Tonight we celebrated my Aunt Sue’s birthday and to celebrate we had hamburgers, chili, and brownies. Can you think of a better combo? I know I cant.
We did go out to lunch this afternoon but I’m not going to go into that because I didn’t have my camera with me. I went for a run, I did just under two miles, and ended at my Grandma’s house in anticipation of lunch. I was not about to carry my camera with me on my run.
I used the imapmyrun app for iphone and it’s pretty cool for all you runners out there who don’t have a Garmin Forerunner (or similar) watch. I just told my phone to start recording my workout and it literally used Google Maps and showed me my entire route (exactly) when I was done. It kept the time and gave me my average pace.
Back to the birthday celebration tonight, there was some SERIOUS ping pong competition going on. My Dad is freakishly good and my Uncle Mark isn’t much worse so the battles started before dinner was even on the grill.
After it was too dark to play and everyone was full from burgers the desserts made their way to the table.
My cousin Elizabeth and Aunt Jill improved some Ghirardelli box brownies with mini marshmallows and peanut butter mixed with Nutella. Doesn’t that sound like a super easy-delicious way of making boxed brownies 100% gourmet?!?!
I’m not even hiding it, I totally let the healthy eating slide today. But who could do it with a plate of these brownies directly in front of them? Definitely not me.
I hope everyone had a restful weekend. 
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Those browines look so great! Did they melt the marshmallows and nutella together and then layer it over the cake mix? I think I might try making these the next time I need a great dessert! I would have thrown healthy eating to the side too so I could sample these! : )
Kjirsten-
I’ve had your question and two emails about how to make these brownies so I’m definitely going to make them for the blog with a recipe. My cousin made the boxed brownies like normal then sprinkled a layer of mini marshmallows over the cooked brownies and put them back in the oven to melt the mallows. Then she mixed nutella and peanut butter together and spread/poured it over the marshmallows. Let the pan of brownies sit in the freezer or refrigerator until they are hard enough to cut and eat.
They are so so so good! definitely give it a try.