Elizabeth Eats Dessert!

I know. This is meant to be a healthy blog, it's true. But every once in a while it is necessary that one eats some desserts. Particularly desserts with unnecessary amounts of chocolate.

Tonight I made mint-chocolate cupcake brownies, complete with little chopped up mints inside, and mint chocolate drizzle / green cream cheese frosting on top (alternating).



I, along with the rest of the world, have developed a bizarre fascination with cupcakes. You will most likely see several varieties appear on this blog as time goes on. However, while cupcakes take the cake (har har) for pretty, decorative desserts, ultimately I prefer brownies. The texture is much denser and less likely to crumble all over whatever you're wearing. I have a particular affinity for the extra-chewy corner pieces. In this case, decided to take the best of both worlds and create some cute, decorative brownie cakes. Given more time and ingredients (my effort wanes after 9 pm), they would probably have been even more elaborate -- but the frosting is green, so I think I should get some credit for that.