These Praline Brownies are for those with a major sweet tooth! The Praline Topping is perfection!
I use the word brownie in this recipe lightly.
It’s all about the topping people.
Praline topping…perfectly sweet and soft praline topping.
Fun fact to know and tell: Pralines are one of my favorite candies ever. Possibly equal to peanut butter cups. Maybe slightly higher. Don’t repeat that.
So anyway, a super thick layer of praline on top of brownies might be my cue to die. Because everything’s downhill from here.
Praline Brownies are super easy. I cheated and used a box mix for the brownie. If you have your own super secret brownie recipe you love, totally use that.
My Fudgy Brownie recipe would also work great. (*note that recipe is baked in a 9×13 pan)
Anyhow, I wanted my praline topping a little thicker, so I baked these brownies in an 8×8 pan. Use your own preference on the pan you use. The praline recipe will cover a 9×13 pan for a thinner layer or an 8×8 for a thicker..totally up to you! Don’t stress!
Let your brownies cool. Then make your topping.
In a saucepan heat up heavy cream…brown sugar and butter…
Bring it to a boil.
While it’s heating chop up some pecans or walnuts…whichever you prefer.
Once it’s boiling let it go for one minute and then remove it from the heat.
Stir in some powdered sugar and vanilla…
Whisk it until it’s smooth.
Then mix in those nuts.Let it sit for a few minutes and then pour it all up on those brownies.
Spread it around and then let it set up. It’ll take about 45ish very long minutes.
And then..boom shaka laka…
You can be all ladylike and eat it with a quaint little wooden spoon like I am pretending to do here…
Or you can stuff them down your throat as fast as you can.
Sorrycanthelpit.
PrintPraline Brownies
Ingredients
- 1 box brownies, prepared according to package directions (or you can use your own homemade recipe)
- 6 Tbsp butter, cut into cubes or slices
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans or walnuts
Instructions
- Bake brownies according to package directions. in a 9×9 for a thicker brownie or in a 9×13 for a thinner one.
- Allow brownies to cool for at least an hour.
- In a medium saucepan combine butter, cream, brown sugar and salt over medium heat. Heat mixture until it comes to a boil, stirring frequently. Once it comes to a boil, allow it to boil for 1 minute and then remove from heat.
- Immediately add vanilla and powdered sugar, stirring until smooth. Finally, stir in nuts.
- Allow mixture to sit for 5 minutes and then pour over brownies.
- Let pecan topping set up for at least 45 minutes.
- Cut into squares when ready to serve.
Notes
recipe slightly adapted from Betty Crocker
If you make your brownies in a 9×13 pan the topping will be a thinner layer than what I have photographed. I made my brownies in an 8×8 pan.
Those look absolutely delicious!!! I made two other of your bars for friends last weekend. They died for them! So thank you for that.
Oh. My. I hope halving the topping works because I am going to try it in a 8×8. Or maybe I’ll make full batch and perhaps just pour the rest directly in my mouth…
I am drooling over that creamy topping. I though you could not make brownies any more delicious but you have!
Praline is basically my most favorite thing in human existence. Soooo…I’m assuming you made these for me?
oh yeah….I’d totally skip the wooden spoon part and go straight for the inhaling.
YES YES YES!!! All about the topping, love how thick it is!
Now I’ll be thinking of these all NIGHT, they look scrumptious!
Omg that topping. I love that the topping is as thick as the brownies. My kinda topping! Same with frosting…I like at least 50-50 ratio! I have a glaze for a cake I make that’s based on the same concept, minus the nuts, and I’ve said before that it’s my fave glaze/frosting on my entire site. So yes, I know I’d love these! Pinned!
I have never had proline anything! How this is I do not know, BUT I am changing the SOON! These look KILLER! and I love how thick everything is. Thick + good stuff! 🙂
Seriously. I have no words. My favorite flavors all in one place!