I have to say that when I saw this recipe I thought "Eh, nothing more than glorified rice krispy treats..." but boy was I wrong. The mixture of tastes in this recipe is outstanding and the texture is, in my opinion, much superior to RKTs. I did go ahead and add the miniature chocolate chips while the mixture was still warm so they melted about halfway as I stirred and this made a nice look/flavor in the finished product. I didn't make any other adjustments other than that my box of cereal was 16 oz instead of 12 oz and I adjusted the other measurements in proportion. When we tasted them we were very surprised at how good they were... I mean, I didn't expect they would be bad or I wouldn't have made them. I chose the recipe, however just because I was making rich brownies for something, needed another dessert, and chose this because it would be slightly different. I was making an extra pan of one and let my husband choose by reading the recipes to him. He chose the brownies; but after tasting both he said he wished he had chosen these. He kept sneaking in to steal more of them before I could take them to our event. I will absolutely make these again. Probably tomorrow!!

Reviewed On: May 31, 2009

These brownies are outstanding! The raspberry underneath the rich chocolate frosting (more solid than frosting, really) is really a nice brownie to break the "same ol' same ol'" mode. I made a change to recipe that I liked and change I didn't like: 1. I added more raspberry filling thinking "What could be better than *more* raspberry filling?" but too much of it makes it so the frosting kind of slides off teh brownie and it's hard to slice them that way. So I'd go with the recipe and use 1/4 C next time. 2. I reduced the sugar to 1 2/3 cups and the brownies were perfectly sweet. I suspect you could reduce the sugar even more; but I wasn't that brave on a first try. I will absolutely make these again. I think they would be equally awesome with sweetened orange marmalade or other flavors that go well with chocolate (Nutella anyone?).

Reviewed On: May 31, 2009

This cake is phenomenal. I have been on a quest for the perfect chocolate cake for a while and the folks I go to Bible study with know that. When I made *this* chocolate cake they said "Yeah, this is the one. This is perfect." I don't think I need to keep looking. I made one change by using dark chocolate cocoa powder the second time I made it and it was really really really good; but I think you can go either way and be in no danger of a bad cake.

Reviewed On: May 30, 2009