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📋Chocoholic Chocolate Squares Recipe

These irresistible chocolate squares are every chocolate lover's dream! They are like a super chocolate elevated brownie that's ideal for your holiday baking tray or for bringing along to a gathering. Made with simple pantry ingredients, they are also quick and easy to make!
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American, Canadian, North American
Keyword bars, chocoholic, chocolate, squares
Special Diet Vegetarian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 16 servings
Calories 256kcal
Author Terri Gilson

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 4 oz. unsweetened chocolate *Do NOT substitute chocolate chips for baking chocolate
  • 4 oz. semi-sweet chocolate *Do NOT substitute chocolate chips for baking chocolate
  • 1 cup unsalted butter
  • 1 ½ cups white granulated sugar
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 4 eggs

Optional Frosting and Sprinkles

  • 340 g -container of whipped chocolate frosting Or 1.5 cups of homemade chocolate frosting
  • 2 tablespoon chocolate sprinkles
US Customary - Metric

Instructions

  • *NOTE: The photos in this recipe card will NOT print unless you set them to print by selecting "recipe image"
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F/ 176 degrees C
  • In a large mixing bowl, cream butter with sugar until fluffy.
    butte and sugar creamed together in a large glass bowl with mixer
  • Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. *TIP: Crack eggs into a medium mixing bowl first, before adding to the other ingredients. If you end up with bits of shell, it's easier to remove them this way.
    eggs added one at a time and beaten together with hand mixer
  • Stir in vanilla and flour.
    flour and vanilla added to egg, butter and sugar mixture
  • Mix until incorporated.
    flour and vanilla mixed in with egg, sugar and butter mixture
  • Meanwhile, break chocolate into ½ ounce pieces and place in microwave safe bowl. Cook on ½ power microwave for about 2 ½ - 3 minutes. or until completely melted. Take out after 2 minutes and stir.
    2 kind of chocolate melted in 2 glass bowls
  • Add melted chocolate to mixture.
    chocolate poured into mixture
  • Stir until chocolate is fully incorporated.
    chocolate mixed in large glass bowl, with blue spatula
  • Spray a 9X13 baking pan/lasagna pan with non-stick cooking spray, or better yet, use Wilton cake release (this is what I use)
    greased glass pan with red lid and bottle of cake release in the background
  • Add batter to prepared pan.
    batter poured into greased glass baking dish
  • Bake in prepared oven for about 30 -35 minutes until cake tester comes out slightly moist. Cool.
    cooked chocoholic chocolate squares in glass pan
  • If using frosting, spread frosting on squares.
    icing being spread on chocolate squares
  • Sprinkle on chocolate sprinkles.
    chocolate squares frosted with chocolate frosting with chocolate sprinkles on top
  • Cut into 16 pieces and serve.

Notes

*The original recipe for this chocolate square,  came from my Auntie Sue, who got it out of a magazine in the '80's.
Nutrition Facts
📋Chocoholic Chocolate Squares Recipe
Amount Per Serving (1 square)
Calories 256 Calories from Fat 144
% Daily Value*
Fat 16g25%
Saturated Fat 10g63%
Trans Fat 0.5g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 5g
Cholesterol 71mg24%
Sodium 19mg1%
Potassium 88mg3%
Carbohydrates 27g9%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 19g21%
Protein 3g6%
Vitamin A 414IU8%
Calcium 18mg2%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
 

Nutrition

Serving: 1square | Calories: 256kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 71mg | Sodium: 19mg | Potassium: 88mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 414IU | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 2mg
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