How to Repair an Ugly, Ruined Batch of Perfect Brownies

Brownies are the quintessential treat for classrooms, bake sales, and the office since they are so easy to make. Unfortunately as most of us have discovered, even a perfect brownie can ruined by cutting them too early or even using the wrong sort of knife.

If you've jumped the gun by cutting your batch of perfect brownies while they were still warm, or mangled them with a serrated steak knife instead using a sharp edged kitchen knife, here are some quite fixes:

Turn them into mini bites. Bite sized brownies are fun to eat, and a great way of turning a 12 serving recipe into a treat for 48 people. To save my daughter's ruined batch of perfect brownies last night, we let the batch cool completely before re-slicing the pieces into 1 inch squares.

From there, I dipped the brownie tips first into melted chocolate (made by melting chocolate chips in the microwave) and then again into crushed almonds.

Other ideas that will also work
--instead of a crushed almond topping, press a walnut half, whole almond or peanut, or M&Ms into the melted chocolate
--decorate with homemade powdered sugar frosting, piped through a star decorating tool (here's an easy recipe)
--attach a fresh raspberry to the top of each brownie mini with a whip of icing

Make a brownie sundae. If that tray of ruined brownies were supposed to be dessert for tonight's party, a brownie sundae is another quick fix.

To make a brownie sundae:
1. Drop several 1/2-inch cubed brownie bites into an old fashioned glass or desert bowl.
2. Add a scoop of softened ice cream, drizzle with melted chocolate
3. Top with whipped cream, and sprinkle with crushed walnuts or peanuts.

Brownie Ice Cream cone. For a kids party, drop the brownie bites into an ice cream cone and top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Skewered A unique way of salvaging those ruined brownies is by skewering three or four cubed brownie bites onto the end of a wooden stick. The brownies can be served plain or using one of the following ideas:
--dipping the skewered brownies into melted chocolate, and then let harden before serving
--Alternating cubed brownies with fresh raspberries or strawberries.