Orange Chocolate Brownie Bites
If you love the combo of chocolate and citrus, these homemade Orange Chocolate Brownie Bites are for you. They’re rich, fudgy, and packed with bright orange flavor in every bite topped with an orange chocolate frosting to die for!
Servings: 24 Mini Brownie Bites
Calories:
Ingredients
Orange Chocolate Brownie Bites
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ⅔ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon orange extract
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup mini chocolate chips optional
Chocolate Orange Frosting
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter
- ⅔ tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon orange extract
- 2 - 4 tablespoons milk
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
Instructions
Orange Chocolate Brownie Bites
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Spray the tins of a 24-cup mini-muffin pan or a 12-cup muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a medium saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Stir in the sugar, cocoa powder, orange extract, and salt. Remove from the heat and let cool for 5 minutes.
- Quickly whisk in the eggs until well combined. Add the flour and stir until mostly combined, then add the chocolate chips and stir until no flour remains. Scoop the batter into the prepared muffin tins.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes for, the 24-cup mini-muffin pan and 15-20 minutes for the 12-cup muffin pan or until the brownies are set and the tops or cracked and shiny.
- Let cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Using the tip of a knife, carefully remove the brownie bites from the pan and finish cooling on the wire rack.
Chocolate Orange Frosting
- In a large heatproof bowl, microwave the butter and cocoa powder until butter is melted. Beat together with a hand mixer until smooth. Add the orange extract and milk and stir.
- Add the confectioners' sugar and stir, slowly at first, until incorporated; then beat on medium speed until frosting is smooth and creamy, about 1 minute. use immediately on cooled brownies, or store, covered at room temperature, for up to a day.
Decorating the Brownie Bites
- Frost the brownies and top with a mini mandarin orange slice. Enjoy!
Notes
Substitutions
- For the brownies, you can sub with a brownie mix to make your mini brownie bites if you want.
- For the frosting, you can substitute with canned chocolate or orange frosting. If using chocolate you can add some orange extract or orange zest to your frosting to give it that orange chocolate flavor.