Chocolate Brownies Treat
You know that saying, the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach – not sure if there is much truth to this for all men, but it is definitely true for mine. Davide is a die-hard baked good lover, so this chocolate brownies recipe is perfect for him!
Easy One Bowl Brownie Recipe
Instead of running out and buying a gift, why not try this easy one bowl chocolate brownies recipe and win some handmade-with-love points with your Valentine. This would also be a tasty treat to bring along on an anti-Valentine’s celebration with friends. Who doesn’t appreciate a little chocolate!
Valentine’s Day Baked Gifts
I added some Happy Valentine’s spirit to the chocolate brownies by sprinkling some powdered sugar and sprinkles on top. Living in Italy, it is difficult to find specific colored sprinkles, they usually come in a generic rainbow colored mix. So… yes, I had to individually separate out the red, pink, white and lilac ones – if that’s not love, I don’t know what is! ha ha.
Here is a cute way to package up your brownies.
What do you usually gift your loved ones for Valentine’s day?
Darn I think my comment didn’t go through. I am wondering where one would find the following ingredients in Italy. My son lives in Rovereto and goes to school at the University of Trento. He wants to make Rum balls which use graham cracker crumbs or crushed vanilla wafers, melted chocolate chips,granulated sugar, finely-crushed walnuts, corn syrup, and rum. They are rolled into 1 inch balls and then rolled in powdered sugar and stored in a closed container. I can send you the recipe if you like. Do you have an Italian source for powdered sugar and corn syrup? I hope he can find the cookies you mentioned which substituted for graham cracker crumbs.
Ciao Susan! These rum balls sound fabulous!
Corn syrup is called sciroppo di mais. If your son is near a specialty organic store called NaturaSì they sell it in store or on their online shop. These are two other websites MyAmericanMarket and Tibiona another organic bio store where you can purchase sciroppo di mais online.
Powdered sugar is really easy to find in almost any supermarket, he should look for zucchero a velo. Sometimes the sugar comes in a vanilla flavor, if that is not what he wants, make sure not to buy the packages that say vaniglinato. Vanilla wafers are also very easy to find, if he can’t find the cookies he can always find the wafers or even look for cookies called digestive they would do the trick.
Let me know how the rum balls turn out and yes, would love the recipe Susan!
Wow, you separated the colored sprinkles! That is love! This looks delicious, can’t wait to tell the recipe
Remind me to buy a bunch of pretty sprinkles next time we’re in visiting!