Fudgy Strawberry Brownies - Celebrating Sweets

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Published: Jan 19, 2024 by · 17 Comments

If you’re a fan of chocolate dipped strawberries you will love these strawberry brownies. Fudgy brownies filled with strawberries and swirls of strawberry jam topped with a vibrant strawberry frosting. 

This is a fabulous dessert for Valentine’s Day or birthday celebrations and they can be made year round. One special ingredient packs tons of strawberry flavor into the brownies and the frosting.

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Why you’ll love this recipe

Flavor: The classic combo of chocolate and strawberries.

Texture: Fudgy brownies with creamy frosting and the option to garnish with juicy fresh strawberries.

Appearance: These brownies are pretty enough to serve for a holiday, birthday, or celebration. The pop of pink frosting takes them over the top.

Make ahead: These brownies can be made up to one day in advance. Store in the refrigerator and bring to room temperature before serving.

Key ingredients

These ingredients are key to this recipe:

Cocoa powder and chocolate chips: This combination ensures a fudgy texture and rich chocolate flavor throughout. I prefer milk chocolate chips for this recipe to keep the chocolate from overpowering the strawberries. Feel free to use semisweet or bittersweet chips, if you prefer.

Strawberry jam: This ingredient is used in both the brownies and the frosting. It adds a deep strawberry flavor.

Freeze dried strawberries: This is the special ingredient that adds lots of fresh strawberry flavor to the brownies and the frosting. Using fresh strawberries can make the brownies wet and mushy, so this is the perfect alternative.

Ingredient spotlight: freeze dried strawberries

Freeze dried strawberries are strawberries that have low water content and are dried out and crispy. They can be found on the dried fruit aisle. I get them at Target or Whole Foods. Note: they are not dried strawberries which are soft and chewy, like a raisin.

Because they are dry they allow us to add a deep, more intense strawberry flavor without adding too much moisture which could make the brownies wet and mushy.

Using freeze dried strawberries also allows you to make this recipe year round!

Serving and storage

Store the brownies in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. I think they are best within the first day.

Bring to room temperature before serving for the best flavor and texture.

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Recipe

Two strawberry brownies stacked on top of each other.

Strawberry Brownies

If you’re a fan of chocolate dipped strawberries you will love these strawberry brownies. Fudgy brownies filled with strawberries and swirls of strawberry jam topped with a vibrant strawberry frosting.

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 24 minutes

Total Time: 44 minutes

Servings: 12

Calories: 415kcal

Author: Allison – Celebrating Sweets

Ingredients

Strawberry frosting:

Instructions

Brownies:

Strawberry frosting:

Notes

Bake time: The brownies should be removed from the oven when a toothpick inserted into the brownies come out with moist fudgy crumbs on it (no thin raw batter). Remember, there are lots of chocolate chips in there, so melted chocolate is ok. We love this tip from America’s Test Kitchen, “bake until toothpick inserted halfway between edge and center comes out with just a few moist crumbs attached.” The very center will finish cooking after you remove the pan from the oven and the edges should already be done.

Nutrition

Calories: 415kcal | Carbohydrates: 65g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 66mg | Sodium: 180mg | Potassium: 346mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 51g | Vitamin A: 454IU | Vitamin C: 241mg | Calcium: 34mg | Iron: 6mg

Nutritional Information is an estimate based on third-party calculations and may vary based on products used and serving sizes.

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Recipe updated January 2024. Original recipe can be found HERE.

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