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These Tuxedo Brownies start with an ultra-fudgy base packed with white and dark chocolate chunks. They’re topped with a whipped white chocolate-vanilla bean frosting, then finished with a shiny chocolate glaze with beautiful white chocolate ripples.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maybe you took one look at the gluttonous Bronuts<\/a> I posted earlier this week and had a small heart attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Well, I never! What are desserts coming to these days! Bacon and potato chips and Sriracha? Filth, utter filth! Jeeves, pass me my smelling salts!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s okay, Lord Fussbudget Highnmightypants, I’ve got you covered too. Allow me to present, for your most excellent viewing pleasure, a dessert on the opposite end of the fancy spectrum: Tuxedo Brownies. (With an actual edible bow tie, natch, because I am painfully, literally, and more than a little cheesy.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This one’s for all the people out there who know the exact purpose of every mysterious fork at the dinner table. Who wouldn’t dream of drinking tea without their pinky out. Who have a spare set of pince nez, just in case something happens to their first pair. Who always wear a tuxedo after 6 pm, because what are they, farmers<\/a>? Yes, I’ve made these Tuxedo Brownies just for you<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So why are they called Tuxedo Brownies? Well, in addition to the fact that I’m on a Father’s Day<\/a> kick and thought it would be cute, I was thinking of tuxedo cakes when I came up with them. A tuxedo cake is typically a chocolate cake with white buttercream or whipped cream<\/a>, finished with a shiny chocolate glaze dripping down the sides. Upcoming holiday + riff off an existing dessert = Tuxedo Brownies are born!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The brownies start with an ultra-fudgy base packed with white and dark chocolate<\/a> chunks. They’re topped with a whipped white chocolate-vanilla bean frosting, then finished with a shiny chocolate glaze with beautiful white chocolate ripples. (See how the ripples are made here<\/a>.) And the bow ties! Oh, the bow ties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of course the bow ties are completely<\/em> optional. They add zero flavor, and I won’t object if you roll your eyes and scroll on by. However, if you’re like me and the thought of putting an actual bowtie on a Tuxedo Brownie absolutely tickles you, here’s how you do it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is my method for making tiny bow ties, and it couldn’t be simpler. The short version is: Roll, Cut, Pinch, and Wrap. Take a ball of fondant<\/a> and roll it out until it’s about 1\/8” thick. Cut it into a small rectangle (mine were about 1 3\/4” x 3\/4”) and a small strip. Pinch the rectangle together in the middle, then wrap the strip around it and pinch it together in the back. Make any adjustments you need to, like pinching the bow tie’s corners, until it’s a shape you like. Voila!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These are outrageously rich, super substantial and satisfying, and so gorgeous! Serve them in small slivers as part of a dessert tray, or plate them with a big scoop of ice cream for the perfect finish to a special meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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