Snoop’s Brownies
AHHH-HA! Had you fooled! I’m sure you thought I was going to write an entry about “special” brownies – come on, I like to cuss, not publish entries about how to bake whilst incorporating an illicit drug. Shit.
But seriously, before I get into my “story” and talk about my feelings regarding these brownies — I urge you to RUN, not walk, to find Snoop’s red wine. It is an amazing red blend of the 19 Crimes overhead brand that tastes good with every-damn-thing! I’ve even found it for under $10 at BJ’s Wholesale Club.
Water For Wine
In all seriousness, I figured with all the entries I’ve done so far, I needed to appeal to the masses & publish something with chocolate! I, myself, have always been on the fence about chocolate. Not sure why. I thoroughly enjoy a fudgy, gooey brownie – but chocolate ice cream, chocolate candy or chocolate cake has never really hit the mark in my food groups. Chocolate makes me thirsty – think George Costanza, from Seinfeld : “these pretzels are makin’ me thirsty!” & being thirsty when I’m supposed to be enjoying food isn’t my idea of enjoyment.
ANYWAY.
I’ve always enjoyed experimental baking – with alcohol! I’ve been known to make some refreshing, summery Corona ((ZERO pun on Covid-19, for fuck’s sake)) vanilla cupcakes with fresh lime zest & an autumnal favorite, Pumpkin beer spice cake cupcakes. Literally find whatever alcohol you wish to use – I have NOT used liquor so…standby – and swap it out for the water the recipe calls for! Simple as thatttt!
The result is moist, tender cake that rivals homemade anyday! The trick is to think long & hard about what type of alcohol you wish to pair with whatever boxed dessert that requires water – which, duh I think just about all of them do!
“it ain’t no fun if the homies can’t have none”
Chris is going away for a boy’s golf weekend on Friday & will be gone 4 (glorious) days – I’ll miss the shit out of him, but sometimes it’s good for him to get away for the weekend and swing a golf club, just like it’s good for me to watch Disney movies nonstop in my underpants without judgement – you feel me?
I decided to be the nicest wife EVER and make him some goodies to take with him and enjoy!
Perhaps I’m treating him as a guinea pig but eh, he’s getting brownies out of it! I’d like to think he will live.
Not Baked with Weed, but Drunk on Wine
Ok forreal though, Snoop Dogg is funny as hell. We have watched the “Snoop & Martha’s Potluck Dinner Show” for a couple years now & its amazing to watch 2 completely different people try to cook shit together. Culinary Genius & Hood Comedy collides. Snoop has also put out his own wine recently – Cali Red. I shit you not, its amazing. Its delicious, subtle & goes well with just about anything.
We opened a bottle for dinner the other night & then I started thinking how else I could use it, other than just taking it straight to the face, of course.
I looked in the pantry & saw that I had a quarantine staple in there – boxed brownies. The good kind too – Ghirardelli. Double Chocolate. Owwww. I thought to myself, “oh yea. I can spruce those up REAL GOOD.”
So if y’all have been following along my blog journey this whole time, you’ll know that one of my Southern “isms” is to “doctor up” boxed items up – no shame in how they are, I just know I can make it hella better.
Ingredients & Instructions
INGREDIENTS
· Whatever brand box of brownie mix you pick up.
· Whatever wine you think will taste great with the brownies.
· Whatever small additions (1/2 cup) you think will also taste great with both the addition of wine AND brownies – ((this is your chance to get creative!)) more chocolate chips, walnuts, pecans, white chocolate chips, etc.
INSTRUCTIONS
· Swap out the amount of water the box mix states, for wine!
· Mix everything thoroughly.
· Bake according to package instructions.
· Enjoy!
FoShizzle
Red Wine Brownies WITH Reese’s Peanut Butter Chips……
The deep & smooth taste the red wine brings will balance out the salty peanut butter chips & the extra richness of the double chocolate brownies – match made in heaven, I tell ya.
Are you a corner or middle type person? – GIMMIE ALL DA MIDDLES. I want all the thick, rich, fudgy-ness I can get….& the corners just don’t do that for me. Luckily, the wine makes the whole pan feel like one, giant, decadent middle piece! I mean, unless you LIKE thick-ass corner pieces, then its whatever.
Think of other ways you can “doctor” up some mixes in your house! You might surprise yourself with what you can concoct – might even impress somebody too! I’ve been changing up ingredients for years and it hasn’t steered me wrong yet! The holidays are coming up – make these for a neighborhood potluck or work party! & please shut up, the alcohol bakes out, don’t ask to see my manager. *eyerollllll* You can reveal your secret ingredient, or not! – watch the wheels start to turn when people try your dessert and try to put their finger on what they are tasting! Hope you enjoyed this mid-week dessert post but if you didn’t, then same.
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