# Brownies! The dessert kind, not the girl scouts in training

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [February 7, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brownies-the-dessert-kind-not-the-girl-scouts-in-training/1014023 "2025-02-07T17:19:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brownies-the-dessert-kind-not-the-girl-scouts-in-training/1014023/21 "2025-02-08T01:02:45Z")

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> [@Slithy\_Tove](#):
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> But not lately - post Xmas weight reduction and all that, plus the egg situation

My mom used to make chocolate pudding if she had milk that was getting old, and brownies if she had eggs that were getting old. I guess chocolate covers a host of sins.

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