These Guinness Chocolate Brownies are the moistest brownies ever! They’re an awesome combination of cakey and fudgy with a boozy kick. You won’t be able to stop eating them!
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Guinness Chocolate Brownies
I have spent the better part of the last couple weeks of my life on these brownies, no joke. I wanted the most perfect version of a guiness brownie to share with you.
But before I dive into all that, I have a confession. Get ready.
I don’t like beer.
I know, I know. How can I post a recipe with beer in it when I don’t like beer. I can’t explain it except to say that it’s my dad’s fault. I clearly got my taste buds from him – he also does not like beer. It’s a thing and he passed it on to me. I have tried so many times to like it. It just won’t work.
So I fully expected to not like these brownies. I have a coworker who loves Guiness like I love cake, so I knew he’d help out with the taste testing.
Crazy thing is, I’m super in love with these brownies. I can taste the Guinness, but it mostly just enhances the flavor of the chocolate in the best way possible. Seriously amazing. And they seem to get moister the second or third day.
So back to the whole testing these thing. I started with these Quick and Easy Brownies. They are the jam, and pretty much everyone that tries them loves them. So I started with those.
But oh my, the bubbles in Guinness! The first version was basically like chocolate cake. No good.
I proceeded to make like 6 or 7 more versions – I lost count. Messing around with the amount of Guinness, eggs and some other ingredients to get the perfect amount of fudgy and cakey. I am totally in love with the final texture of them.
I also wanted them to have plenty of Guinness flavor. Truth is, I was never totally able to please my Guinness loving coworker. I added almost an entire beer and he still didn’t think it tasted that much like Guinness. He and his family (and everyone else) loved the brownies, but I decided I’d have to drown a brownie in Guinness before he’d think it tasted enough like it. Craziness.
I still think they taste like Guinness, but maybe I’m just sensitive to beer taste. I guess you’ll just have to make them and decide for yourself. 🙂 They’re totally worth it.
You might also like these Guinness desserts:
Guinness Chocolate Cheesecake
Guinness Chocolate Cupcakes
Guinness Chocolate Mousse Cake
Guinness Chocolate Poke Cake
Guinness Floats
Guinness Chocolate Brownies
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 12-15 Brownies
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
These Guinness Chocolate Brownies are the moistest brownies ever, and they’re an awesome combination of cakey and fudgy. You won’t be able to stop eating them!
Ingredients
BROWNIES
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 3/4 cup Guinness Stout beer
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup salted butter, melted and cooled
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup flour
- 2/3 cup cocoa (I used Hershey’s dark cocoa)
GANACHE
- 5 oz semi sweet chocolate chips
- 2 tbsp salted butter
- 2 tbsp guiness
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
Keywords: easy brownies recipe, homemade brownies recipe brownies recipe from scratch, moist brownies recipe, boozy brownies
Enjoy!
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kind of had high hopes for these brownies. I find they don’t taste like much. everything else is right, there is just no flavor.
We made these using a home brew Chocolate Mint Stout made by a friend. It was a great use for a beer that was so unique. Brownies were moist and tasted really good. I did reduce the sugar by a 1/2 cup but I do that quite often in recipes. Will be making this again using Guinness beer. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
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Hi – I’m going to def. make these for out of town guests and St Pat’s Party we’ll have this weekend. My question is this: once you’ve made them, what is the best way to store them? I have to make them on Thursday to serve not until Saturday, so need to ensure I store them the best way – thanks so much – they look delish!!!
With the ganache on top, you could refrigerate them and then bring them back to room temperature to serve. Enjoy!
Have you ever made as a cupcake?
I haven’t.
Only used half of the sugar(so just 1 cup) and it was plenty. Also made a chocolate Irish Cream frosting for them instead of the ganache. Everyone loved them, so good!
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So glad you enjoyed them!
This recipe did not work for me at all. I followed the directions to a T and it just would not cook. I baked it over 65 minutes and still goopy. A sad waste of my time and money.
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Lindsay
Do you need the beer to be room temp? And so you pour and wait for the beer to settle before mixing with other ingredients?
Thanks
You can use the beer cold or at room temperature. And you don’t need to let it settle or anything, just add it to the brownies. The carbonation in it is actually part of what helps the brownies rise.
Hi I was wondering if there was an alternative to Guinness that’s alcohol free that I could use instead?
Not that I know of. There may be a nonalcoholic beer out there that you can use, but I’m honestly not really a beer drinker myself and don’t know. I just like the flavor of Guinness in baked goods LOL.
Hi Lindsay,
The recipe seems to have disappeared… Is it just me? Was hoping to make these this weekend. Thanks!
I’m so sorry for the trouble! There was an issue today that affected thousands of sites – mine included. It looks like it’s been resolved, so you should be able to access it here now. Sorry about that!
I absolutely love these,but how can I cut them so perfectly like yours?? Mine were a mess but sooooo good!!!
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I’m so glad you enjoyed them! It’s been a while since I made them, but I don’t usually do anything really when cutting. Maybe just a big, sharp knife?
I am new to this blog, I tried this Guinness brownies and it was well appreciated by all at work. I love the ganache it was so easy and effective it complimented the brownie. I ran out of Guinness so I sub milk instead it made no change to taster I added walnuts and threw in some chocolate chips…. I then made these brownies for my sister birthday and it was delicious.
Thanks for a well balanced recipe. I surely look forward to making more baked goods from your recipes.
I’m so glad you enjoyed them! Thanks, Leisel!