Black Halloween Brownies

I recently heard of black cocoa powder from a friend and was intrigued. I had never heard of it before and was excited to try it. It's not available to me locally, so I found the King Arthur brand on Amazon. After it arrived, I used it a few days later in this brownie recipe. I reduced the flour a bit, so they'd be fudgier. The color of the cocoa powder really came through and these looked so good for Halloween. 

Black Halloween Brownies 

adapted from here 

Brownies:
1 cup butter, melted
½ cup black cocoa powder
4 eggs
1½ Tbsp vanilla
1 3/4 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups flour

Frosting:
¼ cup butter
¼ cup black cocoa powder
¼ cup milk
sprinkle of salt
2½ cups powdered sugar

1. Preheat oven to 350° Spray a 9x13 pan with cooking spray. Set aside.

2. Use a medium (not small) saucepan to melt the butter. After the butter is melted, remove from heat. In the same saucepan, stir in sugar and black cocoa powder. Then vanilla and eggs. Last, stir in flour. Spread in prepared pan and bake 12-17 minutes until center is just set.

3. Right after removing brownies from oven, prepare your frosting by melting the butter and black cocoa powder together in a medium saucepan. Remove from heat. Add in milk and powdered sugar and whisk until smooth. Spread on frosting (it sets quickly). The brownies will still be warm. Allow brownies to cool completely before cutting into squares.

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