Brownies are my favorite go-to last minute dessert. They’re easy, everyone likes them, and they are delicious. It’s hard to improve on the original warm, chewy goodness of a classic chocolate brownie, but this rocky road version can definitely compete. Marshmallows and chocolate chips are added to create a sinful treat. Serve them warm with vanilla ice cream and these rocky road brownies will become your go-to dessert favorite.

Ingredients

1 1/2 sticks butter. softened
1 1/2 c sugar
4 eggs
1 c flour
1/4 c cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups mini marshmallows
1 c chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350F.

2. Combine butter and sugar, then beat in the eggs.

3. In a separate bowl, mix flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt and slowly add to the butter mixture.

4. Fold in marshmallows and chocolate chips.

5. Spread in a 13×9 baking dish and bake for 35 – 40 minutes, or until the center is set.

6. Let cool before cutting into bars.

Hello, everyone! It’s time to choose the winner of the Hot Blondies Bakery Giveaway.

But before we do that, I’d like to thank our sponsors @ Hot Blondies Bakery, for their generosity. I’d also like to thank all our readers who took the time to submit their entries. I wish I had a prize for each of you. :(

And the winner is entry no:

60 !!

Congratulations, Nadine L.!! You’ll receive an e-mail from us shortly and have two days to respond or other name will be chosen.

photo courtesy of hotblondiesbakery.com

About Hot Blondies Bakery:
The idea for the company started while co-founders Lorin Rokoff and Laura Paterson were working together in unsatisfying desk jobs at a New York City museum. Although neither had prior work experience in the baking industry, Rokoff’s natural baking talent, combined with Paterson’s background in brand development inspired them to start Hot Blondies Bakery.

About the Product:
Hot Blondies Bakery offers delicious and unique flavors of Blondies and Brunettes (Brownies), each baked in an individual tin to ensure each treat has the crispier crust and the gooey center. The Blondies include Classic, Butterscotch White Chocolate, Oatmeal Raisin, and Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk. The Brunette flavors offered are Classic, Espresso White Chocolate, S’mores, and Nutella Hazelnut.

In addition, each month there will be new offerings of Blondies and/or Brunettes under the “Flavor of the Month” category, which will coincide with special holidays and/or events.

Where to purchase:
• Online at HotBlondiesBakery.com
• Bloomingdales (Nationwide), The Bean Coffee & Tea (New York City), Murray’s Bagels (New York City), Leo’s Bagels (New York City), Zeytuna (New YorkCity), Garden of Eden (New York City and Brooklyn), Kitchen Kabaret (Roslynand Bay Shore, NY), Candylicious (Dubai)
• Brooklyn Flea — Sundays from 10am to 5pm, One Hanson Place, Brooklyn(January through June).

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GIVEAWAY

Hot Blondies Bakey has generously donated a dozen mixed blondies/brunettes to be shipped to a winner anywhere in the continental USA. 

This giveaway is open to US residents only. 

How to enter (required): Visit  HotBlondiesBakery.com  and then come back and leave a comment telling us your favorite product! 

For additional entries (leave a new comment for each additional entry):
- one additional entry if you are or become our fan on FACEBOOK;
- one additional entry if you grab our button from the sidebar and post it on your blog, please post the link;
- one additional entry if you follow us on Twitter;
- one additional entry if you send a tweet about this giveaway (once a day only); make sure to include @1happyblogger.
- one additional entry if you fave us in Technorati;
- one additional entry if you blog about this Giveaway with a link back to 100CafeStreet.com and HotBlondiesBakery.com
- one additional entry if you follow 100CafeStreet.com via email. 

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The giveaway ends on Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 at the end of day, Pacific Standard Time. Hot Blondies Bakery will ship the prize. 

*Please make sure you leave a comment for each additional entry so you get credited.
*Also, please make sure you typed in the correct email address.
*The winner will be announced via e-mail and has 2 days to get back to us or other name will be chosen.
*Incomplete entries will be disqualified & deleted.

We have featured Chocolate Inked Sweet Shoppe in our Chocolate Manufacturers – Guide for Chocoholics.

Chocolate Inked Sweet Shoppe is located in the historic Village of Metamora, MI. Metamora dates back to the 1800′s and is also known as “horse country.” The building that CISS is located in was built over 150 years ago and has quite a history. It was recently purchased by friends and has been in the process of a complete renovation, the chocolate shoppe is located in the back half of the building. The outside of the building is in the process of being completed now, though when you walk into the shoppe  you will be taken back to years gone by. It gives you a quaint, warm and cozy feeling when you see the signature colors of teal and brown. The fireplace will make you want to sit at one of three tables that remind you of a old fashioned ice cream shoppe. You can enjoy the warmth of the shoppe as you wit with your laptop to access the only shoppe in the village with WiFi or you can relax as you watch a favorite program on the large plasma T.V. 
 
