Today is my boss' birthday, and I know he's a fan of raspberry brownies so I decided to do a little experiment and make two kinds.
The only ones I've made before now are a box of Betty Crocker's fudge brownies made as directed but with about a half a bag of Hershey's dark raspberry kisses ground up and mixed in.
The second batch was the Baker's one bowl brownies with 4 tsp of McCormick's raspberry extract mixed in.
So now for the test... They're both visually different. The box mix is darker, shinier, and with a more flaky and bumpy top:
They're also a little thicker than the Baker's. The Baker's are lighter and more matte looking with a smoother top:
The box mix is chewy. There's a nice flavor of raspberry chocolate throughout. The Baker's are denser with a more granulated texture. They're chewy, too, but not quite in the same way. They hit you with the raspberry flavor first then the chocolate flavor second. I'm definitely a fan of the Baker's for the texture, but I like the uniformity of the raspberry chocolate flavor in the box mix. The general consensus is that people like the Baker's better. I'll have to try the Baker's with the Hershey's kisses to see what that combination is like.
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