Chocolate lovers look out!
Brownie lovers beware!
If you are still baking boxed brownie mixes, get ready to rock your world.
I have discovered the ultimate homemade brownie recipe that is not only easy, but has an amazingly crispy, crinkly, chewy cracked crust floating atop a rich fudgy center that is going to cause you to hear angels rejoicing from your taste buds singing.
I wanted to create a brownie that was like taking a bite of a sip of hot cocoa.
So tweaking this amazing recipe (originally from Taste of Home) up just a bit made a real winner.
Get ready to bake and taste and share and treat those you love with a brownie that is simply beyond anything you have ever tasted before. I dare you!
Heavenly Hot Cocoa Brownies
- 3/4 cup cocoa (I used Hershey’s)
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 2/3 cup melted butter, divided
- 1/2 cup boiling water
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/3 cups flour
- 1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 12 oz. package semi-sweet chocolate chips (I used Trader Joe’s, which I found delightful, but I often use Nestle’s also)
- 3/4 cup miniature marshmallows
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, combine cocoa and baking soda.
- Blend in half (1/3 cup) of the melted butter.
- Add boiling water and stir until well blended.
- Stir in sugar, eggs and remaining 1/3 cup melted butter. Mix until well incorporated
- Add flour, vanilla, and salt.
- Stir in chocolate chips and 1/2 cup marshmallows.
- Pour into a greased 9×13 pan and bake for 30-35 mins. until top begins to crack
- After removing from oven, top with remaining 1/4 cup mini marshmallows and lightly brown tops with Chef’s Torch (optional)
Cheers & Chocoately Brownie Hugs,
Jodi
JODI….I BELIEVE THERE ARE SUPPORT GROUPS FOR CHOCOHOLICS …I’m NOT SURE THOSE COOKIES ARE LEGAL….
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xo 🙂
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Wow, wow, wow! My heart is beating faster, could it be chocolate love, yes indeed. These images and recipe looks delicious!
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What a wonderful recipe! I’m one of those people that use those terrible box brownie mixes. LOL!
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You’re killing me here!
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I can smell and taste the gooey chocolate right now. I have a couple of kids coming over tomorrow after school to practice baking, I’ll use this recipe. Thank you Jodi. 💕
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Oh How Exciting! Hope you all love it! Please let me know. They are super rich and chocolately and YUMMY!
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I’ll take a picture of our results. 😍
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Yay! 🙂
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I am so grateful those are not at my house. How do you resist eating them constantly?
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I give them away and watch people’s faces light up. That “tastes” even better. Delivering a plateful here soon and talking pumpkin spice Blondies that were not such a hit here at home to the office for a lunch meeting today. 😉
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Wow! You are doing a good work.
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Perfect timing with a big family meal coming up next week and my sister, a.k.a. Ms. Chocoholic, arriving on the scene. Oh my. I think even the pictures are adding calories!
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Hope you make them for her! 🙂
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Oh Lord – it’s too early to see this stuff. WOW!!
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Never too early! 🙂
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Ok…pretty sure I am sitting here salivating!
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It’s ok – hehe!
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My hips and thighs grew just looking at these! Love the profile pic too.:)
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Nah! These are calorie free….
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I HAVE to try these! I’m a sucker for mini marshmallows. 😀 Thanks, Jodi!
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They add just the right touch 🙂
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You got me at the hot cocoa part! ❤️😜 YUM! 🌟🌟🌟
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I know – right?! 🙂
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Wow! I can hear the angels rejoicing already 🙂
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You know it! 🙂
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OMG!
Pam Griffith
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You are going to seriously DIE! xoxo
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As always your photographs are so delicious looking and stunning. Once I get the feeling back in my limbs (the chocolate had me mesmerized), I will hunt those ingredients down. Thank you so much for sharing! Peace.
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LOL Haunani! Happy chocolate dreams!
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As much as I love sweets, brownies are about last on my list…maybe I’ve never had a good one! Pinning to try, thanks Jodi!
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I hear you, Jenna! And I totally agree! I’ve made brownies for the family before and everyone enjoys, but I could always pass….. Until I discovered these…. I can’t believe how amazing they are! 🙂 LOL!
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Looks amazing, adding it to the Christmas menu list!
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Oh whoa is me, now that my weakness for all things sweet is out of the bag. This weekend I’ll be gathering around the fire place with these babies. Yum, yum. Have a great weekend, Jodi.
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Yay! Oh Paul – please be sure to tell me how much you love and your family love them. They are seriously almost sinful they are that delicious – at least we thought so! 🙂 Happy chocolately fireplace weekend! Sounds divine! May do the same 🙂
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Thanks Jodi. :O)
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Yum so decadent!
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They really are – but sooooooo good!
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Wow, do those look good! And I was just thinking, “It’s going to take me a little while to copy that recipe, but it will be worth it,” when I noticed you even had a print button for it! Made my day, and I’m making those brownies this weekend!
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Yay – glad you appreciate the “print” button – and so can’t wait to hear if you love them as much as we do!!!
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I’m guessing I will, or more! But I’ll let you know for sure!
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Oh my – I wish I didn’t gain weight just by looking at the picture!! These can NEVER, EVER touch my lips!
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Awh! C’mon! Just a bite…. It is SOOOO worth it!
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Chocolate…Chocolate…Yes Please. More Chocolate!
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Thanks! Enjoy! 🙂
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I will. Thank you for putting on the blog. Blessings.
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