Praline Fudge Brownies

A dense brownie covered in creamy praline filling and topped with chocolate fudge and pecans. This will satisfy the most demanding sweet tooth!!!!

I adore pralines. Especially around Thanksgiving and Christmas when anything with pecans is somehow better. Some people say they are just too sweet- and this filling is no exception! Paired with this not-too-sweet brownie, I think it is perfect though. These got rave reviews and several people exclaimed, “These taste like Christmas!”

So let’s make these yummy little treats! (printable recipe)

INGREDIENTS:

Brownie:

• 1cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk

Praline Filling:

• 1 cup whipping cream
• 12 Tablespoons of butter
• 3 cups of brown sugar (packed)
• 1 1/2 cup of finely chopped pecans (divided)
• 3 cups of powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoon of vanilla

Fudge Topping:

• 12oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 12 tablespoons butter (do not substitute margarine here!)

DIRECTIONS:

Brownie:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Cream butter and sugar together. 
• Beat in eggs, cocoa, vanilla and salt.
• Add flour and milk (alternating them and mixing well in between)
• Spread evenly in greased jelly roll pan (12 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 1″).
• Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until done in center and just starting to pull away from sides.
• Cool.  

Praline filling:

• In a large saucepan, mix cream, butter and brown sugar.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring often, until mixture comes to a boil.
• Cook for one minute, stirring constantly and then remove from heat.
• Stir in powdered sugar, vanilla and 1 cup of pecans (you may need to do this in a separate bowl if your saucepan isn’t big enough)
• Cool for 5 minutes, stirring often until it thickens up a bit.
• Spoon mixture over cooled brownies and spread into a smooth layer over the top.

Fudge Topping:

• Melt butter and chocolate together in the microwave in 30 second increments, stirring in between until completely melted and smooth.
• Pour over praline filling and spread evenly over top.
• Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup of chopped pecans.
• Chill until top layer is hard and cut into bars.

My thoughts: These aren’t hard to put together and they are oh-so-yummy!!! I froze about half of the batch in an air-tight container for several weeks and just pulled them out for a party I was having- they freeze GREAT. In fact, they are pretty yummy frozen. 🙂  I hope you get a chance to try these and enjoy them as much as I did!

Other yummy Christmas desserts: (click on a photo to see the recipe)