chocolate brownie pudding #chocolateforjoan
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Some of my very best friends in the world are food bloggers. Some like Dorothy, Amy, Glory, Trish, Karen, and Hayley I am blessed to live near and see often (although not as often as I’d like).
Some like Lisa, Tanya, Holly, Ashley, and Cathy are not as close, but that doesn’t change a thing. They are incredible friends. In person or not, we are there for each other no matter what.
Most of these wonderful ladies I met through Online Blog Con, and that is where I first “met” Joan from Chocolate, Chocolate and More. Joan took a love of baking and chocolate and turned that into a brand and a booming business. But even with all of her success, she took the time to help anyone who asked for it. Trust me, I asked often.
Last week, Joan suffered a heart attack in her sleep and passed away leaving not only her family, but also our blogging community devastated.
To honor Joan and her love of chocolate many of us are posting #chocolateforjoan, and while I am not a huge chocolate lover, I do love brownies and pudding, so I am sharing a recipe of Joan’s for chocolate brownie pudding
and it is SO good! Crispy brownie on top of a gooey pudding center, topped with vanilla ice cream and maybe even some fudge this dessert is a hard one to beat.
Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 cup butter, melted
Instructions
- heat oven to 325 degrees
- beat the eggs and sugar until very pale and fluffy, about 8 minutes
- sift together the flour and cocoa powder
- add flour to the eggs and mix just until combined
- stir in the vanilla and melted butter
- pour into a greased 2 qt. baking dish
- prepare a water bath – place baking dish with the brownies into a larger dish, add water into the larger baking dish until it comes halfway up the sides
- bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour
- allow to cool slightly before serving
enjoy!
Joan left behind three teenage children, so PLEASE visit Chocolate, Chocolate, and More, pin her recipes, share them on Facebook, tweet them , Instagram them, Stumble them too. Every little bit will help to support her family in this very difficult time.
More Chocolate from Joan
Beautiful, loving, delicious post — I’m sure Joan is looking down and smiling!
thank you so much sue
Such a lovely post, Heather. Joan will be missed, that is for sure. Xo
she will for sure! and it is amazing to see how many people she touched
I’m so thankful for you!! <3 Love this recipe, Joan would be all over it!
Dorothy, you have NO idea how much I adore you, and feel SO very lucky to have met you and be able to call you a friend
I’m so grateful to have met you Heather! You’ve been such a sweet blog friend over the past few years, and I feel so lucky to have spent time with you at our various blogger get-togethers and the retreat in Carmel. You’re so sweet to post one of Joan’s recipes, and your photos are stunning!! That last one with the bite on the fork… It makes me want to reach through the screen and eat that bite!
thank you SO much Amy! our little group means so much to me ?
Am so incredibly touched and impressed with the love all the foodie bloggers have for Joan Hayes. Am a blog following baby. Since only discovered this awesome online family of people, this past March. Seems nearly all of the close to 200 blogs I subscribe to,are of like minds in the feelings of loss with her passing. I do not have facebook, instagram or any of those social connections, but will say thanks here to Joan. She was one of the first blogs I was blessed to discover. The name of her blog was what initially attracted me. Then looked forward to what decedent yummies she came up with. Her smile was a joy to see every time I opened my email and got another from her. Praying comfort, peace, and love to all who are hurting. Made and will be eating chocolate for you, Joan.
Teri, that would mean SO much to Joan. I’m sure she’s eating chocolate today too
Joan truly made everyone’s life better for knowing her. She is missed so very much.
she really did, and will be missed dearly
Holy yum! I like my brownies ooey gooy so this pudding sounds like an even BETTER way for me to enjoy brownies!
these take gooey to a whole new level – SO good; thanks Liz
I love your post! So thankful for the recipe! YUM!
thank you so much
What a wonderful way to give a tribute to Joan. Your delicious chocolate recipe reminds me to savor every moment.
absolutely! Joan lived every moment to the fullest
I came for the brownie pudding, but was distracted by the perfectly cut fudge. Great pictures!
thanks so much! Joan was a queen of fudge that’s for sure
This is really a lovely tribute to Joan, who I know touched so many people. We food bloggers are a tight-knit and loving group, and this was quite a shock. You made the perfect treat in her memory, Heather!
thanks so much! I feel so lucky to be part of such a wonderufl group
I was very lucky to meet Joan early on in my blogging career. I was even more lucky that she took me under her wing. She was so giving and loved to help others. She was never competitive or dismisses of anyone. I will miss my Fairy Blogmother and am so sad that I will never see her again. I love the tribute you all have done for her.
she really was a fairy blog mother – what a great way to put it. She was SO helpful and giving in sharing what worked for her and what didn’t.
Dear Heather, such a beautiful tribute and post. I never got to meet Joan, but feel like I’ve met her through you and many other tributes this week. I’m new to the blogging community and am blown away by the love, kindness and loyalty I’ve found here. She must be smiling down to hear all the kind words and see all her amazing recipes flooding cyberspace. This chocolate brownie pudding is amazing. My thoughts and prayers are with Joan’s family.
our community really is something incredibly special!
Beautiful chocolatey way to tribute Joan. She would have loved this!
thanks so much Danae – it was one of the best desserts I have had in a LONG time
Oh my goodness, this looks gloriously chocolaty! Yum!
oh Marye, it really is chocolate to the MAX
I love that you you combined the two chocolaty things you do like to make this in honor of Joan. It’s so perfect! And I keep seeing that 3 ingredient fudge everywhere. It’s time to check it out!
Thanks Erin! I know, I’m tempted to make it just because everyone seems to go crazy for it.
I’m sorry to hear about your friend Joan, I’m sure she would love this brownie pudding, it looks amazing, a chocolate lover’s dream!
thank you Joy, she did love her chocolate
beautiful words friend. Much love goes out to jean and her family. <3
thanks you so much lindsay, Joan would have been blown away by how our community came together to honor her
Wow, this looks so dreamy! I’m tempted to run to the kitchen and make it right now. ?
it’s one of the bet desserts I have ever made – and I don;t even enjoy chocolate, it’s that good
It’s been a week and I am still in denial that she is no longer with us. Thank you for sharing this recipe in her honor.
same here – it doesn’t seem real
This chocolate to the max! I want a big bowl of this topped with ice cream and whipped cream…yum!
thanks Brandy! this is by far my favorite Joan recipe
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