The Chocolatey Ingredients Paul Hollywood Uses For Perfect Brownies

As a professional baker, Paul Hollywood has a talent for baking the most delicious goods and helping others do the same. This list of celebrity chefs and the foods they hate reveals how Hollywood's appreciation for a well-made dessert is even the source of his deep disdain for American Twinkies. Even for beginner bakers, it is hard to bake a dessert that will disappoint Hollywood as much as Twinkies, especially if you incorporate some of his most game-changing ingredients into your recipe.

A mouthwateringly fudgy brownie, for example, is only a couple ingredients away from your tastebuds. This recipe from Hollywood's website reveals that when you add chocolate chunks and cocoa nibs to your brownie mix, you will get a perfect combination of texture and increased richness. If you follow Hollywood's method by folding both milk and dark chocolate chunks into the mix and sprinkling the cocoa nibs on top of the batter right before you put it to bake, the resulting masterpiece just might make it on "The Great British Baking Show."

Incorporating Paul Hollywood's chocolatey ingredients is only the beginning of a legendary batch of brownies. Due to the richness of the chocolate chunks, the brownies are especially delicious when prepared à la mode after they are cooled enough to eat, but still warm. It could also be worth looking into different types of chocolate and how to use them to decide if there are varieties of chocolate chunks besides milk and dark chocolate you would like to add to your brownies.

Thanks to the cocoa nibs, the brownies will also have a slight crunch and faint nuttiness for mouthwatering variation in flavor and texture. Cocoa nibs are made from cocoa beans that have been fermented and cracked open. These seeds add a bitter, earthy flavor to other baked goods, smoothies, and even sauces. When tasting the perfectly gooey batch of brownies made with this popular cookie trick, the cocoa nibs will add a contrast in texture that stands out from the pack.