Sharon and Kevin make a variety of handmade chocolates, which include their signature handmade salted caramels, molded caramels, molded chocolates, truffles, specialty chocolates, nutty and krispy barks, dipped nuts, fruits, pretzels, cookies, and so much more. They offer muffins, cookies, brownies, cupcakes, and even Sharon’s signature cake that will truly bring you back. The signature cake can be ordered in any flavor with infused ganache, a chocolate whipped cream, or a fruit filling. Each cake is then drizzled with dark, milk and white chocolates. It is a mouth watering cake that will have you wanting more. “CISS” also does gift baskets for all occasions. One unique product that they have is chocolates that can be printed with photos, logos, and text. These chocolates are not made by Sharon and Kevin, they are made by their supplier in a nut free facility. They do personalized chocolates for all occasions, weddings, graduations, birthdays, funerals, etc. “CISS” also offers Cook’s Farm Dairy Ice Cream. Cook’s is a  working dairy farm and is well known in the Metamora area. You can order ice cream cones, handmade waffle cones and bowls that are dipped in chocolate, great tasting shakes, smoothies, sundaes, parfaits. Coffee, sweet tea, lemonade, canned soda, bottled water are other items that are available. You never know what may be available on any given day, there is always something different.
 
Chocolate Inked has a website for the personalized chocolates and you can call them with any questions and to place your orders. You can access the website at: www.chocolateinked.com
 
You will be pleasantly surprised when you enter the world of “CISS.”  With a tag line of “Have you been CISS’d today?” first time customers will leave with a special chocolate “CISS” so that they too,  “Have been CISS’d today!”
 
Chocolate Inked Sweet Shoppe
70 E. High St.
Metamora, MI. 48455
810-678-2022
Fax: 810-678-2022

To celebrate Mother’s Day, we are hosting a Fairytale Brownies Giveaway! 

A couple of weeks ago, we had the priviledge of interviewing Mrs. Eileen Spitalny, the co-founder of Fairytale Brownies. You can read it here.

On April 20, Fairytale Brownies will be featured on “Unwrapped” (Food Network); to celebrate this event they offer FREE SHIPPING – use coupon code unwrapped.

Fairytale Brownies has generously offered a box of Mother’s Day Wishes Medley for this Giveaway. This delightful mix includes a box of Fairytale Wishes® gourmet soft caramels, 6 Magic Morsels, 3 brownies and 6 Fairytale Sprites packed in a gorgeous Mother’s Day gift box.

If you can’t wait or would like to purchase this gift for someone else, please visit brownies.com.

This giveaway is open to US residents only.

How to enter (required): Visit brownies.com and then come back and leave a comment telling us the name of the product you would buy for your mother or a mother you know.

NOTE: If, due to high traffic, you run into problems at brownies.com, please try again later. We have no control over it - to correct the problem. Thank you for being patient and understanding.

For additional entries (leave a new comment for each additional entry):
- one additional entry if you grab our button from the sidebar and post it on your blog, please post the link;
- one additional entry if you follow us on Twitter;
- one additional entry if you send a tweet about this giveaway, please post the link (once a day only);
- one additional entry if you fave us in Technorati;
- one additional entry if you StumbleUpon our Founder;
- one additional entry if you blog about this Giveaway with a link back to 100CafeStreet.com and brownies.com
- one additional entry if you follow 100CafeStreet.com via email.

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The giveaway ends on May 5, 2009 at 8pm, Pacific Standard Time. Fairytale Brownies will ship the prize.

*Please make sure you leave a comment for each additional entry so you get credited.
*Also, please make sure you typed in the correct email address.
*The winner will be announced via e-mail and has 2 days to get back to us or other name will be chosen.

Thank you Fairytale Brownies!!:) Good luck, brownie lovers!:)

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RESULTS: This giveaway is now closed. Thank you everybody for participating. It’s been really fun reading your messages. Unfortunately, we have only one prize and it goes to:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

20

Timestamp: 2009-05-06 07:16:00 UTC

Congratulations, Carol! Happy Mother’s Day to everybody!

THE WINNER

According to Random.org the winner is…

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Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

430

Timestamp: 2009-04-12 01:29:15 UTC

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Congratulations, Nicole! Please get back to us within 2 days or other name will be chosen.

FREE SHIPPING COUPON CODE:

If you didn’t win this time, but would like to purchase some awesome Brownies in the next month or so, Fairytale Brownies offers a FREE SHIPPING COUPON CODE to our readers: Free Shipping for Merchandise Orders of $50 or more. Use Priority Code 22YQ. Expires 5/31/09.

Thank you, Fairytale Brownies, for making this possible!