The Perfect Brownie Pan – Giganto deliciousness
Kinda silly right? Especially if you saw how many times it showed on TV in all its variations, and how expensive these perfect brownie pans started off.
But also? Ah-mazing. Yeah, I bought one. Not for myself, of course….I couldn’t justify that. But I bought it for someone else and hand-delivered it when I knew it’d be convenient to make brownies. Win-win situation, right?
Better yet, boxed brownies were bought, so very little effort was put out.
And oh yeah, one box didn’t seem like enough….so we might’ve put in more than that.
Yeah, they might’ve gone a bit over the top, but oh my god…..brownies!
As if they could get any better, I got a late night craving to mix it up a bit and ran with it.
As an American, Cadbury mini-eggs were a new one for me. They’re kinda similar to robin eggs, but then….not at all. Both are little candy coated egg-shaped bites of yumminess, but robin eggs are filled with whoppers….Cadbury mini-eggs are solid chocolate with the same sort of candy coating.
Anyone who knows me, also knows that I’m not joking when I say I want “chocolate with chocolate with more chocolate with some chocolate syrup and chocolate chips and then some more chocolate.” It’s not overload for me; it’s heaven.
So this should come as no surprise:
Mmmm, perfection. Soft, ooey gooey, extra chocolatey brownie with creamy, slightly salty, slightly sweet peanut butter….topped with crunchy chocolate coated chocolate mini-eggs. Heck yeah!
And plus, it looks like a face (egg eyes, bird-like peanut butter drip beak, and peanut better ears, hehe). All the better. <3 Maybe next time I should crush up some mini eggs and add straight to the brownie batter.
Canadians like their….. Kraft Dinner
Maybe I should make this a series? Seeing as how I keep referencing things they really seem to like around these parts?
Not only do they call it Kraft Dinner (I thought that was an old term! Like before it got brought down to “macaroni and cheese",” some people may have referred to it by brand name? But no, they actually call it that *and* label it that on the box!)….
But check out how many kinds there are! I wish my picture had been taken from further back because if you look at the top, that whole next row up is all mac and cheese, too.
Er, “Kraft Dinner”….*giggles*
Extra cheese, cheese and tomato, alfredo, sharp cheddar, three cheese are the pictured ones. I looked it up and KD (yes, they even call themselves that….doesn’t it make them sound cool? *stifles more giggling*)also has some made with cauliflower….whole wheat original and whole wheat white cheddar….white cheddar, mild cheddar, original, extra creamy, and spirals. I think that’s all of them.
Well. That’s all of the macaroni varieties. Did you know they also have crackers?
Oh yeah, crackers….
*cough* Weirdos *cough*
And did I mention that they eat it with ketchup? No really.
I thought this video was just extreme exaggeration or a parody making fun of a few people (or kids) who happen to put it on their occasionally.
But I was wrong. I’ve seen it done. More than once. It’s a real thing. A common thing even. I might even go so far as to say a custom.
Actually, check this out. There’s a whole thing about Canadian culture in Kraft Dinner’s Wikipedia page. Here are some snippets:
- One author noted that "in Canada it’s the number-one-selling grocery item and an object of worship on par with hockey."
- In Canada, Kraft Dinner has iconic status and is associated with young adults, in that it is an easy and inexpensive food for young people living away from home for the first time.
- "Kraft Dinner revolves in that all-but-unobtainable orbit of the Tim Hortons doughnut and the A&W Teen Burger. It is one of that great trinity (…) as genuine Canadian cultural icons."
- Of the 7 million boxes of Kraft Dinner sold globally each week, Canadians purchased some 1.7 million of them.
- …Canadians, who have a more intimate and intense relationship with Kraft food products than the citizens of any other country
- Canadians and Kraft products have bonded the way Australians have bonded with Marmite
Yeah. *shakes head at those silly Canadians* :P
Oot and aboot with the moose and the poutine, eh?
/sigh
If you understand what the title is getting at, you also know that I probably couldn’t have gotten any more silly and insulting at the same time, huh? :P
Anywho, in case you missed the memo, the whole passport shenanigans was for me to get back to Vancouver for a while. Except some posts about strictly Canadian things as a readjust to some of their lovely quirkiness.
And yes, that’s a grilled cheese in the shape of a maple leaf, woo.
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