I’m excited to share a recipe that I twittered about the other day… it created quite the discussion on Twitter as well as puddles of internet drool: Kahlua Brownies with Kahlua-Browned Butter Icing.
I was saddled with the task of sending a treat along with my husband (who was headed to a Laker’s game viewing party). Since I was creating a brownie for a bunch of manly, sports-obsessed men, I wanted to try something that had a bit of alcohol in it.
These have Kahlua (can sub any coffee-flavored liqueur) in the brownie itself. I also brushed a couple of Tablespoons of Kahlua on the brownies as they came out of the oven… and watched it soak into the top and down through the warm layers. The browned butter icing also has a bit of Kahlua in it.
Although the flavor of Kahlua is prominent in these brownies, they were apparently kid-friendly… my little one loved them as much as we did. Am I a horrible mother for allowing my child to eat Kahlua brownies? Maybe that’s why he was so sleepy that night… (kidding, of course!) Next thing you know, he’ll be asking for Kahlua in his hot chocolate 
Additional notes:
*These are a FUDGY sort of brownie (the best kind)… not a cakey brownie to be found in this bunch.
*They’re an EASY homemade brownie to make… just mix and bake, and ice when cool.
*They’re addicting… consider yourself warned!
This recipe can be found HERE.
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Other great-sounding dessert recipes on the blogs that contain Kahlua:
Ice Cream Ireland: Kahlua- Espresso Ice Cream
The Gourmet Foodie Blog: Kahlua Cupcakes
Sugar & Spice: Chocolate- Kahlua Cake
Rah Cha Chow: Kahlua Fudge
85 Comments
Wow these look amazing! The pictures show just how fudgy they are, my favorite kind of brownies too. I’ve been looking for a really good brownie recipe and this looks like it! Love the Kahlua too.
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“Best eaten within a couple of days?” If any of them manage to last that long!
I hear Starbucks also has coffee-flavored liqueurs, though this was a while back and I’m not sure they carry them anymore.
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YUMYUM love kahlua, can’t wait to try this one!
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Lori, the brownies looks really good! I’m a huge fan of hazelnut flavour so I think I’m going to try this with Frangelico.
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I love Kahlua and these look sinful!
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Hooray! So glad the post is up. These look absolutely amazing. I wasn’t craving chocolate yet this AM, but now I am for sure. My mom used to make a trifle with Kahlua in it when I was a kid and we were only allowed to try a little bit of it. I loved it, though. This reminds me of that in brownie form. Yum!
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Holy cow, those look fabulous! I’m sure you won top wife award from the guys watching the game. Can’t wait to try these.
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Oh I have to ATTEMPT these!
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These look dangerous…but oh so good!
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Oh, how I wish I had seen this last night! I made regular old boring brownies. I’ve added espresso powder to brownies before, but Kahlua sounds like an even better idea! They look fabulous! How in the world do you get such perfect cuts?
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RecipeGirl Reply:
June 15th, 2009 at 6:37 AM
Susan- to get perfect brownie cuts… chill the brownies first (that’s my secret
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Ooh these look fab! The suspense and wait for the recipe was well worth it!
Amazingly clean cuts too, great job
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I’ve been waiting for these!! I can’t wait to make them!!
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Wow, your brownies look perfect!! Is there a non-alcoholic substitute for the Kahlua?
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RecipeGirl Reply:
June 15th, 2009 at 9:08 AM
Memoria- unfortunately, I don’t know of one! You could probably just sub coffee or espresso and make these more of a coffee-flavored brownie instead of kahlua.
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Rae Reply:
March 1st, 2010 at 2:42 PM
@RecipeGirl, Actually, the alcohol cooks off. I haven’t read the recipe (I’m afraid I might immediately bake), but I’m sure if you heat the kahlua over the stove for the butter frosting that would work to cook off as well.
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omg these look so amazing! i could eat all of them right now!
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You had me at Kahlua…
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Ooh, these do look good. I’m drooling looking at your beautiful photos. Of course anything made with Kahlua has to be great, right? Great job.
