies for the win

Why is it that brownies are one of the most popular treats out there? I swear, the minute these go in the oven the kids come flocking like seagulls.

The inevitable question of “Are they ready yet’ follows. And once the brownies come out of the oven I have to bat little prying fingers away with a wooden spoon!

The lure of the crackle top and gooey centre is often too much! Especially with my kids. It takes the patience of a saint to wait until they’re sufficiently cooled to be able to cut them into decent looking squares!

The trick is to cut the brownies when cooled enough to hold their shape, yet still warm and gooey in the middle. Topped off with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream and this is my version of dessert heaven!

Chocolate cherry brownie squares and glaze

Team cake v team fudgey?

The are two camps when it comes to the texture of brownies. Which one are you?

Brownies with a cake-like texture

So the brownies in team cake have a lighter, fluffier consistency when baked, much like that of a cake. The butter and sugar are beaten until pale and fluffy, then lightly beaten eggs are added to the mixture.

The dry ingredients are then gently folded into the batter so as not to knock the air out. There’s also a higher amount of flour and the resulting brownies have a more of a sponge-like centre once baked and hold their shape a lot better.

Brownies with that fudgey consistency

The trick to getting this gooey denser type of brownie is by leaving out a leavening agent. We do this in two ways. Firstly the butter and sugar isn’t beaten to trap air. Secondly there’s no baking powder in such a recipe. The omission of this makes for a denser, gooier centre.

Martha Stewart explains the difference between the two well in this article: found here.

  • Chocolate cherry brownies cut into squares
  • Stack of three cherry chocolate brownies

How to make these Chocolate Cherry Brownies

Before we get into the stet-by-step method I want to address the addition of the cherries. Chocolate and cherries and always a perfect flavour pairing. The richness of the chocolate compliments the sweet, moistness of the cherries.

Now I made these brownies when cherries were out of season. So I used tinned black cherries. For you purists who only like to use fresh fruit in your baking, then by all means wait until cherry season. De-stone fresh cherries and pop these babies right into the batter before baking.

But I love chocolate and cherries together and quite frankly didn’t want to wait until I saw them at the fruit stall in the market. These tinned cherries worked perfectly!

Step-by-step making of these brownies

  1. We need to melt the butter, chocolate and sugar together. We do this by using a bain marie. Place a bowl that can sit snuggly over a saucepan of boiling water. Make sure the bottom of the bowl doesn’t come into contact with the boiling water though. Then add the ingredients and stir until the chocolate and sugar are fully melted. Then set to one side.
  2. In a separate bowl whisk the dry ingredients together. That’s the flour, cocoa powder and salt, and then set to one side.
  3. Time to beat the eggs. In the bowl of your stand mixer, beat the eggs until pale and fluffy. Doing this helps create that shiny, crackly top on the brownies. Then pour in the chocolate mixture and vanilla extract into the beaten eggs and mix until combined.
  4. Next add the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
  5. Last step is to fold in the dark chocolate chips and cherries. I choose to fold them in gently as I want the tinned cherries to retain their shape in the batter.
  6. Finally pour the batter into your brownie pan and smooth before sprinkling some extra choc chips over the top.
  7. Bake between 20-25 minutes. These are the gooey fudgey type of brownies and we definitely don’t want to over bake these. I would set your timer for 20 minutes and do the toothpick test. If you stick it in and there’s wet batter on the toothpick then the brownies need a bit more time.
  8. Once baked you can by all means eat the brownies straight out of the tin. But I prefer to allow them to cool for 20 minutes before lifting them out of the tin and then cutting into squares. They’ll still be warm and gooey, so if you’d prefer more structure to them when cutting then allow them to cool completely.
Stack of three cherry chocolate brownies
Cherry chocolate brownie square being eaten

For other delicious home-made bar recipes check out these:

Browned Butter White Chocolate Blondies. Recipe found here.

Chocolate Raspberry Crumble Bars. Recipe found here.

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Square of chocolate cherry browinie

Chocolate Cherry Brownies

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  • Author: Emma
  • Prep Time: 15
  • Cook Time: 25
  • Total Time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: 9 1x
  • Category: Bars & Brownies
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: American
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Description

Gooey, rich, fudge-like double chocolate cherry brownies that are best served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream. Oh yeah – your chocolate dreams just came true!


