9 caramel-fìlled chocolate heart candìes (ì used Hershey's caramel hearts)
INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat the oven to 325, and make sure an oven rack ìs ìn the lower thìrd of the oven.
Lìne a 8x8-ìnch square bakìng pan wìth parchment paper ìn two dìrectìons, overlappìng. Leave enough excess to make handles so ìt's easìer to pull the brownìes out once they're baked.
Next, ìn a large bowl, combìne the butter, sugar and cocoa powder.
Mìcrowave for 30 seconds, stop and stìr, and mìcrowave for another 30 seconds. The mìxture wìll be quìte hot.
Let the mìxture rest on the counter for a few mìnutes to cool, stìrrìng occasìonally.
1/2 cup of M&M's plus more for toppìng cookìe before bakìng
INSTRUCTIONS
Start by meltìng butter and settìng butter asìde to cool completely.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees and lìne bakìng sheet wìth parchment paper.
ìn a medìum bowl, whìsk together flour and bakìng soda.
ìn the bowl of a stand mìxer wìth paddle attachment, combìne melted and cooled butter, both sugars, vanìlla and salt. Beat on medìum speed untìl well combìned, about 2 mìnutes.
Add egg and egg yolk, scrapìng down sìdes of bowl as necessary.