Thursday, February 10, 2011

Heaven in a brownie

Ok, I have to share.  I have had this brownie in my head for a couple of weeks now.  I had to make 2 treats to bring to work today so I finally broke down last night and made them.  They are the bomb!  Cherry Chipotle Brownies.   Everyone at work was just going crazy for them and wants the recipe.  I had to tell them it is my own creation.  In case anyone else would like to make them, it's very simple.
 
I took a family size Pillsbury fudge brownie mix and made it like the box says to.  Pour it into the baking pan.  Then take a can of cherry pie filling and pour into a bowl.  Open a small can of chipotle peppers and take the peppers out and put to the side.  Take the paste out of the can a little at a time and mix well into the pie filling.  When you can taste the heat, stop!  Swirl the cherry filling through the brownie batter.  Bake it like the box says to, but it'll probably have to bake a little longer.  After they cooled all night, I sprinkled powdered sugar on top.  They were awesome!  Just enough heat to say, wait, was that, no, not in my brownies!  Try them, you'll like them!!
 
P.S.  I would have shared a picture, but they're all gone!

7 comments:

  1. Interesting combination, but I think I'd pass on the peppers.

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  2. Oh, Meari, you don't know what you're missing. The pepper is VERY subtle, just a hint to enhance the chocolate. Mmmm.

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  3. I'm with Meari... sounds interesting but I would pass on the peppers too!

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  4. Quite honestly, if you tasted them and I didn't tell you the paste was in there, you would never know it!

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  5. It was sounding so good until you said cherry pie filling, yuck.

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  6. OK, I'm not into the peppers myself either, but I think I'll have to make these anyway because DH LOVES anything hot & spicy. Debra, would strawberry pie filling go over better for you? Although I don't know about strawberries & peppers ....

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  7. Really, it's not like eating peppers! It's NOT hot & spicy. You feel a very gentle prick at the back of your throat after you've eaten the brownie. It is reallllly good!

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