Bribe me with Brownies… Please

I spent the few days before my dad's surgery baking. I made cookies and these awesome brownies.  I knew we would all need to nosh (snack) while in the waiting room and the remainder of the treats would make a great gift/bribe for the nurses. As you guys have read, I have spent a lot of time in hospitals and to get an extra pudding its no problem but if you want extra hot blankets or a VCR (remember my references are from 1995) or a different meal a little gift to the nurses goes a long way. In this case all we needed the nurse to do was show us how to change the temperature in the room. But everyone loved these brownies.

Raspberry Truffle Love

• I am back to work today after a week of being home sick.  I been waiting to share this recipe with you since I make it a couple times a year. What a wonderful recipe. It is almost as simple as opening up a box of brownie mix but you end up with these extraordinary brownies. I love them! The brownies are very moist dark chocolate experience but with a bright fruity raspberry burst and little bits of gooey chocolate. This is a true crowd pleaser! Be prepared that once you take these truffle brownies to an event, you will not take any home! That is why I have no pictures of these incredible brownies!

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Ghirardelli Jungle Brownies

LA to San Fransisco Trip 2009

These brownies started back many years ago, (before high school) when my idea of cooking was making everything as crazy/fun/different as I could. I wanted to invent rather than cook, so I would add everything I could find and dump it into what I was making. I had odd ideas and my poor family ended up eating many crazy and not delicious dinners. Including one dish that at the time I really liked but wasn't very good. It was chicken in a sour cream and dill sauce smashed between 2 biscuits and baked. Yuck!