ISO brownie recipe...with a few twists

[TerriS]

I need some ideas! I am doing afternoon tea for my book club on Sunday. I have enough work ahead of me making little sandwiches, little scones, and cutting up fruit. I want to have some little desserts and was thinking lemon bars cut into small pieces and brownies, also cut up into small pieces. The catch? I want something relatively fast and easy, and I would like to use up a box of reduced fat brownie mix that's been sitting on my shelf forever. Anything I can do to kick it up a notch (and still keep it relatively light?) Thanks!

[wallycat]

I think there's one posted with cinnamon, which isn't a huge twist.
There's also one posted here with cayenne pepper...

[pilgrim719]

You could swirl some raspberry jam or caramel ice cream topping through the batter before baking. Or you could make them into cheesecake brownies by putting a layer or swirl of cheesecake batter in them. The Cobblestone Brownies Melman posted on the bundt cake thread were awesome, but probably not light.

Kari

[Beth]

Bake them in mini muffin tins -- plain, sprinkled with powdered sugar, topped with a Hershey's Kiss, a junior mint (as soon as they come out of the oven), an M&M (before baking so it sinks in a little and sticks)swirled with a little light cream cheese sweetened with a bit of sugar, add a little espresso powder or instant coffee and top with a coffee bean, add some orange zest and sprinkle with powdered sugar -- then a tiny twist of peel on topor something to let them know there's orange in them, press a raspberry in the middle of each one.... probably a hundred variations.

[Kathy B]

Wow! Those are some great ideas Beth! I will keep them in mind for future reference.