I Tried Making Homemade Cosmic Brownies | Claire Recreates

Summary by Krater

Claire Saffitz attempts to recreate Little Debbie Cosmic Brownies at home, starting with a review of the store-bought snack, then testing methods for the brownie base, chocolate glaze, and candy toppings.

From the video

Answers: How do you make homemade Cosmic Brownies?

• recreating store-bought snacks
• brownie recipe development
• tempering chocolate
• making homemade candy toppings
• fudge frosting technique

Ingredients

• 6 oz enriched bleached flour
• 1 1/2 oz unsweetened chocolate
• 6.6 oz bittersweet chocolate
• 5 oz butter
• 200 g sugar
• confectioners sugar
• 100 g water
• 40 g corn syrup
• 3/4 cup whole milk
• vanilla
• paste
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• egg whites
• food coloring
• cocoa powder

What it concludes

• Little Debbie Cosmic Brownies feature a dense, chewy brownie base with a very firm chocolate glaze and hard candy pieces on top.
• Using a high flour-to-chocolate proportion and a water-bath baking method produces a firmer, more uniform brownie texture suitable for copycat Cosmic Brownies.
• Adding corn syrup to a super-saturated sugar solution helps prevent unwanted crystallization when making the candy coating.
• Baking the fudge glaze right on top of the brownie layer creates the desired firm, chewy finished texture.
• Natural food colorings like spirulina and turmeric produce colors that match the muted tones of store-bought candy pieces better than fluorescent dyes.