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Rocky Road Fudge Brownie Muffins

Modified: Apr 21, 2025 · Published: Jun 3, 2008 by Anna · This post may contain affiliate links · 14 Comments

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Back in April, our school had a bake sale, and one of the best selling items was a brownie baked in a muffin tin. I didn’t get to try one, but the kids loved them. They're called Rocky Road Fudge Brownie Muffins.

Rocky Road Brownie Muffin

A few weeks later, I found a recipe for fudge brownie muffins and added it to my collection. It was very similar to this, but without a rocky road topping. Since I had some marshmallows lying around, I decided to make the muffins with a little twist – a topping of chocolate chips, marshmallows and pecans.

If Rocky Road is not your thing, you can skip the topping and add a little cinnamon to the batter (1 teaspoon) or make the brownies with chocolate chips only. If you decide to leave off the topping, divide the brownie batter among only 10 of the cups and make 10.

Rocky Road Fudge Brownie Muffins

8 tablespoons unsalted butter (114 grams)
¼ cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder
2 large eggs
1 cup granulated sugar (200 grams)
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ scant teaspoon salt (if using salted butter, omit)
¾ cup all purpose flour (100 grams)
⅔ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (divided use) (114 grams)
⅓ cup toasted pecan pieces or coarsely chopped pecans
⅔ cup mini marshmallows

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease or spray top of a 12 cup muffin pan with cooking spray and line cups with paper liners.

Place butter in a 2 cup glass measuring cup; microwave on high for one minute or until butter melts. Add cocoa to melted butter and stir well. Set aside and let cool slightly.

Whisk eggs, sugar, vanilla and salt together in a medium mixing bowl. Add butter/cocoa mixture and stir until well mixed. Add flour, stirring just until blended’ stir in ⅓ cup of the chocolate chips.

Spoon the muffin batter into cups, dividing evenly among all 12 (halfway full).

Stir together remaining ⅓ cup chocolate chips, toasted pecans and mini marshmallows. Set aside.

Bake muffins for 18 minutes. Pull pan from oven and sprinkle with marshmallow mixture. Return to oven and bake for 2 minutes more for a total bake time of 20 minutes. Let cool in muffin tins for about 10 minutes, then carefully loosen muffins from tins and let cool completely before serving.

Makes 12

Note: If you skip the topping, divide batter among 10 muffins cups to make the brownie muffins slightly taller. Bake time is still 20 minutes.

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Recipe

Rocky Road Fudge Brownie Muffins

Rocky Road Fudge Brownie Muffins

Anna
Loads of texture in these marshmallow & chocolate chip stuffed brownies in muffin form.
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Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12 muffin cups

Ingredients
 

  • 8 tablespoons unsalted butter 114 grams
  • ¼ cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 cup granulated sugar 200 grams
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • ½ teaspoon salt if using salted butter, omit
  • ¾ cup all purpose flour 100 grams
  • ⅔ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips divided use (114 grams)
  • ⅓ cup toasted pecan pieces or coarsely chopped pecans
  • ⅔ cup mini marshmallows

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease or spray top of a 12 cup muffin pan with cooking spray and line cups with paper liners.
  • Place butter in a 2 cup glass measuring cup; microwave on high for one minute or until butter melts. Add cocoa to melted butter and stir well. Set aside and let cool slightly.
  • Whisk eggs, sugar, vanilla and salt together in a medium mixing bowl. Add butter/cocoa mixture and stir until well mixed. Add flour, stirring just until blended’ stir in ⅓ cup of the chocolate chips.
  • Spoon the muffin batter into cups, dividing evenly among all 12 (halfway full).
  • Stir together remaining ⅓ cup chocolate chips, toasted pecans and mini marshmallows. Set aside.
  • Bake muffins for 18 minutes. Pull pan from oven and sprinkle with marshmallow mixture. Return to oven and bake for 2 minutes more for a total bake time of 20 minutes. Let cool in muffin tins for about 10 minutes, then carefully loosen muffins from tins and let cool completely before serving.
  • Note: If you skip the topping, divide batter among 10 muffins cups to make the brownie muffins slightly taller. Bake time is still 20 minutes.
Keyword Brownie Muffins, Rocky Road
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  1. Cheff says

    August 30, 2008 at 3:32 pm

    Wow this is some great recipe thank you!

