Croissant’s Signature Brownies
With TONS of chocolate, crunchy pecans, and delicious coconut, Croissant’s Signature Brownies are truly the BEST brownies recipe ever!
This is the first round of the Virtual Cookie Exchange for me with the #FreakyFriday group. “What’s #FreakyFriday” you ask? Well, it’s hosted by Michaela from An Affair of the Heart. There are many bloggers participating in the event this month. It’s kind of like SRC, if you’re not new to my blog. If you are, well, here’s the 411.
Each blogger who signs up is assigned a blog from another participant. Like me, for instance. I was assigned A Dish of Daily Life. Once you receive your assigned blog, you get to go through their recipes and pick something you want to cook.
I asked the hubs to help pick the recipe this time. I was a little biased and wanted to make them all, but we settled on the Croissant’s Signature Brownies. Then, once you cook up your selected recipe, you post about on the #FreakyFriday; telling everyone about their wonderful blog, what you found out, and how delicious their recipe was!
I can’t say enough good things about Michelle and her blog. I owe part of my success over these past couple of years to her. She’s tutored me in Pinterest SEO, tracking trends and monitoring my analytics, and knowing when to repin or delete a pin due to no activity. She truly has taught me a lot about blogging and my analytics.
When I received her name as my #FreakyFriday swap-ee, I was totally thrilled. But, I knew I would have a hard time. Michelle’s photos on her blog, A Dish of Daily Life are fabulous! I wish I had the ability to take such great photos that she does.
Since this choice was up to the hubs, I gave him a list of potential recipes to make:
I thought for sure he would pick the coffee toffee cookies, but he wanted the brownies! Yes. I know. This is a cookie exchange, but it’s also a holiday baking exchange. That meant snack mixes, candied nuts, bar cookies, and brownies. It’s not just about cookies.
This special edition is about baked goods or other recipes that you would take to a holiday party or exchange. And I would totally take these brownies to a holiday baking exchange. You see what’s in there, right? There’s the chocolate in the batter. Then there’s some pecans for that nutty crunch. And, as if that’s not enough, there’s the coconut!
Now, I substituted regular coconut for the toasted kind. I know the hubs like the toasted coconut, but not the regular coconut. That’s the only change I made to this recipe.
As if that wasn’t enough, there’s a bit of brown sugar in the recipe. DO you know what brown sugar does to a brownie? It makes that’s nice crispy crust on top. You know, that crackled look on top there? That’s what the brown sugar does.
Just when you thought you’d experienced all you could possibly experience in a brownie, there’s the brownie itself. It’s pure fudge indulgence. So, to break it all down for you; there’s the crispy top, the chocolatey bites of chips, the nutty pecans, and delicious coconut all encased in a pure fudge brownie. Oh yeah.
*mindblown* Boom!
This is a brownie that your friends, coworkers, and anyone who has ever tasted these babies will ask for again and again. I’m so glad that Michelle shared them on her blog. I can only hope I did justice with the photos to show how delicious these brownies truly are.
Please head over to Michelle’s blog and check the other delicious recipes she has on there. You will definitely want to follow her on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and Stumble Upon so you don’t miss a single recipes.
Croissant's Signature Brownies
With TONS of chocolate, crunchy pecans, and delicious coconut, Croissant's Signature Brownies are truly the BEST brownies recipe ever! #FreakyFriday
Ingredients
- 2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips, divided
- 6 ounces butter
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 4 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Prepare a 9 x 9 inch baking pan by coating with nonstick spray.
- Melt 1 1/2 cups of chocolate chips and butter together in microwave in 30 second intervals, being careful not to burn. It took me two 30 second intervals. Mix by hand with whisk. Mix in sugar and brown sugar using a rubber spatula. Add eggs and mix. Add flour and mix.
- Fold in pecans, coconut and remaining chocolate chips.
- Spread in pan and bake for 35-40 minutes.
- Cool and cut into 16 squares.
Notes
Michelle received a free copy of Bonjour Y’all! Heidi’s Fusion Cooking on the South Carolina Coast. She shared this recipe from the cookbook with permission.
Stop by the other blogs and see what they made from their selected blog!
- Croissant’s Signature Brownies by A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures
- Dark Chocolate Molasses Cookies by An Affair From the Heart
- eanut Butter Cup Fudge Brownies by Aunt Bee’s Recipes
- Macadamia Nut Butter Cookies by A Dish of Daily Life
- Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookie Cups by Who Needs a Cape?
- Whiskey Caramel Pie Crust Cookies by Take Two Tapas
- White Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies by Big Rigs ‘n Lil Cookies
Christie, you are too sweet!! I am always happy to help and I treasure our friendship! Reading your post just made my night! 🙂
Too funny that I had you for this round too! LOVED your cookies!
Michelle, you’ve been amazing to me! Always helping and always answering my question no matter how stupid. I was totally thrilled and scared!! I can’t wait to try those chocolate coffee cookies, too!
OMG I made these last year and I can honestly say they are the best brownies ever! Love the toasted coconut!!
I can’t agree more! These are amazing.
I have a hard time resisting a good brownie…these looks superb!!!
They were amazing!! I hope you try them.
I love a good brownie! These look great! What a fun and delicious recipe to choose!
Thank you! It was fun and so simple to make with amazing results. So much fudge…
I have yet to meet a brownie that I haven’t fallen in love with; thank goodness there’s always room for one more! Holy cow, these look incredible!!!
HA! Thank you! I’m the same way with brownies. All kinds! Cake, fudge, moist; love them all!
These brownies look outrageously good!! I love the crust on top and the super gooey centre – perfect!
I like the little crunch on top, too! That’s what the brown sugar does. Food science is amazing.
All of Michelle’s recipes are so good – I don’t know how you chose! Glad you chose these brownies though, they look amazing!
I had difficulties which is why I made the hubs chose. LOL And her photos are so gorgeous! I just tried to do my best.
These look fabulous, Christie!! Who doesn’t LOVE a good brownie!!??
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like brownies. Well, there’s this one guy at work, but he doesn’t eat sweets. He had a donut once and we wrote it down on the calendar because it was so rare.
These look amazing! So many of my favorite flavors in each bite – coconut, pecans and chocolate! Heavenly! I need some tutoring from Michelle as well! What a great recipe you picked 🙂
Thank you! Michelle is amazing and I was so nervous considering we chat often and one I would consider a friend.
These sound like the perfect brownie. Love the addition of coconut… Definitely a must try recipe!
It’s a secret ingredient. You can’t see it in the brownie, but you can definitely taste it. I hope you like them!
I just jotted down the ingredients to make these for my hubby. He is going to LOVE THEM! They look amazing!
Thank you! They are! My hubs loved them and I couldn’t keep him out of the before I took the photos.
These brownies sound amazing! What a wonderful bunch of recipes that we all had to choose from! I feel like my cookie tray is going to look amazing this year!
Thank you! I know what you mean. Those brownies you made were right up my alley! I LOVE me a good derby pie and turned into brownie? YUM!
Oh.My.Yum! There’s so much goodness going on in these brownies, I’m certain they would disappear quickly from any holiday dessert table!
Thank you! They definitely would vanish from the plate.
Oh my, these do look like one incredible brownie recipe!! Love the pecans and coconut in there too! YUM!
You know what’s even better? It’s a ONE bowl recipe!! Whaaa???? Yup. Delicious AND easy clean up.