foodie fridays: pumpkin brownies with brown sugar icing & candied pecans

Welcome to Foodie Fridays, where we explore delightful culinary creations! Today, savor the rich essence of fall with our featured treat – pumpkin brownies with brown sugar icing and candied pecans. Get ready for a taste sensation that will elevate your autumn indulgence.

I am sucker for a decadent chocolaty, gooey brownie.

Come to think about it, there’s not much I wouldn’t do to consume a brownie – walk over hot coals, chug a gallon of milk (<—-which I hear is hard to do!), have a pie thrown at my face, or streak through the ol’ neighborhood. That last one could get real awkward. When it comes to dessert, I am on Team Brownie.

Sorry, loyal cake and cupcake groupies, there’s only one rock star dessert poster in my room and that is of Sir Brownie. So imagine how my star-struck eyes filled will thirteen year-old glee when OXO contacted me and wanted to send me their Good Brownie Tool Set for their Bake a Difference campaign for Cookies for Kids Cancer? I screamed TRL-Carson-Daily-top-ten-favorite-video out loud!!!

Check out the goodies they sent me.

I spy with my little brownie-loving eye a 6 piece measuring spoon and cup set (with a sa-weet clip on clip off ring! can’t misplace these fellows), a silicone baking brush, and a brownie spatula (which is my fav!!)

You are probably wondering, Lauren, what’s with all the brownie hype all of a sudden? Well, let me fill you in! OXO will be donating $100 to Cookies for Kids’ Cancer for each blog dedicated to this campaign in September 2013. But that’s not all, OXO will also be donating 25 cents per item to pediatric cancer research when you purchase some of these super fab specially marked products (also in retail stores)! Pretty sweet, huh? I know!

Since this is a bake sale, after all I couldn’t show up with an oil changing kit to sell, I figured these pumpkin brownies with brown sugar frosting and candied pecans would be a hit. These are a take on one of my childhood classic treats that mother used to make, pumpkin bread. Well, y’all know me, I gotta’ mix it up. I figured I would take the usual spices from the bread – cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves, ginger and put it into a brownie. These brownies are nothing short of amazing.

So, what do you say? Let’s get to streaking or better yet, make these brownies and bake a difference!

Disclosure: OXO sent me the brownie baking products as a part of their Bake a Difference campaign for Cookies’ for Kids Cancer.  I was not compensated for writing this post and all opinions expressed are 100%  my own! 

Cookies for Kids’ Cancer is a recognized 501c(3) public charity duly incorporated under the laws of the state of New Jersey. Your donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowable by law. 100% of proceeds raised by Cookies for Kids’ Cancer fund pediatric cancer research.

Indulge in the ultimate autumn bliss with our Foodie Fridays special – pumpkin brownies with brown sugar icing and candied pecans. Treat your taste buds to a symphony of flavors that perfectly captures the essence of the season. Elevate your dessert game and create unforgettable moments with this delectable delight.