  2. Emilee says

    June 04, 2008 at 7:37 pm

    these sound yummy! i do love brownies!

  3. Ashley says

    June 04, 2008 at 10:43 am

    Wow fudge brownies. Drool. And with rocky road topping! Yum even better.

  4. Anna says

    June 03, 2008 at 9:11 pm

    Meg, when I think of weddings, I think of elegant and pretty. Most of the cookies I bake aren't exactly elegant, so pick the ones that taste the best and come up with an attractive presentation.

    Your best bet is to look at the "Anna's Top 10" cagegory. Those are the recipes I tend to use over and over. But weddings are so different than bake-sales and potlucks. So again, it's all in how you present.

    Hmmmmm. Just thought of one that might be wedding-ish. The Chai Meringues. They are fluffy and white and light. People can try one and still have room for wedding cakes.

    https://www.cookiemadness.net/?p=1266

  5. Kitchen Scrapbook says

    June 03, 2008 at 6:55 pm

    I'm baking for a bake sale this weekend! I oughta try these. They look great! I could eat one right now.

  6. Meg says

    June 03, 2008 at 6:42 pm

    Those brownies look absolutely amazing! Years ago I used to go to this deli that had rocky road rice krispie treats that were delicious, but I think those brownies might top them!

    I actually had a question for you being the cookie queen that you are: My cousin is having a cookie table at his wedding and I volunteered to bake some of the cookies for it. What do you think would be some good recipes to use for a wedding cookie table? Thanks in advance and thank you for all the great recipes you post!

  7. Mary M says

    June 03, 2008 at 2:00 pm

    Hi Anna-
    Those brownie cups look SOOOOO yummy!
    I have a question in regards to the Guinness chocolate cake, though.
    My local grocery does not have Dutch or Hersey's dark cocoa. I have a can of Ghiradelli unsweetened cocoa. Can I substitute? I know the Dutch-process has a difference to it, but I can't remember what that is.
    I'm hoping to try the cake before I drink all the Guinness!
    Oh- speaking of which- I'm assuming the Guinness is at room temperature (for the recipe)?
    Thanks!
    MAry M

  8. Therese B. says

    June 03, 2008 at 1:21 pm

    Hey Anna!

    These look soooooooo good!!!! A triple yum-ma-luma-ding-dong!

    Marshmallows...do you subscribe to BON APPETIT?
    They have a s-mores cheesecake...and a recipe for homemade marshmallows? Have you ever made either or is it..."i"ther?

    Just wonderin' and seeing these would be another reason to attempt those homemade marshmallows??!! hmmmmm.

  9. Heidi says

    June 03, 2008 at 1:13 pm

    mmm, there is just not enough things in the world made with marshmallows.

    Anna - I used the recipe for Bonnie Butter cake and also your DP frosting for party cupcakes this weekend. It was hard in the TX heat to keep the frosting from running, but they went over well.

    I also made these cookies - what a hit! I copied ones that were Martha winners recently -
    http://i30.tinypic.com/2w731qh.jpg
    (it was a SATC themed party)

  10. Sue says

    June 03, 2008 at 12:46 pm

    What timing! I'm going on a retreat this weekend and am trying to decide what to take for the treat table. I was considering a recipe called Brownie Bites from an old church style cookbook. I think they're made in mini muffin tins.

  11. Heather D says

    June 03, 2008 at 12:15 pm

    I never cared for Rocky Road anything, until I tried the recipe you have for the Rocky Road Cookies... and they were out of this world... so I will have to try these now too. Thanks

  12. Katrina says

    June 03, 2008 at 12:00 pm

    Looks very yummy!

  13. VeggieGirl says

    June 03, 2008 at 11:45 am

    That is SUCH a perfect treat for a bake sale - or anytime, really ;0)

  14. DessertObsessed says

    June 03, 2008 at 11:37 am

    This looks like a great bake sale idea! And now i'm craving rocky road icecream...

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