The hubbie had his fantasy football draft party last weekend so I decided I just had to make something, even though he insisted pizza was fine. Like you, I am sure, I take every excuse I can to bake something, eat one (notice the missing one below, gulp), and send them out of the house. This is a great method, except when you really like what your sending away!
So I started thinking about football and boys. Boys like brownies. Boys like Pretzels. And just to change it up instead of chocolate chips I wanted to use toffee chips.
I was a little worried about the pretzels getting soft while baking, so I added pretzels to the top just in case and they look super cute this way (not that boys care what brownies look like). Nothing to worry about folks, the salty pretzel surprise added just enough crunch to the rich chewy brownie! The toffee chips melted slightly inside the brownies giving a sugary compliment to the salty pretzels.
I might just have to make these again, especially since I still have a bag of pretzels and an slowly disappearing bag of toffee chips.
Toffee and Pretzel Brownies
4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate bar, chopped
1/2 cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
3/4 cup and 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup toffee chips
1 cups pretzels, broken
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a square baking pan with parchment paper and butter sides, set aside. In the top of a double broiler, or in a bowl over simmering water, combine together chopped chocolate bar and butter pieces. Melt and stir till smooth and set aside to cool till room temperature. In a medium bowl sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
Once chocolate mixture is cool, add in brown sugar and vanilla. Add in eggs and mix well. Slowly mix in flour mixture, beating till combined. Stir in toffee chips and pretzel pieces. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 30-35 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Remove and cool before cutting.
If you want to add pretzels to the top, after pouring batter into prepared pan gently press 16 whole pretzels and bake as directed.
Have a great labor day weekend! I am off to Syracuse for a wedding, so let me know if anyone has suggestions on where to eat?!
That's a fantastic idea! This will be my next brownie recipe.
ReplyDeleteI love the last photo :) Says it all
ReplyDeleteThese look so good...!!
ReplyDeletewhata a great idea with these pretzels!
ReplyDeleteLucky husband! I want these!! A whole pan of them.
ReplyDeleteWow, these do look awesome! I will have to give them a try for sure, these would be very hard for me to let leave me house! Places to eat in Syracuse, you might want to look into Alto Cinco or the Elderberry Pond Restaurant...Have Fun!
ReplyDeleteThese brownies look wonderful. I love pretzels and chocolate together!
ReplyDeleteLove everything about this recipe! I'm so bookmarking this for my next brownie recipe to try! Thanks for sharing :o)
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute looking. Love the combination of salty pretzel with chocolate.
ReplyDeleteWow, these look wonderful! I bet the salt-sweet combination tastes just incredible. Thanks for sharing these with us, Debbie!
ReplyDeletehey you know how boys like to eat, it still tastes great even if it doesn't always look pretty! But in this case the pretzel on top helped make it pretty....now my girls are more particular, so when I make these brownies for them, I will use the pretzel on the top!
ReplyDeleteAMAZING!!!!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea! Chocolate, caramel and salt seems to be very popular on the blogs those days! I think I need to give it a go :) Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteI would like to try these for one of our tailgates this year, go niners:)
ReplyDeleteThose look so good. I love the idea of pretzels in anything chocolatey. And it's so true, boys liking brownies and pretzels. My boyfriend's addicted to the new pretzel M&Ms and wants me to bake them into everything, lol. I can't wait to try these. He'll love them!
ReplyDeleteI love salty/sweet snacks... these sound so great!
ReplyDeleteI just LOVE pretzels with chocolate! The addition of toffee chips to this is a great idea, and sounds delicious! And I'm the same as you - find any excuse to bake, and then send them out of the house :)
ReplyDeletelooks delicious
ReplyDeleteVery cute brownies. I like the salty sweet mix. Sort of like a pretzel m&m but better.
ReplyDeleteChocolate and pretzels are one of the world's most perfect combinations.
ReplyDeleteI love toffe chips...and pretzels! What a great idea! I'm gonna have to try this :)
ReplyDeleteWowzers! These sound delicious! I'll definitely be trying them out soon :-)
ReplyDeleteVery cute! I think you made a good call putting the pretzels on top, and the toffee chips must marry well with the pretzels.
ReplyDeleteGreat combination of salty and sweet and of course chocolate! Great recipe, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteBrownies are always the perfect treat! I love the salty and sweet combo, they look delish.
ReplyDeleteLove that sweet and salty combo!
ReplyDeleteGot to admit, I'm not a big fan of brownies, but the pretzels on top really make this for me!
ReplyDeleteThese look delicious! I've been loving little twists on brownies lately, and am definitely holding onto this recipe :) I love that each individual piece has a pretzel on top...perfect presentation!
ReplyDeleteThese look moist and fudgy. Yum. What a great idea to add a salty counterpart. Will have to remember that for the next time I make brownies.
ReplyDeleteI think I just got an idea for one of the things I can make for my baby shower :) Thanks..this is great. I love brownies too and topped with pretzel, I can imagine the sweetness and saltiness...YUMMMBO!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous idea! I LOVE sweet & salty - what an awesome combination!
ReplyDeletethis looks delicious!! those were some lucky boys that night!
ReplyDeleteI love you idea of putting prezels on top! Not only does it look adorable, but the combination with the saltiness.. Mmm.
ReplyDeleteI'm a huge change of sweet and salty. Pretzels and chocolate are just a nice compliment for each other.
ReplyDeleteYikes I can't think clearly in the morning. I'm a huge FAN (not change) of sweet and salty. Oops! lol
ReplyDeleteI'm in love with the idea of these. I'm a huge change, too! ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea. I love the salty sweet combination. :)
ReplyDeleteThese sound absolutely amazing. Like a much better, homemade version of a Take 5 candy bar. Yum!
ReplyDeleteCongrats of FoodBuzz Top 9. It's a beautiful picture and it looks delishhh.
ReplyDeleteYUM! I stayed at my parents' house this weekend and my mom and I made these toffee and pretzel brownies. We will have to do these the next time I am there.
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