I found a recipe for s’mores brownies, made them, and realized they were kind of a mess. I liked the concept though. So I made a second batch, and those worked out much better. I will show you both and give you both recipes and you can decide which you prefer. They are both delicious. One is more ooey gooey, the other, more fancy brownie.
Make both and suffer through having to eat your way to a decision :).
Hmm, that’s kind of interesting. Which do YOU think is the ooey gooey one?
The bottom photo, in my opinion, is the messy one, but just looking at the photos I would definitely think differently. To be honest, the issue was in the cutting and removing them (the bottom brownies) from the pan. The marshmallows made it very messy. The trick is to spray your knife with non-stick cooking spray for each cut. It helped a great deal.
In any case, try them both and let me know what you think. If you’re in a rush and just want to bang them out really fast, use store-bought brownie mix. The world will not implode, I promise. If you do choose to go box mix, use the Ghiradelli mix. It’s super delish.
Fancy Brownie (top photo)
Ingredients
2 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup butter, melted
3/4 cup Ghiradelli sweet ground chocolate and cocoa, or any good quality cocoa powder
2/3 cup unsifted flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3-4 honey graham crackers, torn into pieces
2 handfuls of mini marshmallows
Preparation Instructions
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large bowl, using a spoon, stir eggs with sugar and vanilla. Once mixed well, add the butter.
In a separate bowl, sift cocoa, flour, baking powder and salt.
Slowly stir dry mixture into wet ingredients. Mix, by hand, until just incorporated, about 40 strokes.
Spread mixture into a well greased and floured 9” square pan.
Bake for 25 minutes. Remove brownies, add marshmallows and graham crackers. Pop it back in the oven for another 5-10 minutes.
Let brownies cool completely before cutting.
Gooey Brownies (bottom photo)
Ingredients
2 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup butter, melted
3/4 cup Ghiradelli sweet ground chocolate and cocoa, or any good quality cocoa powder
2/3 cup unsifted flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 honey graham crackers
1 cup chocolate chips
2-3 cups mini marshmallows
Preparation Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.
In a large bowl, using a spoon, stir eggs with sugar and vanilla. Once mixed well, add the butter.
In a separate bowl, sift cocoa, flour, baking powder and salt.
Slowly stir dry mixture into wet ingredients. Mix, by hand, until just incorporated, about 40 strokes.
Place graham crackers in a single layer on the bottom of the prepared pan.
Carefully spread brownie batter over the graham crackers.
Bake for 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
Remove brownies and sprinkle evenly with marshmallows and chocolate chips.
Place brownies under the broiler for 5-8 more minutes, or until marshmallows are lightly toasted. Watch those brownies closely though. As you may or may not know, anything in the broiler goes from lightly brown and crunchy to black and maybe even on fire in mere moments.
Cool as long as you can stand it before cutting into squares.
4 Response to A Tale of Two Brownies
They both look incredible! My family would have no problem eating either :o)
Yeah, they're so tasty, it wasn't hard here either ;)!
You can never go wrong with burnt marshmallow topping!
I have been thinking about these ever since I saw the idea on My Baking Addiction. They both look wonderful! I need to make these soon!!!
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