Prep: 3 minutes Bake 25-28 minutes

I’ve had brownies on the mind for the last week but I hadn’t gotten around to buying a box mix. Then I thought; I bet I have enough in my cupboards to make some whenever. Oh boy golly, you bet your probably cute ass I did! I looked up some bases then made some changes. This melt in the mouth goodness was what dreams should be made of.

Ingredients

• 2 eggs

• 1/2 cup melted butter

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 1 tsp salt

• 1 cup sugar

• 1/2 cup all purpose flour

• 1/4 tsp baking powder

• 1/3 cup coco powder (or extra if cheeky)

• 1 square unsweet melted baking chocolate

• 2 square semi sweet melted baking chocolate

• 1/3 - 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

Prep

1. Preheat oven to 350 F

2. Stir the butter, sugar, and eggs together. This should be creamy like wet cookie dough

3. Add the rest of the ingredients minus the chocolate chips and beat together. This will look like brownie mix my fellow box mix users are used to. You can mix all of this by hand as it doesn’t get thick. No fancy tools really needed. I just used one spoon and it was perfect. Add the chocolate chips and stir in

4. Pour into to an 8 inch, greased and floured baking pan. I used glass. If you use other pans be mindful of different baking times. I like to go shorter and work my way up. I also like things undercooked then let them bake in the pan more while cooling so don’t take my word for everything.

5. Bake for 22-25 minutes or use the toothpick or other skinny small utensils to check your preferred level of doneness. Beware hitting a melted chocolate chip that ruins the system.

6. Lick the bowl clean while waiting and don’t think about raw eggs.

7. Let brownies cool somewhat before consumption

Afterthoughts

These brownies were gooey, melty and had a fun taste profile. It was not straight up chocolate but the unsweet, semi-sweet and chocolate chips hit at different waves and it was like an assault on my buds. The melted chocolate gave that extra push in flavor that I doubt the coco powder alone could have achieved. It also made these more gooey than dry and I fucking love that. I’m a fan of sticky, gooey brownies over dry. But hey, remove some chocolate and bake longer if that’s your jam. I’ll eat that just the same, but I won’t be as happy about it. These brownies were super fast and easy to whip up and would make any chocolate lover happy.