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Did you say Khalua! Sweet!
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Wow these look good! I love baking for others so I can sample and then get them out of the house:) I love fudgy brownies too, they are the best!
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oh my! coffe , chocolate and brownies. three of my favourite things
yummy
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Fudgey brownie doused in kahlua? Oh, I know I’d be in heaven eating one of those (or the whole pan without telling anyone!).
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HOLY WOW. WOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!
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love the looks of it!! It looks super fudgy!
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Fudgy Kahlua Brownies…Count me in. They look sinful!!!
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kahlua brownies…..mmmmmm they look so delicious
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Look at that fudginess! Me loving brownies AND Khalua would go ga-ga for them! Plus they’re so perfect looking!
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Oh, you’ve done it again!
YUM!
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OMG these look so amazing – So decent and love the notes at the end!!
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I need to get a bottle of Kahlua now! yum!!! I love that its in both the brownie and the frosting!
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Well, as a pretty manly dude, I’m going to say that showing up to a basketball game with brownies is perfectly a-ok. I mean we need excuses to arm wrestle anyways.
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Oooh! I am totally down with the alcohol-infused cupcakes, but now I might have to get into the brownies too! These look sooo moist and delicious!
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Looks so good, I especially like that browned butter frosting – yum!
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Okay, those look amazing! Seriously, I want to know how you can make such crazy, wonderful desserts all the time and still manage to watch your weight?
My family is so deprived of desserts because I’m so afraid if I have them in the house, I won’t be able to resist?
Do you just have a teeny weeny bite?
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FUDGY BROWNIE FOOD PORN = just made my Tuesday
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This is sinful Lori!
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While I don’t “do” Kahlua, the brownies look awesome! Wow.
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I’m so going to make these for a 4th of July potluck. Thank you for sharing! They look wonderful.
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Oh my these look and sound intensely delicious! Can’t wait to try them!
And you’re no worse a mother than my mom and aunt who let my cousin and I gobble up handfuls of rum balls one Thanksgiving… we slept all day
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i have waited my whole life for a brownie like this… at least for a brownie that *looks* like this. definitely moving this to the top of my “to try” queue. maybe the epic quest for the perfect brownie can finally end, and this recipe and i can become bff’s.
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These are fantastic!
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The aroma of the Kahlua liqueur alone is already very tempting! What’s more when you put them into the butter icing as well!
Cheers,
Jamie
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My mouth is watering! These look amazing!
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these sound AMAZING…they’re now on my must bake list!
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These…look…insane!!! I am DEFINITELY going to have to make these!!! By the way, I just added you to my blog roll. Love your site!
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Oh my goodness those look fabulous and these are a MUST make bake!
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Oh my goodness Lori! You make me want to make these! I am bookmarking because I do want to…I just have to be good right now and if I make them, I will eat them! These look amazing!
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These kahlua brownies look fantastic. The flavor combination reminds me of a rich chocolate kahlua cake I use to make years ago. I may have to dig that recipe out too!
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Wow, that looks absolutely delicious! You did a great job presenting the pictures too, I will definitely have to try this recipe when I have some time this weekend
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Oh my gosh. Wow. Those are just incredible looking brownies. The fudginess is killing me right now! The frosting looks crazy good too!
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Oh man, those look divine! Fudgy brownies are my favorite kind – yum!
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What’s the point of all the photos? Did someone just recently get a very nice digital camera and control themselves? One shot would suffice, really.
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Made these last night and they look SO good!! I can’t wait to share them with my boyfriend’s family on Father’s Day!!
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The brownies look wonderful Lori and I love how many beautiful pictures you have included. Makes want to just dig right in!
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JoJo – why the hell do you care? You can never have too much food porn!
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These look fabulous! I love all of the photos–they make me want them even more.
I love a lot of photos in a post, because I can appreciate the work behind all of it.
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love all the photos! all the more tempting.
what a great flavor combination… i can’t wait to make them!
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The photos are lovely! Don’t let one negative comment keep you from doing your beautiful work!