Ingredients

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For the Chocolate Cherry Brownies

200g dark chocolate, chopped

200g butter, unsalted

220g caster sugar

3 eggs, room temperature

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

125g plain flour

50g cocoa powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

120g dark chocolate chips plus a tablespoon to sprinkle on top.

425g tin pitted black cherries, strained, separate the juice and cherries
 
 
For the Cherry Glaze 
Juice from tin of black cherries
240g cups icing sugar, sifted

Instructions

For the Chocolate Cherry Brownies

  1. Turn the oven on to 180C/350F and line a 22cm square brownie tin with parchment paper (this will make it easier for you to remove the brownies once cooled)
  2. Using a bain marie (Bowl sat snuggly over a saucepan of boiling water. Note: don’t let the water touch the bottom of the bowl). Place the butter, chopped chocolate and caster sugar into the bowl and stir until melted.
  3. Whisk together the dry ingredients: flour, cocoa powder and salt and set aside.
  4. In a medium bowl, with an electric beater or stand mixer, beat the eggs until pale and fluffy. Add the chocolate/butter/sugar mixture and vanilla extract and beat until combined.
  5. Then add the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Fold in the dark chocolate chips and cherries.
  6. Pour into the prepared brownie tin and smooth flat. Sprinkle the tablespoon of chocolate chips over the top and push down slightly. Set to one side for ten minutes.
  7. Place in the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes. The edges should be firm but the centre should have a slight jiggle when shaken gently. Remove from the oven and place the tray on a wire rack and leave to cool for 20 minutes. Use the baking paper to gently lift the brownie out of the tin and then cut into squares.

 

For the Cherry Glaze 

  1. Stir the icing sugar and 2 tbsp of the cherry juice leftover from the tinned cherries and mix until combined. If the glaze is too thick then add a teaspoon of juice at a time until you reach the desired consistency.
  2. Drizzle the glaze over the chocolate brownies and serve! Enjoy!

Notes

1. Swap the white sugar with golden caster sugar and this adds depth of flavour.

2. Instead of cherries, add nuts such as walnuts or almonds to add a lovely crunch

3. Brownies freeze for up to 3 months. Freeze in individual squares and then when you fancy a treat, thaw a square over night in the fridge and bring to room temp or microwave to make warm before serving.

 

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  1. Catalina

    22/12/2020 at 8:08 pm

    Very delicious!

    ★★★★★

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    • Emma

      04/01/2021 at 8:16 pm

      Thanks SO much Catalina xx

      Reply
  2. Anna

    10/01/2021 at 6:25 pm

    Love that I’ve found a blog like this in the uk wit uk measurements! Just baked with morello cherries and they are wonderful! Thanks 🙏

    ★★★★★

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    • Emma

      11/01/2021 at 9:52 am

      Hi Anna, This is the loveliest message to receive- thank you so much! So glad you prefer the gram measurements. They are far more accurate than cups – the only way to go with baking!

      Reply
  3. Hena

    17/01/2021 at 12:23 am

    Wow these are delicious! And it’s my first ever batch of brownies😃 was slightly nervous but easy to make with the step by step guide thank you 🙏🏻 Definitely a winner! 😊 xx

    ★★★★★

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    • Emma

      18/01/2021 at 12:43 pm

      Oh Heena- that’s so wonderful that you used my recipe for your first batch ever. Fantastic!

      Reply
  4. Claire Anderson

    08/02/2021 at 2:18 am

    Another amazing one Emma! My third bake of one of your recipes and third hit. I’ve been on the hunt for “the” brownie recipe, with people touting their recipe as “the best brownie recipe ever” to be sad after, as it was not….this IS!…but please don’t rename them that and curse them ;-)..and independent adjudication…I shared with friends and got two text’s raving about them 😉

    ★★★★★

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    • Emma

      08/02/2021 at 3:23 pm

      Oh Claire- what an incredible review to receive. Thank you to yourself and your friends!! Emma

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