Same - good to know! Also about the 1-minute less in the oven! |
Agree. |
| Extra dark chocolate chips are the only thing needed. |
| Sometimes I bake them with a chocolate bar in the middle. Babs on IG told me to do it and now the whole neighborhood asks me to bring brownies to every event. |
| I love these mixes. Dark chocolate is the best. I have tried subbing butter for the oil and it didn’t improve the taste or texture. I do sometimes add more chocolate chips to speinkle on top. I always replace water with cooled decaf coffee in any brownies I make. I also pull these out of the oven a min prior to the shortest cook time, and cut them into small squares. I often find the edges of these get overdone so usually cut them off when slicing for serving (and then I eat those pieces, haha). |
| My best tip is use OLIVE oil. It adds something subtle (similar to the sea salt someone suggested? I might try that too, but I like a balance of sweet and very slightly salty in my desserts) |
| It’s been covered, but use coffee or espresso in place of the water. Mmmm and maybe a bit of cherry juice. |
| Cinnamon |
Olive oil sounds fne. My SIL uses coconut oil, which definitely changes the flavor and which I do not like. |
Ohh—for people that like coconut that sounds great. I can see sprinkling cooc it and some beach’s caramels over the top for a Samoas kind of situation. |
As long as you know no one is allergic, Team Walnut! |
+1. Love brownies and cookies with nuts. |
As long as you know your audience. Aside from allergies, nuts in baked goods are very polarizing. |
I don’t mind the taste with coconut oil, but my DH can’t stand it. Not sure I’d like the taste of olive oil. I’ve made them with avocado oil, too, and can’t tell the difference between that and canola. |
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They are perfect brownies as-is.
But if you're looking for something more unique, I love to marble in a peppermint cream cheese layer, then top with mini chocolate chips. It's like a chocolate mint cheesecake brownie. They always disappear in moments. |