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Lori, I’m relishing every single photo and angle you’ve snapped of this Brownie.
I too like posting a few pics to help ‘drive home’ how good a recipe/dish is.
It sounds like someone is still upset that they are using a Vivitar camera in 2009…tsk!tsk!
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Holy cow! Lovin’ everything about these.
You had me at the first photo and by the last I had a ‘puddle of drool’.
LOVE all the photos showing the fudgy chocolatey goodness. MMMmmmm….chocolate and kahlua!
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yeah too many photos. I think you should stop putting so many chocolate chips in your chocolate chip cookies too. I mean, seriously, one chip per cookie would suffice.
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Ok…one look at these brownies and I was done for. If you could snap a shot that I could blow up and use as desktop wallpaper, I would be all about it. Pay no attention to negative comments…obviously someone feels that their way of doing something is the only (mediocre) way.
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Sometimes I make something and it turns out so good that it’s tempting to put many photos since I can’t post samples, right?!
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Beautiful photos. And as far as I’m concerned… there are NEVER enough!
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Gorgeous photos Lori! Seriously, the effort it took to “complain” about too many photo’s..? Sounds like somebody is just not a happy camper in their own little world! Keep the photo’s coming, girl!
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Oh no Lori! Why so many photos, why? SO many pixels of gorgous brownies are hurting JoJo’s eyes.
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I love the photos! Its like TASTING with our eyes!! And these are definitely on my wish list!! Please – next time – more photos – less calories that way..thanks for sharing!
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Don’t you DARE change a thing. And I am making these babies!!
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Keep doing what you do and dont listen to commnets from people who obviously font have enough sweetnes in their lives.
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These look so incredibly gooey and fantastic!! Bah humbug to anyone who can only look at one picture of these! I would like to see and taste them from every angle!!
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Lori, if I can’t taste those brownies, the next best thing it drooling over your stellar photos. You go girl, we’ve got your back.
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My oh my – those look so decadent and fabulous!!!
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SO wonderful!!! I can’t wait to try some of these!
I loved all of your photos – can’t get enough for this kind of chocolate yumminess, I say!
I have to wipe up all of the drool on my keyboard now.
Hope you don’t mind if I share a link to this on my Chocolate Friday post – too good not to share!
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Oh, wow, those look wonderful!
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this is love on a plate right here, girl. i dive right now into the batter!
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Hahaha Jojo got OWNED!! And how!
Teach you not to leave bitchy comments on food blogs!
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Oh me oh my!!!!! Can I have one???? These look crazy good Lori!
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Those brownies look so thick, dense and chocolaty and good!
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Wow, Kahlua? What a great idea! I can almost taste these just from the pictures. The icing looks amazing too. I am definitely going to make these with the wife and kids this week. Thank you!
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Wow, these brownies look delicious! Kahula is my absolute favorite. Thanks for the great recipe =)
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Wow, those do look insanely fudgy and browned butter frosting I know was amazing. I don’t drink (at all)so I’m not sure what kahlua adds to it. I’ll have to track down one of those single serving shots to give this a try.
~ingrid
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Girl! Those sound so good, I cannot wait to try them, when the weather cools off a bit
YUM!
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These sound amazing and pish posh on worrying about your kid eating these. My favorite when I was little was rum cake!
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These were SOO good. At first I was sad because I had to make a grocery store run for the chocolate chips, but they turned out to be the tastiest things ever. *gives sumbleupon thumbs up*
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This recipe looks amazing! Thank you for sharing.
I’ve included it in my Top 25 recipe posts on Twitter because its such a winner!!
http://www.theinternetchef.biz
Thank you again for the beautiful post.
Love,
Bridge x
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The recipe is wonderful, however the batter is more suited to a 9×13 than 9×9…I actually greased cupcake tins and made little cupcake brownies instead (recipe made 30)!
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I just made these, and they are amazing! I tried to tell my husband they were awful & he didn’t have to eat them, but he didn’t believe me! Thanks for the great recipe!
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