Fudge-Topped Brownies

Chewy brownies with a decadent fudge topping.

Recipe Ingredients:

1 cup butter or margarine, melted
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour
2/3 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 large eggs
1/2 cup milk
3 teaspoons vanilla extract - divided use
1 cup chopped nuts
2 cups (12-ounce package) HERSHEY'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk

Cooking Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan.
2. In large bowl, stir together butter, sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, eggs, milk and 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla; beat well.
3. Stir in nuts. Spread batter into prepared pan.
4. Bake 40 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan.
5. Just before brownies are done, in heavy saucepan, melt chocolate chips with sweetened condensed milk and remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla. Immediately spread over hot brownies.
6. Cool in pan on wire rack. Refrigerate. Cut into bars.

Makes about 36 brownies.

Recipe and photograph courtesy of the Hershey Kitchens, and reprinted with permission of The Hershey Company. © The Hershey Company.