Emergency Egg-free Chocolate Brownies (less than 5 minutes)

Microwave Eggfree Gooey Brownie for those moments of  ‘I WANT IT NOW’ chocolate craving….with a drizzle of Chocolate Syrup. If you have a husband like mine who is a chocolate addict, then this is a quick fix that can be prepared in about 5 minutes. I’ve never baked anything in a microwave. I use microwave oven for reheating food and making tea. But this ‘Chocolate’ delight came out cooked/baked well like the regular brownies.

Adapted from Art of Dessert

Serves 2 ( I got just a bite of the brownie, it’s good enough for brownie lovers)

Ingredients

2 tablespoons All purpose flour

2 tablespoons unsweetened Cocoa powder

2 tablespoons Milk or Water

2 tablespoons bittersweet  Chocolate chips * I used Ghirardelli 60% bittersweet

2-3 tablespoons Sugar

4 teaspoons unsalted Butter (melted)

1/4 teaspoon Vanilla extract

a pinch of Salt

Chocolate syrup to drizzle * I used Hersheys chocolate syrup cos that’s what I had at home.

Method

• In a small microwaveable bowl or ramekin, mix together the melted butter, milk/ water and vanilla extract.
• Add the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, chocolate chips and salt. Mix till combined.
• Microwave on HIGH for 1 1/2  minutes. Cool for 1 to 2 minutes.
• Serve immediately. Drizzle with chocolate syrup.

You may top the brownies with chocolate ganache . This will taste heavenly with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. I don’t keep ice cream in my freezer as I can finish a tub in one go. So I drizzled with chocolate syrup. There it was, the ‘Food of Gods’ right out of the microwave. Yummy! It was Chocolate Heaven!!

* I reduced the amount of sugar as the chocolate syrup used was quite sweet. The sweetness of the syrup and the unsweetened cocoa powder plus bittersweet chocolate chips balanced out.