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Posted: 10/16/2013

Rocky Road Brownies

Name: Rocky Road Brownies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter; 3 oz unsweetened chocolate; 4 eggs; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 2 cups sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 cup flour; 1 cup chopped pecans (optional); 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder; 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening; 1/2 cup butter; 6 tablespoons evaporated milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar; 1/2 cup nuts, coarsely chopped; 1 cup mini marshmallows

Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes 0 Reviews Jump to Recipe

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Rich, chocolate brownies are topped with marshmallows, nuts and a thick chocolate frosting in these Rocky Road Brownies.

I like chocolate. I really do. But it’s no secret that I’ll usually take something lemon or fruity before I go for the chocolate.

But I do like chocolate.

Sadly, though, in the last 6 1/2 years of blogging, I’ve only collected a small handful of brownie recipes. I decided that this really is a travesty, and that I need to do something about that.

So today, I bring you brownies.

But not just any brownies. Rocky Road Brownies. These are straight from my childhood. They were one of my mom’s specialties growing up, and are still one of my favorites today. I have come to realize that you just can’t beat the foods from your childhood!!

These start with a rich, chocolate brownie that is pretty perfect all on it’s own. But then you top them with marshmallows and nuts and a warm chocolate frosting that gets poured over the top of everything. The frosting will set up perfectly if you are patient, but as you can kind of tell from the photograph, I wasn’t being very patient. In fact, I have very little patience when it comes to these brownies!! But don’t worry – they still taste phenomenal, they are just a little bit messier when they haven’t set up yet!!

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