Monday, September 24, 2012

Oreo Truffle Brownies - Nailed It!

This weekend I went to Austin to visit my friend for her birthday.  As a birthday gift I made her these brownies, because I really wanted to try them, but I wanted them to end up nowhere near me.  Two and a half hours SHOULD be far enough away....maybe.  They came out great..suuuper rich, but that hasn't ever bothered me.  They were so intensely rich Angela decided that they should be dubbed Breakup Brownies.

Oreo Truffle Brownies (Or Breakup Brownies) - Nailed it!

Oreo Truffle Brownies..can't believe i'm pinning these
From Chef-in-Training
Ingredients
  • For Brownies
    • 2 boxes Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Brownie mixes
  • For Oreo Truffle Layer
    • 1 pkg. Double Stuffed Oreos
    • 4-8 oz. cream cheese softened
  • For Chocolate Layer
    • Milk Chocolate
    • 3 oz Whipping cream


Mix together brownie mixes as directed on the back of the box. I know I should probably make brownies from scratch, but these Ghirardelli ones are so good it just doesn't seem worth it.


Bake for 45 minutes at 350 degrees


As the brownies are baking, crush the entire package of Double Stuffed Oreos in a bag (Yes, it does actually take the entire package, which I didn't expect) and mix in 4 oz. of cream cheese. I just mixed these together in the bag because I didn't feel like getting the bowl dirty again


AFTER brownies have cooled (a step I neglected, which is why the truffle layer is kind of clumpy and didn't spread well), spread Oreo-cream cheese layer over the top.


Finally, heat whipping cream (I used about 2-3 oz) and pour over chocolate chips (I used most of a big bag of milk chocolate chips). Stir until chocolate chips melt.  Pour over brownies (...The original recipe just said to melt chocolate and spread it over brownies, but I didn't want a hard layer, I wanted it to be more like frosting.)

These were...not the prettiest, because I was a little pressed for time and didn't wait for them to cool, but they were a delicious mess :]

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Take 5 Brownies - Nailed It!

SO school is finally back in full swing...So sad.  On the bright side, though, Austin came down last weekend cause he (along with the rest of America, except for us Aggies) had Labor Day off.  And so we ended up making.....

Take Five Brownies - Nailed It!


These are essentially those Take Five candy bars (which Austin and I both loove) on top of brownies. Our caramel came out a bit chewy and weird, and the candy part tended to come apart from the brownie, but otherwise these were pretty darn good.

Ingredients

1 box Milk-chocolate Brownie Mix (I was tempted to get the super-crazy-fudgy one, but Austin made me stick to the recipe)
Additional Required Ingredients Specified On The Brownie Mix Box (typically Water, Eggs And Oil)
1 cup Crunchy Peanut Butter
⅔ cups Powdered Sugar
1-½ cup Waffle (or 'snaps') Pretzels
1 cup Milk Chocolate Chips
½ cups Butter
½ cups Light Brown Sugar
6 Tablespoons Corn Syrup
2 Tablespoons Heavy Cream
½ teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract



Mix the brownies according to the directions on the back of the box


Pour into 9x13 pan and bake as directed (ours took about 30 minutes).



While the brownies are baking, stir together the peanut butter and powdered sugar (We ended up doubling the amount because we really like peanut butter, and it didn't seem like there would be enough to cover it...also about half of it may have disappeared somehow before the brownies were done baking...  0:]  )


Take the brownies out of the oven and let cool.


While the brownies are cooling, combine butter, brown sugar, heavy cream, and corn syrup in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly, until the caramel starts to thicken. Remove from heat and add vanilla



 Spread peanut butter/powdered sugar mixture over brownies, and layer pretzels over the top.


Pour caramel over the top of the brownies.


Melt chocolate chips and spread over the top.  Let cool (trust me on this...we got impatient and tried to cut them early....we ended up pretty much needing a spoon to eat them)