Okay, I confess. I love boxed fudge brownie mix. The kind from BC in the red box. It's what I grew up on and they have never failed me. The few times I have made homemade brownies I have always been disappointed. I even hate my grandma's homemade brownies which are usually made from the recipe on the cocoa container. They're just so dry and icky. Not enough chocolate flavor and just downright disappointing.
When trying to find a great brownie recipe it's important to consider what you like the final product's texture to be. I adore fudgy. Cake and chewy brownies just don't turn me on like the semi-liquid custard like insides that can be found in the perfectly baked fudge brownie. I usually achieve this by under baking the boxed brownie otherwise you end up with a chewy brownie.
For some reason anytime I have chili I have to have a brownie for dessert. Last week I made chili, but uh-oh! No BC brownie mix! Oh the horror! I fortunately had all the ingredients on hand to make a brownie recipe I remembered seeing on the Brown-Eyed Baker. She raved about this recipe and it had a lot of positive comments so I decided any brownie is better than no brownie.
