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Taste & Create: HoneyB’s Brooke’s Best Bombshell Brownies

August 23, 2008 By Laura 6 Comments

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That’s a bit of a mouthful! But I found the recipe on HoneyB’s blog–but she in turn found it on another site, posted by Brooke, apparently. 🙂

Anyhoo, in a fit of deviated septum induced madness I signed up for Taste and Create this month. I don’t know *what* I was thinking–since we do not get the partner list til around the 11th, at which point I was out of town and then immediately upon returning scheduled to have surgery 5 days before the posting deadline. Nice going, Laura!

So I chose and rejected quite a few recipes from my partner blog, The Life And Loves Of Grumpy’s Honeybunch. None of the rejections were any reflection on the recipes themselves, so much as my time kept shrinking and shrinking. HoneyB’s blog is chock full of great recipes and, just as important, very entertaining. Finally today, since I wanted to make some baked good before heading off to the hospital tomorrow morning (compulsive, I know, but it just makes me feel better), I decided that if HoneyB had a brownie recipe I was making it, no Ifs, Ands, or Buts.


I’m actually really glad this happened, because I always avoid brownie recipes made only with cocoa powder. And now I know what a fool I have been.


Brooke’s Best Bombshell Brownies really are the bomb–as HoneyB observes also. They are moist and chewy, and the addition of chocolate chips gives you that cocoa butter taste to go with all the cocoa powder. I am not going to lie–because of my aversion to many cocoa powders, I would only use one you really love here. I used my standby, natural Scharffen Berger. If you are one of those people who falls hard onto one end or the other of the fudgy/cakey spectrum, I would say maybe these would not be your thing. If, on the other hand, like me, you just want them chewy, not fudgy or cakey, these are pretty darn near perfect. The only change I made was to use an additional 1/4 cup of chocolate chips, for a total of 3/4 cup (I cut the recipe in half and used an 8X8 pan).

Filed Under: bar cookies, brownies, chocolate

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Comments

  1. noble pig says

    August 23, 2008 at 8:09 pm

    Oh this makes me want some chocolate! They look so moist and cakey…yummy!

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  2. Beth says

    August 24, 2008 at 11:40 am

    Any brownie is fine by me – I just love chocolate! These look lovely and moist

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  3. HoneyB says

    August 24, 2008 at 8:33 pm

    lol, You make me want these again! Everyone at work loves these brownines but I tend to not make them often because I EAT them! Glad you liked them! You have some great photos!

    P.S. Grumpy has a deviated septum also – he really needs to get this taken care of but thinks that he doesn’t have the “TIME”.

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  4. LeilaZ99 says

    August 24, 2008 at 9:03 pm

    Oh, they look so yummy!! I’ve printed the recipe and will make them to take to Gretchen’s tomorrow…she hasn’t said anything about being on a low sugar diet…LOL!! (I wanted to make them tonight, but when she called and invited us for dinner tomorrow, I figured that I’d wait.)

    Hope you’re feeling good and recovering well!!

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  5. Grace says

    August 25, 2008 at 3:24 am

    words coming to mind: dense. rich. (ironically, those two words also decribe paris hylton…) gooey. ooey. decadent.
    very nice. 🙂

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  6. Kristen says

    August 25, 2008 at 12:32 pm

    Those look like the perfect kind of brownies! I love the slightly crusty top and the moist center. Mmmmm!
    I signed up to participate in this event next month. I love the concept!

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Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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