Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Brownies

These are divine.  The original recipe is posted on the Food Buzz.  I made a few changes.

Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Brownies

Servings: about 20 bite-size brownies

Ingredients

For the brownies:

1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick)

1 and 1/4 cups semisweet chocolate chips

2 eggs

3/4 cup light brown sugar

1 teaspoon instant coffee crystals

2 tablespoons water

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

For the filling:

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

1 package (8 ounces) softened cream cheese

1/4 cup powdered sugar

1/3 cup seedless red raspberry jam (I just used the homemade seeded version)

Ganache:
(the original recipe called for a glaze, but I couldn't get it to work so I substituted the ganache)

4 oz good quality semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/4 cup heavy whipping cream.

1/8 tsp instant coffee crystals

Instructions

For the brownies:

1.  Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees.

2.  In a heavy saucepan, melt the butter and chocolate chips over low heat until melted, cool slightly.

3.  In a large bowl, beat the eggs and the brown sugar until well-mixed.

4.  Dissolve the coffee crystals in the water, add to the egg mixture with the melted chocolate and mix ingredients well.

5. Combine the baking powder and flour in a small bowl; stir into chocolate mixture.

6.  Spread mixture into a greased 9-inch square baking pan.

7.  Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes, cool completely. (I stuck them in the freezer)

For the filling:

1.  Melt the chocolate chips and let cool slightly.

2.  In a mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese until fluffy; add the powdered sugar and raspberry jam-mix well.

3.  Stir in the melted chocolate until combined.

4.  Spread the filling evenly over the cooled brownies.

I forgot to add the melted chocolate, so my filling was pink in color. I think adding the chocolate would just make the brownies richer and frankly, they were quite rich in my case. I also stuck the brownies in the freezer to help the filling set before adding the ganache.   

Ganache:

1. Heat the cream in a pan until simmering. Pour over chocolate chips in a bowl. Let sit 5 minutes, then stir until completely combined, add coffee crystals. Let the frosting sit 15 minutes before frosting the cupcakes.