I love food and having Collective Bias®  Social Fabric®  pay me to develop a new recipe using M&M’s is an awesome excuse to get to play in the kitchen! Trust me, these Caramel Filled M&M Brownie Bites don’t disappoint! This post may contain affiliate links. I receive a small commission when purchases are made through them. 

I do my best to eat healthy, so that when I have a chance to indulge in something like these Caramel Filled M&M Brownie Bites, I don’t feel one ounce of guilt. It’s all about balance for me. I love baking anytime of year, but especially during the holidays. They seem to call for more decadent desserts than just a box mix of brownies topped with a can of chocolate frosting.These really are the perfect party food – for anytime of the year! They are two perfect bites of chewy brownie, creamy bits of chocolate M&M’s throughout, buttery smooth caramel and salty, crunchy pretzels. They are worth every extra minute to make them – trust me!

(don’t worry, I’ve got the entire recipe, including directions in a nice little PDF you can print out at the bottom of the post)

Caramel Filled M&M Brownie Bites

Homemade Caramel:

2 cups Light Corn Syrup

2 cups Granulated Sugar

1/2 tsp Salt

Stir well in a large pot on medium heat. Bring to a rolling boil then add the following a little at a time (don’t stop the boil!):

1 cup Heavy Cream

1/2 cup room temperature Butter

1/2 cup + 1/3 cup Evaporated Milk

Cook until candy thermometer reaches 225 degrees. It takes about 25 minutes. Remove from heat then add 1 tsp Vanilla. Mix well and pour into 9 x 13 pan to cool.

Directions:

Wisk together melted butter and cocoa powder. Add sugar, beaten eggs, vanilla and salt. Mix well. Stir in flour slowly until just combined – do not over mix. Stir in chopped M&M’s (I used my food chopper to chop mine). Using a 2 oz. cookie scoop, fill a greased mini-muffin tin. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.

Assemble:

– As soon as you take the brownies out of the oven, use the back of a small spoon to gently press a small indent in the center of each brownie.
– Scoop a small amount of caramel and fill each brownie center.
– Immediately top with chopped pretzels and allow to cool completely.

Click here to print a PDF of the recipe: Caramel Filled M&M Brownie Bites – Events To Celebrate

Makes 36 Brownie Bites. You will have Caramel left over – which may be the best part of making these!