Guinness Brownies

1 cup flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
5 tbsp. unsalted butter, cut into cubes
8 oz. dark bittersweet chocolate bar, chopped – I used 60% dark. Your call here.
3/4 cup milk chocolate chips
4 large eggs, at room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 1/4 cups Guinness Extra Stout beer, room temperature and foam skimmed off
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/8 cup powdered sugar for dusting


Preheat the oven to 375° and line a 9 x 13 baking dish with parchment (or grease it). Whisk the flour, cocoa powder and salt together. Set aside.

Using a double broiler, melt the chocolate bar pieces, milk chocolate and butter together until fully melted. Make sure you don’t burn the chocolate or it will be clumpy.

In a very big bowl, whisk the eggs and sugar together until slightly frothy. Very slowly, pour in the chocolate mixture while whisking the eggs. If you go too fast, you’ll have scrambled eggs, so take your time.

When your chocolate mixture and your eggs are combined, whisk in the Guinness. Fold in the flour mixture very slowly, making sure not to over-mix. You want to see some crumbly bits still in there.

Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish, top with the cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips and bake for 25 – 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Remove the baking dish and let cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar

Notes: I'm not sure why you want to see crumbly bits still in there. I thought that was weird when I tasted the brownies so if I make this again I'll completely mix them. 

Also -  I forgot to top it with the semi sweet chips but that definitely would have been an upgrade.