The KBAL Brownie Initiative

Analysis

This was probably the easiest recipe in the book so far, but I'm not convinced its a brownie. It' missing 3 key ingredients, sugar, flour and eggs. At least there was no baking involved.

Of course I had to make my obligatory 9:45pm trip to the store. I was out of sweetened condensed milk (I swear it was there earlier in the week). At least it was on sale at Kroger, so I bought extra for next time.

There was nothing difficult about this recipe. I made my husband crush the cookies in the Cuisinart (Hooray for the Cuisinart!) while I was at the store. I melted chocolate chips in the microwave (not over boiling water on the stove, that is soooo 1950), mixed in the milk and cookies and nuts. Mixed it all up and pressed it into the pan. And that was it. A total of 10 minutes.

The only question is how are these things going to taste? The pan weighs a ton. These are a big heavy block of chocolate bar thingies. I don't think the ride in on the back of the bike damaged them too much, but some of the nuts shook loose from the top (that's usually the way of things though).

And the answer is: They taste like a weird cross between a candy bar and a cookie. These little chocolate concrete blocks are not brownies in my opinion. They taste really yummy, all chocolately and oreo-like, but they are not at all brownie like. Better to call it fudge and call it a day.

• Prep time: 30 minutes (includes the 20 minute trip to the store)


• Cooking time: 0 minutes


• Total time: 30 minutes (this would only be 10 if you have sweetened condensed milk at home)

Modifications

None.

Improvements

These are just flat out weird.

My Rating - scale of 1-10

• PITA Rating: 4 (I did have to go to the store)
• Difficulty Rating: 1
• Recipe Complexity (over a basic no-frills brownie): 1
• Texture: 2 (not at all brownie-like)
• Flavor: 6 (good and chocolatey
• Overall Rating: 2 (these are not brownies!)