Chocolate Cherry Brownie Bons Bons

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 (10 ounce) jars maraschino cherries, reserve syrup for glaze
• 4 unsweetened chocolate squares
• 3/4 cup butter
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup flour
• 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup corn syrup
• 3 unsweetened chocolate squares, melted and cooled
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 microwave chocolate and butter on high for 2 minutes or until butter is melted.
• 3 stir until completely smooth.
• 4 stir granulated sugar into melted chocolate.
• 5 mix in eggs and vanilla until well combined.
• 6 stir in flour until well blended.
• 7 fill greased or paper lined miniature muffin tins 2/3 full with batter.
• 8 bake for 20 minutes or until toothpick test shows fudgy crumbs; be careful not to overbake.
• 9 cool slightly and remove from pans.
• 10 place brownies on waxed papered tray and while still warm make an indentation into each one with the end of a wood spoon or with fingertip.
• 11 cool completely.
• 12 drain cherries, reserving syrup, on paper towels and press gently to remove any liquid.
• 13 allow to dry.
• 14 chocolate fudge filling: beat cream cheese and vanilla in small bowl until smooth.
• 15 slowly pour in corn syrup and beat until well blended.
• 16 add melted chocolate and beat until smooth.
• 17 gradually add confectioner's sugar, beating until well blended.
• 18 spoon 1 tsp of filling into each brownie indentation.
• 19 gently press a cherry into filling.
• 20 drizzle fancily with glaze.
• 21 glaze: combine cofectioner's sugar with enough cherry syrup to make a thin glaze.