Reader Query: Stuffed Brownies?

Alicia, a reader from Washington DC, writes:

"I wanted to know do you ever dabble in chocolate browniedom? Had something that was akin to an almond joy brownie, but the thing was completely round with the coconut filling surrounded by brownie. Saw your filling wicki and wondered if you had any ideas. Those were the best darn things I ever tasted at my alma mater, but I didn't get the recipe before I left."

Thanks for your note, Alicia. Your question about coconut-filled brownies got me thinking, and flash of a big cake with ooey-gooey coconut frosting flashed before my eyes as I read your email. So now I am now working on a German chocolate cake cookie.

The chocolate cookie "shell" that I developed for my Peanut Butter Cup cookie recipe is actually very, very fudgy--like a brownie. I'm going to come up with the coconut frosting/filling to stuff inside the cookie and will try to post the recipe later this week.

Comments

[Lorraine]

This combination sounds like the best yet - to my taste!! I'll look forward to your "German Chocolate Cake " oatmeal cookie. Could it also include caramel somehow - as does the frosting of German chocolate cake?

[Oatmeal Cookie Guy]

Hi, Lorraine. I've done a little research on the frosting, and it looks like almost every recipe uses condensed milk, sugar, and butter that's combined and heated, so it ends up kin dof caramel-y. I think that Duncan Hines and Betty Crocker make prepackaged frosting for German chocolate cake.