Comments on: pumpkin swirl brownies

By: Bre

Bre — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:30:50 +0000

I just made these bars for some weekend baking-practice and found them to be wonderful. The brownie was tender and rich, the pumpkin mild-tasting but satisfyingly dense. I have never combined pumpkin and chocolate, being fairly new to baking, and will most certainly be making these again.

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:47:36 +0000

Just made these and they came out perfectly! The chocolate/pumpkin combination is delicious, and they look beautiful. Mine were done before 40 minutes (I also used a rectangular pan), so you might want to keep a close eye on them to avoid burning and/or drying out.

By: kasey

kasey — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:35:09 +0000

I was disappointed, it was more like cake (a dry one at that) than a brownie. I wasted an organic pie pumpkin on this recipe. I normally love SK recipes but this one was a dud.

By: Ally

Ally — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:01:03 +0000

I just made these…while they were cooking the smell of chocolate and pumpkin was great…but they were are the dry side..i don’t know if maybe i cooked them to long..please help

By: Natalie

Natalie — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:17:31 +0000

I made these and LIKED THEM. To be fair they were “special” for my Halloween party so maybe that flavor added to it? Not sure. I did have a problem though with mixing in the chocolate with the dry ingredients because it got weird and lumpy; I think maybe I should have waited for the chocolate to cool a little more, perhaps; it may have insta-baked chunks of the dry ingredients because it was too hot. Other than the texture issue (and thus they were layered and not swirled) I personally thought they turned out awesome. My friends were helping me because I had too many things to do and accidentally dumped in an extra 1/4 tsp of cinnamon but I think that made them better! Everyone complimented them at the party (and not just because they were special, lol)!

By: emily

emily — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:43:23 +0000

i just made these last week and wasn’t too happy with the results either. I mean, there was nothing wrong with them but the flavors just didnt marry too well. oh well

By: Annie

Annie — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:14:44 +0000

Personally I’m not crazy about the chocolate pumpkin combo either. I’ve been dreaming up some sort of chewy pumpkin blondie idea for a while. Unfortunately, what plays out in my head and what comes out in practice have been 2 totally different things. My plan now rests on dehydrating some of the puree in to almost a paste…like tomato paste consistency. I think the water content in the pumpkin by itself is making all of my efforts more cakey and not fudgy-not the chocolate type! I’m hoping this will end up working out for some chewy-not-cakey cookies as well!

By: Hayley

Hayley — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 03:22:59 +0000

These bars are definitely more cake like than a brownie. I was sadly disappointed! I typically love the chocolate/pumpkin combination, but here I just found myself wanting another texture…maybe add chocolate chips to give the bars a crunch? All in all I would not make them again.

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:49:41 +0000

So…uh… Whatever happened to the pumpkin cream cheese swirl bars that were promised above? Inquiring, fall-planning minds want to know. :)

By: Shana

Shana — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:28:55 +0000

These were very good — esp, as someone else mentioned, a couple days after baking. I did want more richness to the flavor, so I’ll be using more pumpkin spice when I cook these again, and maybe more chocolate (though, I may have used a bit too little chocolate). Note: I used pumpkin spice instead of cinnamon and nutmeg. I went and stocked up on cans of pumpkin (after the holidays, when they were on sale) so I could make these regularly!!