Root Beer Float Brownies have root beer baked right in! The root beer pairs perfectly with the chocolate and it’s all topped with Root Beer Buttercream!
I am always looking for a new, fun way to enjoy brownies! Plus, my kids a re huge root beer float lovers, so I thought it would be fun to combine the two!
First you start with delicious chocolate, both white and dark. I’m an equal opportunity baker.
And then there’s the Root Beer..use whatever kind you like…just let it sit out a bit so there’s no foam.
After I baked up the brownies I let them cool…but I had to try a little bit first..you know, for research.
The root beer in the batter gave the brownies a fine crumb, but the melted chocolate gave them a rich fudgy texture. Really yummy! You can’t taste the root beer in the brownies, it just changes the texture and adds a layer of sweetness.
Then of course I topped the brownies with Root Beer Frosting and a quick drizzle of chocolate syrup. Perfection!
The frosting has a subtle root beer flavoring from a little root beer extract, but if you wanted less you could leave the extract out.
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Root Beer Float Brownies
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 20 brownies 1x
- Category: Brownies
- Cuisine: Dessert
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 6 oz chopped semi sweet chocolate
- 3 oz white chocolate
- 4 Tbsp. butter
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 8 oz. root beer
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 1/3 cup root beer, no foam
- 5 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp. root beer extract (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Line a 9×9 baking dish with aluminum foil and spray lightly with cooking spray.
- Sift flour, cocoa powder and salt in a large bowl and set aside.
- Over a double boiler (or in microwave) melt the butter, semi-sweet and white chocolates together. Remove from heat when just melted and smooth. Allow to cool for 5 minutes.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix the eggs, sugars and vanilla together on medium speed for 1 minute. Slowly add in the cooled chocolate mixture and mix until smooth, about 30 seconds.
- Turn the mixer to low and add the flour and root beer in alternating portions until smooth, beginning and ending with the flour, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.
- Pour batter into your prepared pan and bake for 25 minutes, or until center is just set.
- Let cool completely.
- To make frosting, mix butter and powdered sugar in the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment for 1 minute on medium-low speed. Slowly add in the root beer and extract, mixing until smooth and creamy.
- Spread on cooled brownies.
Notes
The root beer extract is optional and is only added to amp up the root beer flavor.
Keywords: Brownies
Hi, I found your blog through pinterest, and I love it!! You inspire me! Can I ask, how do you have the special recipe card background? It’s so creative, and stylish. Keep posting…you’re a really good writer!!
It was something I asked my designer to put in.. I wish I knew how to do it, but I am SO not computery!!
The 1/2 tsp salt is missing from your recipe card! 🙂
Thanks!!
You can watch the Brady Bunch online for free! 🙂 Just thought I would spread the Brady love.
http://www.cbs.com/classics/the_brady_bunch/video/
hahaha!, thanks!
The Brady Bunch just makes me feel like a Sunshine Day…I think I’ll go for a walk outside now. Okay, I’m back. You cannot beat the BB for good, clean fun. I love the Silver Platters, Johnny Bravo, Davy Jones guest starring, etc.
LOVE that episode! When Peters voice changes..sigh
i wasn’t the biggest brady bunch fan, although i love the theme song and i always appreciated alice. 🙂
great brownies, shelly–terrifically unique!
A couple of weeks ago I finally got tired of the shows my girls were watching on Nick & Disney; all the kids were lying to their parents and being mean to others (and not in the more innocent way they used to in the 70’s). So, I went to Amazon and purchased the Brady Bunch boxed set for them to watch. Then, after locking out those 2 channels on our tv, told them our service had changed and we don’t get those channels anymore. Not honest, I know, but I’d like to preserve their innocence a little longer. They LOVE the Brady Bunch. It’s so fun to share my youth with them. And, they haven’t asked about those 2 missing channels once!!! This recipe is awesome – can’t wait to make it! Thank you…
hahaha, so awesome! tell them to watch out for oliver though..there was something not quite right about that kid!
I once made a root beer cupcake and you couldnt taste the root beer but I’m lovin this brownie. That is a fun topper!
Yummy and so creative!
Wanna know MY favorite line to repeat from Brady Bunch?
Pork chops and applesauce…swell. (said in a Humphrey Bogart voice, duh)
Peter finding a personality is the BEST episode evah.
The brownies look great.