For those of you who don't know an Irish Car Bomb, it's a drink in which you drop a shot of Bailey's (or other Irish cream) into a glass of Guinness (Irish Beer). Once dropped in, the drink must be consumed quickly because it curdles. It's a drinking contest that's very similar to a sake bomb, where you drop a shot of sake into a glass of Sapporo (japanese beer)
Now, before all you none Beer Drinkers go ahead and click off the page, hear me out. I am not a big beer drinker either. Especially such a robust tasting beer like Guinness. BUT when mixed with Chocolate and made into a brownie, it is DELICIOUS!
Ok so here is how to make the Guinness Brownies (I basically took a basic brownie recipe and modified it)
First, preheat your oven to 350 F.
Guinness Brownies
- 1 14.9 oz Guinness Draught (reduced into 1 cup of liquid)
- 1.5 cups of of dark chocolate chips (60% cacao or higher, your preference)
- 1/4 cup of butter
- 1.5 cups of white sugar
- 1 cup of all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup of Cocoa Powder
- 1/4 teaspoon of salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 Tablespoon Espresso Powder (your choice)
- 1/2 a bar of Special Dark Hershey Bar (minced into small chucks)
Pour your Guinness into a sauce pan and turn on medium high heat and reduce your beer to about 1 cup. Make sure you wisk it while it boils and skim off any excess foam that the Beer produces while boiling. Once it's done, take it off the burner and set to the side.
While the beer is reducing, take your chocolate chips and place them in a food processor and give them a few pulses. This makes the melting process happen a lot quicker. Take your ground chocolate chips and butter and melt them in a sauce pan. After they are melted into a sauce, mix in your Guinness, sugar, and salt together into your chocolate mixture. Leave on the stove on low heat while you mix your dry ingredients.
Take a bowl and wisk your Flour, Cocoa powder, Esperesso powder all together and then add your warm chocolate mixture. Once mixed, take an 8x8 pan and line the bottom with parchment paper and spray a light coating of oil on the parchment paper and sides of the pan. Pour your brownie mix into the pan and top with minced Hershey Bar pieces. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Check with a toothpick. if the toothpicks comes out clean, they're done!
While your Brownies are baking, it's time to make your Bailey's Whipped Cream.
Bailey's Whipped Cream
- 1 pint of Heavy Whipping cream
- 1/2 teaspoon of Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1/3 cup of Powder Sugar
- 1/4 cup of Bailey's Irish Cream
In a mixing bowl, pour a pint of Heavy Whipping cream and beat with a hand mixer until the cream thickens and makes peaks. Then add your powder sugar and mix until the whipped cream becomes even thicker. The add mix your Vanilla Extract and Baileys together and TA-DA!Bailey's Whipped Cream. This is a desert in itself, so you could totally make more and keep in your fridge for a couple of days and put in on your cup of coffee, you could put it on ice cream sundae, the possibilities are endless.
Once your brownies are down baking, let them cool for about 10-15 minutes. Once cooled, cut your brownies into squares. The brownie will be a little bit more on the savory side because of the Guinness. So I decided to add dust some Powder sugar over the top of the brownie and then add a dollop (or 2) of your Bailey's whipped cream on top and you are ready to dig in!
Enjoy!
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