Super fudgy Touchdown Brownies loaded with winning players like caramel, pecans and pretzels. They’re always a gameday winner!
Football season is here and it’s the most wonderful time of the year! Every Saturday from now until the end of the year, we will be at the stadium or glued to the TV cheering on our favorite college team! It’s all about football, friends, family and food!
Yesterday was the first game of the season and despite the 100+ degree weather in Oklahoma, we were there to cheer on our team! It was the first game for the twins and they LOVED it!
We’re as serious about our football as we are about our brownies and no gameday tailgate would be complete without some serious brownies!
These brownies are sure to be a winner with your entire gameday crowd! They’re super fudgy and loaded with awesome players like caramel, pecans, and crunchy pretzels! If you’re a fan of the sweet and salty combo, then these brownies are for you! I knew they wouldn’t last long at our pregame get-together and I was right! No brownie was left behind as we headed to the big game!
Everybody’s a winner when these brownies are around so let me show you how easy they are to bake!
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What Do I Need to Make Touchdown Brownies?
- Unsalted butter
- Semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided
- Sugar
- Eggs
- Vanilla extract
- All-purpose flour
- Unsweetened cocoa powder
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Caramel bits
- Chopped pecans
- Caramel sauce
- Football-shaped pretzels
- 9×13 baking dish
How to Make Touchdown Brownies
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 9×13-inch baking dish with parchment paper and lightly grease with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a large microwavable bowl, melt the butter and 2 cups chocolate chips in 30 seconds intervals until completely melted, about 2 minutes. Stir in the sugar then whisk in the eggs, one at a time, until well combined. Stir in the vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. Gently stir flour mixture into the wet ingredients until well incorporated.
- Fold in 3/4 cup caramel bits, 3/4 cup chocolate chips and 3/4 cup chopped pecans.
- Spread batter evenly into prepared baking dish. Bake for about 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Place on a wire rack and let cool for 30 minutes before spreading caramel sauce evenly over the top of the brownies.
- Place football pretzels or crushed pretzels evenly over caramel and sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cups of chocolate chips, caramel bits and chopped pecans.
- Let brownies cool for at least 30 more minutes before lifting out of baking dish with parchment paper. Cut into squares.
Happy Football Season! May the best team win! And if yours doesn’t, just go bake another batch of these brownies! They’re national title worthy!
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If you make these Touchdown Brownies, be sure to snap a picture and tag me on Instagram @thebakermama so I can see! 😍 I just love seeing how inspired and creative y’all get with the ideas I share. Enjoy!
xoxo,
Touchdown Brownies
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Total Time: 50 mins
- Yield: 20
- Category: Dessert
Description
Super fudgy brownies loaded with winning players like caramel, pecans and pretzels. They’re always a gameday winner!
Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 and 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup caramel bits, divided
- 1 cup chopped pecans, divided
- 1 (12 to 15 ounce) jar caramel sauce
- 35–40 mini pretzels (football shaped if you can find them), for garnishing
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 9×13-inch baking dish with parchment paper and lightly grease with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a large microwavable bowl, melt the butter and 2 cups chocolate chips in 30 seconds intervals until completely melted, about 2 minutes. Stir in the sugar then whisk in the eggs, one at a time, until well combined. Stir in the vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. Gently stir flour mixture into the wet ingredients until well incorporated.
- Fold in 3/4 cup caramel bits, 3/4 cup chocolate chips and 3/4 cup chopped pecans. Spread batter evenly into prepared baking dish. Bake for about 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Place on a wire rack and let cool for 30 minutes before spreading caramel sauce evenly over the top of the brownies. Place football pretzels or crushed pretzels evenly over caramel and sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cups of chocolate chips, caramel bits and chopped pecans. Let brownies cool for at least 30 more minutes before lifting out of baking dish with parchment paper. Cut into squares.
Notes
Place brownies in the refrigerator for at least an hour if you want the caramel sauce to set on top. If serving brownies while still warm, serve them while still in the baking dish.
Hi I Try the Brownies they where to. Sweet. Next time I will tweet to my liking.
Hi, Margaret! Definitely adjust to your liking! We do tend to like ours very sweet 😂
Total disaster. They didn’t cook through after I added 20 mins. Fell apart when I cut them.
Hi Liz! Oh no… I hate to hear this. Did you follow the ingredients and instructions exactly? Are you sure your oven temperature is reading accurately? They certainly shouldn’t take them long to bake all the way through.
If I make these the night before will the pretzels on top stay crunchy? Should I wait to put them on till I am going to serve them?
Thanks
Hi Rebecca! They do stay crunchy for a day or two, but best the same day. Enjoy!
Did anyone else have to cook them longer than 30 minutes?
Do you know where i can find football shaped pretzels?
Hi Holly! Snyder’s and UTZ’s used to make them and I would find them every year at Wal-Mart during football season, but I haven’t been able to find them the past few years so I just use regular mini pretzels 🙁 They still taste great, just not as football festive! 🙂
Looks so good!
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Yay!! I thought I was going crazy. Can’t wait to make them for my girls games night x
Have you changed your recipe? I made these last year and LOVED them. I am going to make them again but after reading the recipe, I am so sure I put pretzels in the batter too? I seem to remember making a huge mess crushing them. Thanks for an amazing recipe! X
Hi Sadie! Thanks so much for catching that. One draft of the recipe did not have crushed pretzels in the batter and that’s the one I accidentally copied into the post when I moved this recipe over to my new blog. I just updated it! Thanks again! Enjoy!
Nice Recipes, Thank you for posting it.I will surely try this at home.
Hi! For a school research project, i have decided to choose my topic as brownies.But i need an expert to ask questions to.. i was wondering if there is a certain technique to making a perfect brownie? Please respond the best that you or email me. I really appreciate your time, thankyou 🙂
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Nice recipe ! I will surely try this at home.
camt find caramel bits so wondered if another suggestion
Hi Patty! You could chop caramel squares into little pieces and they would work great too! Enjoy!
Nice recipe and its look so amazing. I will surely try this at home.
By the way – I used coconut sugar
Just made these and my boys are a hard sell. They were sweet, but brownies are supposed to be. I would call them richer than the average brownie but they are decadent! I told them I made them from scratch and they didn’t believe me. Good stuff!
Love it, Kendra! They’re definitely decadent, but so so delish! Thanks for sharing & enjoy! 🙂
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Where can I find the football pretzels? Looked on Amazon and 👎
Hi Rena! I haven’t seen them this year yet, but I usually find them at World Market, Walmart and Tom Thumb once the NFL season starts. In the meantime, I just use crushed pretzels and they still taste just as great! Enjoy!
What are caramel bits?
is it caramel candy cut into bits or is it something like chocolate chips but caramel flavor>
Hi Diana! You can find it in the baking section at most major grocery stores. It’s caramel in really small round bits. Otherwise, you can cut caramel squares into small bits. Hope this helps! Enjoy!