Brownies Recipe ⇉ Mexican Hot Chocolate Brownies

Simple brownies made with Mexican hot chocolate disks. Great way to use them up! Enjoy! This recipe was borne from a desire to use up Mexican hot chocolate discs, which have a lot of sugar and some oil already. I used Ibarra® brand and the brownies were fantastic with a mild cinnamon flavor. I wouldn't try to substitute this ingredient.

Ingredients

• 1 ½ teaspoons instant coffee granules
• ¼ cup boiling water, or as needed
• 3 Mexican hot chocolate drink tablets (such as Nestle® Abuelita®)
• ½ cup unsalted butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon coarse salt
• ¾ cup all-purpose flour
• 2 large eggs

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line an 8-inch baking pan with parchment paper.
2. Combine instant coffee and boiling water in a bowl.
3. Melt chocolate tablets and butter in the top of a double boiler set over a pot of simmering water, about 5 minutes. Add coffee, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and salt. Mix the chocolate mixture and flour together in a second bowl.
4. Beat eggs together in another bowl. Combine eggs and chocolate-flour mixture. Pour into the prepared baking pan.
5. Bake in the preheated oven until set and surface is glossy, about 20 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

• calories156.4
• carbohydrateContent18 g
• cholesterolContent38.5 mg
• fatContent9 g
• fiberContent0.2 g
• proteinContent2.2 g
• saturatedFatContent5.3 g
• sodiumContent82.5 mg
• sugarContent0.1 g