Thank you to all who recommended Ghirardelli brownie mix -- so good!

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Anonymous wrote:while we're sort of on the subject.... has anyone else tried the chocolate hummus? I was super skeptical but had to try it, and thought it was pretty good. We put it on graham crackers or cinnamon pita chips.

Dip strawberries into it. Yummy

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you want to make them healthier and eat less of them, add a can of black beans (drained)

Why would we want to do that

I tried it once and it was sooooo disgusting. We threw out the whole batch. No one would eat it. I feel like the people who say "you don't even notice the beans!" must either have forgotten what brownies taste like, or have really dull palates. I 100% tasted the beans, as did the rest of my family who didn't know there were beans in it. (They just said "These brownies are bad. They taste weird.")

They're the same people who claim that cauliflower rice tastes the same as . . . rice. No, it doesn't - it tastes like tiny little bits of cauliflower.

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Anonymous wrote:You can add chocolate chip cookie dough on top to make “brookies”: https://ourbestbites.com/brookies/
Just tried this for the first time — as in, I just pulled them out of my oven and it looks and smells delicious!

PP here reporting back to say that this was indeed delicious!

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The dark chocolate kind is sold out everywhere. Can't find it.

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Anonymous wrote:Beans in the brownies... is u crazy?

WTF?

About a decade ago, the health writer for the WaPo kept promoting this and insisting that it tasted just as good. I had a picky preschooler so I tried it, and then never believed a word she said after that. I see it occasionally on food blogs, which is one of the many reasons I don't trust random food blogs.

Another one that got me was the chocolate pudding made with avocado which some bloggers insisted tasted just like chocolate pudding. It does not. It tastes like someone poured Hershey's syrup into your guacamole. Which is not the same as the "you got your chocolate in my peanut butter! You got your peanut butter in my chocolate!" happy accident of yore.

Haha yup. I have a friend that does this kind of stuff all the time and insists it all tastes Exactly like the real thing. Nope.

She's also the one that insisted you can't taste protein powder in a smoothie and I can always taste protein powder in a smoothie. It has that grainy extra flavor that I can't stand. You are absolutely spot on about the avocado chocolate pudding.

[Anonymous]

Or how about the cauliflower pizza crust whackos?!

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve posted about this before, but I add 1 tablespoon of espresso powder to the batter and ice with a whipped espresso buttercream (any of the flavors of mix). You would think they came from the finest bakery in the world the way people rave.

Please explain further to a baking newbie! What does this mean?

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Anonymous wrote:The dark chocolate kind is sold out everywhere. Can't find it.

I found it on amazon recently.

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If you mean the one called Supreme I just got some from Walmart.com due to this thread. Maybe the op is actually part of thei marketing team.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The dark chocolate kind is sold out everywhere. Can't find it.

I found it on amazon recently.

Haha, that's what I did after reading this thread! They only had a 4 pack, aw shucks

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Haha, you PPs are talking about me! I don’t insist cauliflower tastes like rice, but I mix grated cauliflower into regular fried rice and DH often cannot fell unless I disclose. And cauliflower pizza crust can taste good! Every try Milton’s from Costco?

And I make flourless brownies using butter butter, cocoa powder, dark chocolate chips, bananas, baking soda and sugar/monkfruit sweetener. It’s really good...

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Anonymous wrote:The dark chocolate kind is sold out everywhere. Can't find it.

I just saw some at Target in DC.

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Anonymous wrote:I think people who are going to sneak beans into their brownies should also be required to sneak chocolate into their salads and icing onto their sprout sandwiches. If you're going to have dogs and cats living together, THEN DO IT, this is not a one way tunnel but a back and forth relationship so get on it, please.

I’m not the PP but I put peanut butter and a few chocolate chips in my oatmeal.

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Anonymous wrote:The dark chocolate kind is sold out everywhere. Can't find it.

Have you checked Target?

[Anonymous]

Just bought some at Giant in Wheaton. Because of this thread we are now obsessed with these— cold! Amazing!