To say I have been absent from baking and blogging would be a gross understatement. I took a bit of a break after Christmas when I reached that point when I couldn’t bear to look at another cake, cookie, or other baked good. After that, it’s just proven difficult to get back into the baking habit. Hopefully, I’m back into the swing of things. I know Quinn hopes so.
With this recipe, I am unashamedly easing back into baking. I picked these brownies primarily because I knew Quinn would love them. It didn’t hurt that they started with a cake mix, though, just to make them a bit simpler. They did prove simple, although I had forgotten how tedious it is to melt caramel. Patience is not my strongest suit. That aside, these are rather simple to make.
A couple of notes: I used a devil’s food cake mix and pecans. You’re probably all familiar with my ongoing love affair with pecans. I told Quinn I would put in whatever kind of nuts he wanted, and pecans were his choice. I half-expected him to pick his new love, hazelnuts, but I certainly didn’t complain about his choice.
These brownies are wonderfully rich, due in part to the devil’s food cake mix. A regular chocolate cake mix would certainly work if you wanted to tame these down a bit. I really liked the layers of these bars - brownie, chocolate, caramel, more brownie. They are wonderfully delicious and gooey when they are still a bit warm. Just don’t forget your napkin.
20 responses so far ↓
1 courtney // Mar 24, 2007 at 10:54 am
Glad to see you are back. Although I don’t think my pants are!
2 Ellie // Mar 24, 2007 at 8:46 pm
Welcome back - and what an entry to come back with! The ooziness of these brownies looks dangerously good
3 Ari (Baking and Book // Mar 25, 2007 at 5:30 pm
Gosh that picture is… well, let’s just say that tempting chocolately photographs like that are dangerous! Suddenly the chocolate bar I have sitting on the counter doesn’t look quite so satisfying.
We’re glad to have you back!
4 Linda, The Village V // Mar 26, 2007 at 11:59 am
yum! glad you’re back!
5 kelly // Mar 26, 2007 at 6:14 pm
Im glad your back too! I kept visiting your site regularly during your hiatus, and I was excited to see a new post today!
6 Allen // Mar 26, 2007 at 11:06 pm
The brownies look so gooey and rich … yum!
7 LakshmiK // Mar 27, 2007 at 3:49 am
Hi Jennifer
I love all the recipes on this site. They are so good!
8 Nuwanda // Mar 27, 2007 at 7:59 pm
Welcome back to baking and blogging! I’m so very glad.
9 Stephen // Mar 28, 2007 at 12:16 am
Just finished baking them, SOOOOO delicious and gooey. (I used werthers caramels by the way) Thank you so much for the great recipe.
10 Anuhea // Mar 28, 2007 at 2:10 am
Hi! I have been looking at your blog and I think you have awesome recipes. And looks like you did a good job coming back to baking, these look so good and I bet they would be even better with milk or even vanilla icecream!
11 Juanita // Mar 28, 2007 at 6:24 am
Welcome back and thank you for the great recipes!
I can’t wait to make these brownies.
12 peabody // Mar 29, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Glad you are back, I was almost giving up on you.
13 Nan // Mar 31, 2007 at 6:23 pm
For totally selfish reasons, I’m glad you are back to baking! Just in time for Easter, too!
Love,
Your Sis
14 Theresa Dendinger // Apr 1, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Glad you’re back. These look and sound delicious. I’ll be trying this recipe soon.
I’ve quickly melted caramels by placing them in a glass measuring cup and microwaving in 20-30 second increments, being sure to stir between each round of microwaving.
Thanks for sharing your beautiful recipes and photos!
T
15 Molly // May 11, 2007 at 7:43 am
I made these last night for my husband to take to work today. OMG! So gooey and so good. I made him leave a few home. This one is getting transferred to the recipe box… it’s a keeper!
Thanks!
16 Suzanne // May 16, 2007 at 6:48 am
These have been a staple in my family since I was a wee one. My mom would make a massive batch and then after cutting them up she would freeze them.
If you think they are good warm, cold they are like the best candy bar in the world. Somehow these always managed to disappear out of the freezer.
I’ve had people offer to marry me after eating these brownies.
17 Kristen // Jun 20, 2007 at 2:06 pm
I just made these this past Sunday and they were awesome and easy. So rich and gooey. Thanks for sharing and thanks for the devil’s food cake tip, I know that made all the difference!! Love your blog:)
18 Sheri // Dec 1, 2007 at 9:58 am
I made a few batches of these and I used different candy each time, mostly to use up the candy I got on clearance at Valentines day, easiest was a chocolate filled wafer, I think it was Ghiradelli, skipped the melting on the stove, just plopped them a top first layer fresh from the first bake.
I have also used caramel kisses and rolos.
Yummy
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20 Steve // Feb 26, 2008 at 3:44 pm
No caramel melting! I make a similar brownie, but I used the caramel sheet wraps that are used to make caramel apples. Some stores only have them around Halloween, but my local market has them year round in the produce section. Same great taste, much quicker and easier.
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