After reading Rachel’s post about her delicious healthier brownies I knew I just had to give them a try. She posts some fabulous recipes, I always enjoy reading her posts (recently I’ve been craving waffles and frites – all because of her blog!) and I had all of the ingredients. It was the question of when, not if, was I making these. However I decided to be far more naughtier than Rachel – I swapped out the peanut butter for nutella, and added a Ferrero Rocher to each brownie-cupcake. In my defense I’m trying to use up all of my leftover Christmas chocolate before replacing it with Easter Eggs, so I had an ulterior motive for the Ferrero Rocher part!
The brownie element of these cupcakes is great – really moist and chocolatey. I’ll definitely be experimenting with this recipe more – and I’ll definitely give the peanut butter a go too! Best thing is the recipe is ridiculously easy, so I suggest you give it a go! I used a few different things in my recipe as I found them easier to find, so I hope Rachel doesn’t mind me posting my method here!
Ingredients (Makes 12 Cupcakes)
- 175g greek yoghurt
- 85g milk – I used hazelnut milk
- 1 egg
- a pinch of salt
- 150g caster sugar
- 90g cocoa powder
- 50g porridge oats
- 100g nutella (or cheaper alternative!)
- 12 Ferrero Rocher (for your information the white ones are amazing – far too good to be used in baking)
Now its time to make Ferrero Rocher Brownie Cupcakes!
Add all of the ingredients (except from the Ferrero Rocher) to a blender, and whizz until smooth. The mixture will be very runny (far runnier than you would expect!) but don’t worry, this is totally fine.
Half fill cupcake cases with the mixture, and place a Ferrero Rocher in the centre of each.
Bake at 180C for 20-25 minutes until just firm. Keep an eye on them, as the Ferrero Rocher did tend to burn a little!
These are great at room temperature or warmed up slightly, but be warned – the Ferrero Rocher make them very messy to eat! And thats it; very easy and slightly healthy Ferrero Rocher Brownie Cupcakes. Enjoy them!
What do you like to add to your brownies?