These are the best brownies I’ve ever had in my entire life – Read the text I received few hours after I dropped a plate with a couple of these fudgy guinness stout chocolate brownies at my neighbor’s door.
I mentioned in a previous post we don’t really drink but I do happen to love making grown up treats, like these out of this world stout brownies. Now of course, some might say “why on Earth would you ruin a good batch of brownies just by adding stout to it?” or even worst “why opening a bottle of stout just for a pan of brownies?”. My lovelies, if you have never tried stout brownies, you are missing out.
While you can hardly taste the beer in these brownies, the stout enhances the flavor making these one of the richest and moistest brownies in the whole wide world!
I’ve made these stout chocolate brownies for the first time last year on St. Patrick’s day and have had a post-it note in my office ever since to make them again and share my thoughts with you.
The recipe comes from Bon Appetit and I pretty much kept it the same. Actually, the only thing I did not do was the stout chocolate frosting. As soon as I removed my brownies from the oven I grated about 1 ounce of dark chocolate over let and let the warmth of the brownies to slowly melt it. I did play a little bit with some melted chocolate on few of them once they were cooled, but whatever you decide to do, these brownies will soon become one of your favorite!
Keep in mind, because these are really rich and moist, it’s best to cut the brownies in 20 pieces. A little bite will satisfy your cravings.
Of course, the hardest part is actually waiting for the brownies to cool down so you can cut them. You need a lot of will powder. My suggestion is to make them the night before and just let cool overnight on the kitchen counter. You might end up waking up in the middle of the night thinking about them, but don’t give it. Let them cool completely before digging in.
If you do not have any stout on hand and don’t feel like buying a six-pack just for these brownies, go to your local (cost plus) World Market. They sell individual bottles.
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Happy Baking,
Roxana
Verrrry interesting! I might have to go buy some stout! These look so fudgy!
Loving these moist fudge-stouty brownies, Roxy! We’ve been on a major chocolate kick at our house (putting off the inevitable diets for spring until after St. Patty’s Day), so I must make these…this weekend! Thanks for sharing, girl. Pinning!
I might believe you if you didn’t always say, introducing a new recipe, that these were the best brownies ever. I fell for that once and ended up quite disappointed so I will be more cautious from now on.
Hi Allison,
I’m sorry to hear you feel this way. Could you please tell me what other brownie recipe you tried from my blog and found the results disappointing?
Thanks,
Roxana
I can’t remember the name but it had a whole bunch of caramels. The picture was totally appealing but they were not so much gooey as heavy and tough.
I have two caramel brownie recipes
http://roxanashomebaking.com/caramel-kisses-brownies-recipe/
http://roxanashomebaking.com/chewy-chocolate-caramel-bars-recipe/
Do you remember which one it was?
I hope I can figure out what went wrong.
Roxana
Now that looks like an ooey gooey brownie!
I absolutely adore cooking with Guinness!! These brownies look phenomenal!!
These look so fudgey!
Man, it is killin’ me just looking at these! I need a beer just to kill the pain.
You’ve sold me – these brownies sound amazing!
I don’t drink too much either but I love baking with alcohol. These brownies are up there as the way I like to enjoy my liquor. Superb!
Those look amazing!!
I love fudge brownies, these look incredible!
these look just sinful:) SO moist
These look amazing!
I tend to keep Guinness, Jameson’s and Bailey on hand to sip and to cook with. I tend to be a bit biased coming from an Irish heritage. The one thing I have not made is brownies because my family is very particular about their brownies. Between your recipe and another I saw that had stout and baileys, I can’t figure out which one to try first! I have pinned this to my “Good to Be Irish” board and am now a new follower!
So moist. So chocolate-y. So gooey. These look perfect without the frosting. Yum!
My Guinness-loving hubby would flip for these fabulous brownies! They look so rich, fudgy and delicious, Roxana! Great recipe.
All these look perfect! I’m on a diet but would break it for all of these sweet treats in a heartbeat.
I love how fudgy and gooey these brownies look Roxana, and I love the combination of chocolate and stout! 🙂
Of all the booze-related treats I’ve made, why oh why have I never put stout in my brownies?! This is a genius idea and the way you describe them is just drool-worthy. Checking out the rest of your blog! So happy to connect through Marvelous Mondays. xx Danni
These look wonderful. I just pinned them to my Cooking with Beer board and will definitely be trying them sometime!
These look amazing!
I made these for work the other day and I’ve just had the last piece which I had kept aside for myself. Aaamazing. I have a go-to basic brownie recipe I use that is cocoa powder based. This will be my other go-to for a super chocolatey brownie. Now that I’ve made this one, I can’t wait to make it again. It’s a brownie on a different level. I’ve baked with Guinness for a few years so I know how great it is in desserts. I put a small layer of cream cheese icing on these so that I could color it green. So good.
Never in a million years would I have thought to put beer in my brownies, but I’m all for it if it makes them that much better! Thanks for the recipe, Roxana!