Lately, I’ve been lazy.
Too lazy to make meals, too lazy to go grocery shopping, too lazy to spend more than five minutes making lunch. It’s because I returned to work this month and it’s taking me a while to get back into the groove of things. I also had a wedding to go to, which means a lot of traveling back and forth when I’m not already traveling for work.
When I’m not in the air and spending time celebrating babies, engagements, birthdays, and weddings, the last thing I want to do is clean the kitchen. There are other household tasks that I have to do that are more important than cooking. What, you ask? Well, laundry’s one. I have to make sure that the DB has clean underwear (because God forbid he has to wear underwear two days in a row… gross!) and I need to have my uniform ready to wear for both workplaces.
But still, a girl’s gotta eat dessert. Even the lazy ones.
What do you do when you don’t want to wash a mixing bowl, measuring cups, whisks, and spoons? Use a microwaveable cup. It’s that easy. You mix a couple of ingredients into a mug, give it a little swirl, and throw it into the microwave to cook.
You get a fudgy chocolate dessert that’s ready to eat in a little over a minute.
Dump it out onto a plate, sprinkle some powdered sugar all over, scoop ice cream on top, and you’ve got yourself a gourmet sweet.
Isn’t that a thing of beauty?
I was actually quite impressed with the brownie overall. It was a bit rubbery (what do you expect from a 70 second nuke?), but the taste was all there.
I topped mine with coffee bean ice cream from Trader Joe’s, getting the best of both worlds: coffee and chocolate. The next time you’re in a rush for something sweet, pull out your coffee mug and give this recipe from here a try.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Vegetable oil
- 2 tbsp Water
- 1/4 tsp Vanilla extract
- dash salt
- 2 tbsp dark cocoa powder
- 4 tbsp Granulated sugar
- 4 tbsp Flour
Directions
- Mix together all of the ingredients in a microwavable mug.
- Microwave for 70 seconds.
dANA says
this is amazing!! I want that ice cream…now! I plan on making a TJS run this weekend because it’s been way too long and I’ve come across a handful of great finds from other fellow bloggers and friends! I’m so making this. thanks for sharing! 🙂
Hannah says
this microwave brownie recipe is the only microwave dessert recipe i’ve tried that has ever worked out. it was great! ice-cream is essential.
MELISSA says
just made this for my family…LOVE IT!!!
Lacey says
Did you use self-rising flour or regular flour? I’m going to do these for Christmas gifts for extended family so I’ll be making about 25 and will need a new bag of flour.
kim says
i used all purpose flour. good luck!
Amber Davis says
Just tried this for my hubby as a surprise for his birthday, needless to say 3 min and 10 sec in it was still liquidy and on the verge of burning 🙁 I followed the recipe to a t other than trying to adjust the time since it was still liquidy 🙁