Tag Archive: Chocolate Chips

Chocolate Covered Brownies

Nov 1st 053

What’s more chocolaty than a brownie? A chocolate-covered brownie.

This is more of a “How-to” than a recipe, but I thought I’d share it, anyway. I had some extra chocolate after my last chocolate-covering experience and way too much time on my hands.

Chocolate Covered Brownies

Ingredients:

  • 1 8×8 pan of brownies, cooled and cut*
  • 12oz bittersweet chocolate chips, melted

*I recommend a really fudgy brownie recipe for this like my Best Vegan Brownie rather than a cakey one. The more dense and moist they are, the better.

Nov 1st 047

Cut the brownies into 9 equal squares. Put them on a platter not touching and freeze for 10-20 minutes to make sure they’re extra cold.

In the meantime, melt the chocolate in a microwave or over the stove. When the brownies are ready, dip them one by one in the chocolate and place them on a wire rack to dry. Depending on how runny the chocolate is, you might have to give them a second coat after the first has dried(I did).

If you have a chocolate lover in your life, you need to make these for them. I mean, really, you’d have to hate Christmas and rainbows to hate chocolate covered brownies.

Banana Blondies With Chocolate Chips

Oct 22 050

Banana desserts have never been the most desirable; you always make them when your bananas are browned and dying as a last resort. I didn’t want that sort of recipe. I wanted the kind of recipe that makes you go out and buy bananas just to make it. And I think I’ve found that.

Oct 22 002

Banana Blondies With Chocolate Chips

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened(or Earth Balance)
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar
  • 1 cup(8 oz) mashed banana puree(about 2 large bananas)
  • 1/4 cup chocolate chips
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour

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Let butter soften for about an hour before starting the recipe. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Cream together the butter and brown sugar. Next, add in the banana puree, chocolate chips, vanilla, and salt and mix together.

Oct 22 013

Lastly, add in the flour and mix until just incorporated. Spread the batter evenly in an 8×8 baking pan and bake for 40 minutes, or until the center has set and the edges are slightly browned.

Oct 22 022

I’ll admit that these were so easy I was a little worried how they’d come out. Could they rise? Hold their structure? They did. They were nice and soft and a little moist—perfect blondies. And the chocolate chips added just enough bitterness to contrast the salty/sweet base.

Oct 22 047

Tomorrow’s lesson: Frosting!