So… I’ve been missing for 3 days now. I live in Texas and in case you didn’t hear the news, the entire state was basically without power for the most of this past week - during some of the coldest weather we’ve had in decades. It wasn’t fun. On top of being without power, we were also put on a ‘boil water’ notice. Anyone know how to boil water when you don’t have power? It’s tricky.

Thankfully, my home got it’s power back yesterday morning. And we’re (so far) one of the few houses to have both heat AND running water for the time being. I’m still being cautious with how much electricity being used as we try and keep the grid stable, but as soon as the lights and heat came on, I was ready to get baking. Nothing much is more comforting than chocolate. And these Healthified Cosmic Brownies are chocolate on top of chocolate and rainbow bits!

These Healthified Cosmic Brownies are a healthier take on the childhood favorite. Dense, rich, fudgy brownies that are topped off with a chocolate ganache and then ‘rainbow chip candies’. I honestly didn’t even know you could by the rainbow chip candies in the store, but I was super stoked to find out that you could.

If these pretty little brownies don’t put a smile on your face and send you down memory lane, then I just don’t know what will. I lightened these up with using sweetener in place of the most of the sugar, but other than that these are fairly true to the original.

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