Chocolate & Mocha Sweethearts

Chocolate & Mocha Sweethearts

4 squares Unsweetened Baking Chocolate
3/4 cup (1-1/2 sticks) butter or margarine
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup flour
1/2 cup Mocha instant Coffee powder, or any other flavor
6 squares Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate, melted

PREHEAT oven to 350F if using a 13x9-inch baking pan (or to 325F if using a glass baking dish). Line pan with foil. Grease foil. Microwave unsweetened chocolate and butter in large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 min. or until butter is melted; stir until chocolate is completely melted. Stir in sugar. Add eggs and vanilla; mix well. Add flour and flavored instant coffee; stir until well blended. Spread into prepared pan.
BAKE 30 to 35 min. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out with fudgy crumbs. (Do not overbake.) Cool in pan.
CUT brownie into heart-shapes using a 1-1/2-inch cookie cutter. (Reserve scraps for snacking or another use.) Dip the top of each brownie heart into melted semi-sweet chocolate. Refrigerate until chocolate is set.

Substitute
Omit semi-sweet chocolate. Sprinkle tops of brownies with 2 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa instead of dipping in melted chocolate.

Easy Cleanup
Lining the baking pan with foil makes cleanup a snap! Just mold the foil over the bottom of the pan, then pop the pre-formed foil into the pan; fill with batter. Bake and cool as directed. Remove from pan before cutting into shapes.