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{Versions & Verdicts} Aunt Juju’s Chocolate Syrup Brownies

Jhuls @ The Not So Creative Cook

Dear Angie,

I don’t know if this is the first time I am telling you this – I am so grateful to have been personally invited by you to join Fiesta Friday. I have seen Fiesta Friday entries before from various bloggers, but I was so shy to join. I thought one should be invited to be able to join, so I totally forgot about it.

When you invited me, I became so excited – too excited to get to know you more; too excited to meet new friends and of course, to indulge those delicious treats. 😀 (Do you think I’ll not admit that today?)

Fiesta Friday [and your endless support to bloggers] helped me in so many ways.

Before Fiesta Friday, I was not that confident. Yes, maybe I was already, few months after I started my blog. But you let people meet, so you brought me [and others] new friends. You let me bring out the humor in me, in which I didn’t know I have it in me. Maybe I was a funny person before, but nobody told me that. Or I just can’t remember. 😐 You let me realize that taking photo in portrait orientation is better than the landscape. (Well, at least for me.) Yes, you are one of my inspirations. <3

…and I am sure there’s more!

Again, thank you, Angie for creating this wonderful party and community. You bring people together and I believe that is amazing!

We all love you! Happy 50th to Fiesta Friday!!

And to celebrate, I am bringing you Aunt Juju’s Chocolate Syrup Brownies or what she calls Cake Boss Brownies.

Does Versions and Verdicts sound scary? I know. But I tell you, this is nothing scary at all. I am just very bad when it comes to choosing titles or even names.

To enlighten you, V & V is a new series you’d expect from my blog. I wish I could say that I will post something for V & V on a specific day, but you know – life is crazy sometimes. I will post if I make something in which I don’t know how often. Once a month? Twice a month? I am not so sure.

Anyway, V & V will talk about my versions of your recipes and what do I think of it. 😉 Although most of the recipes I have here are my own versions, this thing is different. This will cover my versions of your recipes (I already said that, yes?). I mean YOU. Yes, YOU – blogging buddies who I use to chat with.

Moving on to the cake, you remember the Chocolate Syrup Cheesecake Brownies I made to use my chocolate syrup that was so eager to end its life? That chocolate syrup has so many lives so I needed to think of something to help it end its life. Besides, it’s so eager to commit suicide. Aunt Juju mentioned that she has recipes using chocolate syrup. So I helped the chocolate syrup plummet to its death. 😀

Chocolate Syrup Brownies

Ingredients:

For the brownie batter: 

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter, unsalted
  • 4 large eggs
  • 2 cups chocolate syrup
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour

 

For the icing (optional): 

  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 6 tbsp butter, unsalted
  • 6 tbsp whole milk
  • 1 cup dark chocolate chips

Instructions:

For the brownie batter: 

  1. Preheat the oven to 325°F. Prepare a 13×9 baking pan and grease with nonstick spray and line with parchment paper. Set aside.
  2. In a bowl, combine butter and sugar. Beat until light and fluffy (about 3 minutes).
  3. Add eggs one at a time, mixing after each addition.
  4. Add in chocolate syrup and mix well.
  5. Gradually add flour and mix until well incorporated, making sure to scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl.
  6. Pour this batter into the prepared baking pan.
  7. Bake for 30-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out with moist crumbs.
  8. Let cool in the pan for about 30 minutes and transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely before cutting and frosting.

For the icing (optional): 

  1. In a saucepan over medium heat, combine sugar, butter and milk. Simmer while stirring constantly until well heated.
  2. Remove from the heat and add in chocolate chips. Mix until everything is well combined and smooth.
  3. Pour this over the cooled and cut brownies.

This cake is so rich that it will stick to your teeth (you should smile when that happens). 😀  You can really taste the chocolate syrup as well. Hmm! If you want a rich and decadent cake, you better try this. 😉

 

I hope you all enjoy this. What do you think of V&V?

 I hope I am not too late to wish you all a HAPPY and BLESSED 2015! I am looking forward to more chats and more buddies to meet. <3

 

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