Microwave Brownies?

Back in December, I talked about the Girl Gourmet Cupcake Maker (a misnomer). Zoë decided she wanted to use her machine again, so we pulled it out and I whipped up the mix for Brownies. The batter was disgusting- mayonnaise??? I was fearful that they would not taste very good.

A while back I was talking with some friends about brownies- how homemade ones just don't have the right taste or texture as a store-bought box of brownies. There's something in the homemade ones that seems to be off. Whether this is because this group of friends all came from the generation where most things came prepackaged and boxed, or whether we have humble pallates, or if it really is just that store-bought mixes are better than scratch, well, I'll leave that up to you.

After baking these brownies, I might have found a contender to the box mix brownies. We did make them in the accessories that came with the Cupcake maker, and I put the brownies in individual paper cupcake holders. The recipe, however, said you could make these in a microwaveable glass dish as well. I might have to try that yet. They were MOIST, they were SOFT, they were CHOCOLATELY, and I imagine if I'd spread some melted chocolate chips on top they'd have been phenomenal. Or, maybe my taste is just so far off from what other people enjoy.

At any rate, when you make these brownies (which are CHEAP!), let me know what you think about how they taste!