Dark Chocolate Coffee Brownies
Dark Chocolate Coffee Brownies are any coffee lover's dream. The marriage of coffee and chocolate couldn't be more solid or romantic.
I'm a big fan of all things chocolate and all things coffee. Combine them and I'm head over heels - you only need to look at my very favorite cake of all time, Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake, to know it's true.
When the folks at Fair Trade asked if I'd like to talk about Fair Trade and develop a recipe using some Fair Trade products, you know I was on board.
I've done so for years now, because I believe in Fair Trade. (Don't miss my Fair Trade Chocolate and Cranberry Muffins and Fair Trade Breakfast Bread!)
I believe in making our world better, in leaving it better than the way we came into it. I think I should do whatever I can to show Evan helping people is important - even little things like choosing one brand of tea, coffee, chocolate, or bananas over another.
Why Fair Trade?
Quite simply, because of the people.
I'd like to introduce you to Maria Quishpe.
Maria is a new mom, she just had a baby in the last eight weeks.
But she's also a Fair Trade farmer in Latacunga, Cotopaxi, Ecuador - of Fair Trade Certified roses.
She's president of the Fair Trade Prize committee, and this is her third term doing so.
She completed her high school equivalent degree through a Fair Trade scholarship.
"Our main focus right now is the housing project for 200 families [of Agrocoex employees] in Latacunga. I ask that you please continue to buy our flowers, as each rose represents a step towards our collective dream of improved housing. Each rose is gathered with lots of love. I want to end my presidency with the housing dream as a reality."
If I could, I'd sit down with Maria over a cup of Fair Trade coffee.
She might let me cuddle her newborn, I'd tell her what she already knows - treasure it, it goes by fast.
And I'd share these Dark Chocolate Coffee Brownies with her. Because even with a language barrier, we all speak the language of chocolate.
Dark Chocolate Coffee Brownies Recipe
Dark Chocolate Coffee Brownies are any coffee lover's dream. The marriage of coffee and chocolate couldn't be more solid or romantic.
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ cup butter, (1 stick)
- ¼ cup Guittard Akoma Extra Semisweet Chocolate Chips
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- ⅛ cup Dillanos Coffee Roasters Coffee, , fresh and finely ground
- 1 4.7 ounce bag BarkTHINS TM snacking chocolate Dark Chocolate Pumpkin Seed with Sea Salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Combine all purpose flour, baking powder, and kosher salt in a small bowl. Mix well with a whisk to aerate and evenly combine.
- In a large measuring cup or bowl, melt together butter and chocolate chips. Stir well so that they’re completely combined, and set aside to cool.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine dark brown sugar and eggs, mixing until light and fluffy. Add vanilla extract and mix again.
- When chocolate mixture is cool enough to not cook the eggs, add it to the brown sugar and eggs, mixing on low speed until well combined.
- Remove bowl from stand mixer. Add dry ingredients and finely ground coffee to the wet ingredients and stir until just combined.
- Spray an 8×8″ baking pan with cooking spray. Pour roughly half the brownie batter into the pan and spread evenly with a spatula.
- Layer the entire contents of a bag of Bark Thins on top of the brownie batter so that it’s even across the pan. Pour and spread the remaining brownie batter over the Bark Thins.
- Bake for 20-22 minutes. Do not overbake.
- Allow to cool for at least an hour. Slice into 9 large squares or 12 smaller ones and enjoy!
What is the size of the small bag of barkthins...ie weight or volume? I have what I think is a "large" bag which is 482 grams...I can imagine putting all of that on the top?
Thank you
thank you!
I have my own line of Fairtrade coffee, Marini Coffee (www.marinicoffee.com). So of course that would be my favorite product. I LOVE Fairtrade and am so happy to see your article and giveaway.
I use herbs and spices from two companies ..Frontier and 365 Organic. Both can be purchased from WholeFoods.
This recipe is on my TO-BAKE list. Thank you!
Even though I'm not a big tea drinker, I love Honest Tea.
I like Lake Champlain Unsweetened Cocoa, would make hot cocoa with it.
I use those Guittard Akoma Extra Semisweet Chocolate Chips in everything. They've been my exclusive chocolate chip choice for a while now. SO GOOD, you'll find yourself eating them straight from the bag. What I love most is that they are incredibly smooth and intensely chocolaty without being too sweet. Just pure, rich deep chocolate flavor.
any of the fair trade dark chocolates.
Your brownies are on my short todo list
I really appreciate Fair Trade Coffee. My mom helped a friend pick there coffee last year and it is a lot of work keeping pests away and the entire proccess.
Yuuummm!! I love the addition of the bark - sounds great!!
Any and all fair trade coffee! Because I have a 14 month old. Let's be honest, I can't get enough caffeine these days & even better if it's fair trade!
I would love to try the chocolate. Being in the middle of a cornfield, it's hard to get some of these products, but I'm trying. Stephie taught me all about this type of thing with her college papers, and it's truly something that I believe in. And, this recipe sounds awesome. So, yeah. Chocolate.
Fair Trade coffee FOR SURE!!
Happy that Fair Trade is doing their October giveaways. One of the things on your list that I really love is the Alter Eco Deep Dark Sea Salt Organic Chocolate. I have about an ounce almost daily. Another that I like are the Larabars--the most simple one being the cashews and dates.
The Dang Foods Dark Chocolate Covered Coconut is my favorite and I would make 7 layer bars!
I love to make brownies or chocolate chip cookies with fair trade Guittard Semisweet Chocolate Chips. Thanks!