A Little Colorful Chaos: {Recipe} Better than the Box Fudge Brownies

It's Monday & I think we could all use a little treat. I need to use some profanity but I won't apologize because holy shit these brownies were SO FUCKING GOOD. I mean, I will never make brownies from the box again, ever. When it comes to dessert, my go-to is always chocolate. It's the first thing I crave when I want something sweet & one of the few foods I will NEVER say no to.

But, I do have one rule: no nuts. I cannot STAND nuts in my chocolate, so if you're ever looking for a chocolate recipe with nuts, you're reading the wrong blog. I wish I could say making these brownies was an easy task, but if I did, I'd be lying. Had I read the directions correctly, sure, it's pretty straightforward. But because it's me, I made the entire the batch & as I went to lick the spoon, I got a mouthful of the most bitter batter that existed. I guess that's what brownie batter tastes like when you forget to add the sugar. By this point, it was too late to add it in, so I had to start over. So please follow my directions so this doesn't happen to you!

this is where batch #1 ended up

ABOUT
Makes: 16 Brownies
Prep & Bake time: 1 hour
How difficult was this for me? If I actually read the directions in order, not bad!

INGREDIENTS

3/4 cup dutch-processed cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
2/3 cup butter, melted & divided (1/3 cup + 1/3 cup)
1/2 cup boiling water
2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/3 cup flour
2 cups chocolate chips (if you use chocolate chunks like I did, 1.5 cups is enough)

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 350 F & grease a 9x13 baking dish (I used pyrex. if you use metal, you need to reduce the cooking time)

Now would also be a good time to start boiling the water

In a large mixing bowl, stir together cocoa & baking powder