Score brownie points this World Chocolate Day with these two easy-to-make recipes

World Chocolate Day is the one day when chocoholics can officially claim it's a ‘cocoa-asion’ worth celebrating! It’s the perfect day to indulge in some chocolate love and savour the sweet side of life. To make this day even sweeter, we’ve whisked up a batch of delectable recipes straight from the kitchens of our favourite local chefs, each one ‘choc’-full of creativity and flavour.

Ingredients

• Butter: 115g
• Chocolate: 150g
• Nutella:220g
• Caster sugar: 130g
• Vanilla essence: 1 teaspoon
• Eggs: 3
• Flour: 86g

Method

• Preheat your oven to 180°C (350°F) and line an eight-inch baking tin with butter paper
• In a large bowl, melt together the butter and chocolate together
• Stir the Nutella into the melted mixture until well combined
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the sugar, eggs, and vanilla essence
• Gradually add the egg mixture to the chocolate mixture, folding it in gently
• Sift the flour and fold it into the batter in three parts until fully incorporated
• Pour the batter into the prepared baking tin
• Bake for 28 to 30 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean
• Allow the brownies to cool completely before removing them from the tin and cutting them

Ingredients

• Dark Couverture Chocolate: 250g
• Soft Butter: 82g
• Dulce de Leche or Condensed Milk: 400g
• All Purpose Flour: 68g
• Cocoa Powder: 38g
• Baking powder: 1/2 teaspoon
• Salt: 1/2 teaspoon

Method

• Preheat the oven to 170 degrees Celsius for 15 minutes and prepare an 8x8-inch square tin, line it with parchment or butter paper
• Melt the chocolate and butter in a microwave for 10-second intervals or on a double boiler till it's melted and well combined
• Add in Dulce de Leche or condensed milk and mix it
• Sieve the dry Ingredients
• Gradually, add the dry ingredients into the chocolate batter and fold it
• Bake on the top rod for 15 minutes and then on the bottom rod for 15 to 20 minutes