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Mexican Chocolate Crunch Brownies

Pillsbury Kitchens
Updated Mar 31, 2024
Bake-Off® Contest 43, 2008
Valerie Schucht
Glastonbury, Connecticut
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The combination of cinnamon and chocolate is a classic Mexican treat. Enjoy it in a clever cereal-base brownie bar.

Mexican Chocolate Crunch Brownies

  • Prep Time 20 min
  • Total 3 hr 0 min
  • Ingredients 10
  • Servings 24
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Ingredients

  • 1 box (12.8 oz) Cinnamon Toast Crunch™ cereal (about 8 cups)
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 1 tablespoon corn syrup
  • 1 box Pillsbury™ Chocolate Fudge Brownie Mix
  • 2/3 cup Crisco® Pure Vegetable Oil
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 1/3 cups semisweet chocolate chips
  • 3 tablespoons cinnamon-sugar (from 3.62-oz jar)*

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch pan with CRISCO® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray. Place cereal in food processor bowl with metal blade (crush cereal in 2 batches if necessary). Cover; process until finely crushed (about 4 cups). Or place cereal in large resealable food-storage plastic bag; crush with rolling pin.
  • Step 
    2
    In large bowl, stir butter and corn syrup until well blended. Add crushed cereal; mix thoroughly. Press evenly in pan.
  • Step 
    3
    In large bowl, make brownie mix as directed on box, using oil, water and eggs and adding cinnamon. Stir in 2/3 cup of the chocolate chips. Pour brownie batter over cereal mixture. Sprinkle remaining 2/3 cup chocolate chips evenly over batter.
  • Step 
    4
    Bake 20 minutes. Sprinkle cinnamon-sugar evenly over brownies. Bake 14 to 18 minutes longer or until brownies are set when lightly touched in center. Cool 10 minutes; loosen edges but do not cut. Cool completely, about 2 hours. For brownies, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows.

Nutrition

220 Calories
15g Total Fat
1g Protein
21g Total Carbohydrate
13g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Brownie
Calories
220
Calories from Fat
130
Total Fat
15g
22%
Saturated Fat
5g
27%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
25mg
9%
Sodium
150mg
6%
Potassium
65mg
2%
Total Carbohydrate
21g
7%
Dietary Fiber
1g
5%
Sugars
13g
Protein
1g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
8%
8%
Vitamin C
2%
2%
Calcium
6%
6%
Iron
15%
15%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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