The Baked Brownie

A couple of months ago I told my hubby that on a trip to Brooklyn to gather up some goodies and grab lunch that we were going to need to make a detour for dessert. To his initial display I had him make a trip a good 20 minutes out of the way to go to Baked for a couple of their brownies. I had seen them on Food Network's The Best Thing I Ever Ate to get one of their Sweet and Salty Brownies and their original Deep Dark Brownie. The trip was totally worth it and in the end he was totally thrilled that we made the trip, they were AMAZING brownies!

Bacon & Caramel Brownies

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! 

I've come a long way from making the umpteenth rose bouquet of the day on Valentine's Day spending the entire day and the week or so leading up to it working countless hours in the shop to getting ready to prepare lobster ravioli for myself and my husband of 3 years. I still can't even believe we've been married three years and that this is our fourth married Valentine's Day! 

In honor of the day I decided to pair two of my husband's favorite things...bacon and chocolate. I decided to do this in brownie form and put it over the top by stirring in some caramel. This brownie was perfect, salty, sweet, decadent and definitely not for the faint of heart. I did cheat a little bit and used box brownie mix (though I hardly think Ghiardelli brownie mix is cheating!)

Marshmallow Frosted Brownies & A Giveaway!

I love brownies...and marshmallows for that matter so combining the two seemed like the perfect thing to do when I saw this recipe for marshmallow frosted brownies on Pinterest from Mommy's Kitchen. I had high hopes for these bad boys and it couldn't have been better timing that I found this recipe just as I received coupons for free Duncan Hines Products as a part of the FoodBuzz Featured Publishers Tastemakers Program. If this wasn't meant to be, then I don't know what was. I followed Tina's recipe closely, but honestly if I were to make these brownies again I'd nix the chocolate frosting completely or just drizzle a little over the top. Shockingly enough this sweet tooth actually has a limit and these brownies were a little too sweet for me. I would have been happy with just fudgy brownies and melty marshmallows.

Whatever way you decide to make them, I'm sure you'll love it. They are definitely going into my permanent rotation.

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